As the days go by, more unpleasant situations that Spanish and English fans experienced at the Champions League final are becoming known

Fear in Saint-Denis two years after the Olympics in Paris

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What should have been a sporting-festive meeting turned into an atrocious fear at the exit of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Today there was to be a meeting to hold the organisers accountable, but as always the blame will shift from one side to the other and come to nothing.

What the 90,000 fans will not forget is the bad image they have taken away from Paris and France.
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"I'll never come back here in my life" was the most widespread comment after the people first went through chaos when accessing the 'fan zones', after passing several police cordons to access the stadium, after waiting 45 minutes for the match to start and, most seriously, the exit of the stadium with crowds, thieves and taxis asking between 100 and 150 euros to get you out of that mousetrap.

Nobody even remotely considered having a beer to celebrate the victory. They just wanted to get to the hotel, to the buses or to the airport with their mobile phone, wallet and watch in place.

2022, Paris, Europe, the end of a great sporting event and the most important thing was to get out safe and sound and with all your belongings. To run away and stop being afraid.

People holding up their mobile phones to take videos, which were quickly snatched away by the criminals and fled through the crowd.
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Continuous attempts at robbery, other people's hands in your pockets and when you noticed and got out of the way, they looked at you defiantly and aggressively.

People with yellow waistcoats offering parking in urbanisations near the stadium for 50 euros and after the match when you went to collect your car the door was locked and they asked for 150 euros if you didn't want them to unbolt it and let you take it out. Criminals don't live there.
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The atmosphere in the city centre, at the City Hall, at Notre Dame was festive and without any altercation.

Both supporters behaved normally. Nice party, very good weather, impressive sites and perfect police control. Until it was time to move to the "Cherokee territory" where everything was organised for thousands of criminals to do their business. And at home, in their own house.
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In the first half, on arrival, they acted without impunity and impudence, but in the second half, on leaving the stadium, it was the hunt for the tourist, and if he was drunk, all the better, easier. Here the English got the worst of it. The call effect among the delinquents. "Come on, we're going to steal mobiles, wallets and watches".

From the stadium to the metro, a bridge turned into an ideal mousetrap for pickpockets.

To make matters worse, the incompetence of the police, who crossed a van in the middle of the bridge to make the funnel bigger.

Women were also subjected to groping with an impunity unworthy of a civilised country.
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When you get to the metro, the staff informs you that the ticket is free, you don't have to pay or get a ticket - what a good idea given the thousands of fans who are crowded together!

But the turnstiles, the windows, are closed, you can't get through. How do we do it? Open the turnstiles, fuck!
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You can't jump, they're two metres high. The beast. Another agglomeration that the delinquents take advantage of. Another nightmare. When it seems that the metro is the salvation, it is another scenario for pickpockets.

The most asked question in the early hours of the morning by the fans who went to Saint-Denis is: "Are you already in the hotel?" "Are you already at the airport?" or "Are you already on the bus?" and the comments with the fellow travellers: "They tried to take my ticket", "they took my mobile phone", "they assaulted me", "we were so scared"...
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Few comments on the disallowed goal, Vinicius' goal, Courtois' saves.

The whole world has seen the organisational chaos. The start of the show was delayed by 45 minutes. Last year's final attracted more than 700 million viewers. This year it is expected to be more than 800 million.

The Stade de France in Saint-Denis is scheduled to host the athletics and rugby competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Already the hordes of Saint-Denis delinquents must be starting to organise. It is a bad solution. Saint-Denis has become a ghetto which the police are afraid to enter and which the politicians do not want to solve.

They are French voters born in France who live on the outskirts of Paris.
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They do not work or study. They live on government handouts. A pity. The guarantee laws help them to commit crimes with impunity and so the area has become a dangerous place that the French themselves avoid.

In spite of everything, all the fans have returned safe and sound. Some with the bad taste of having lost and of having been robbed and the others with the good taste of the triumph and the sensation of not having been able to enjoy it in conditions.
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Congratulations Real Madrid, congratulations to your fans for their behaviour, congratulations to the majority of Liverpool fans who also behaved correctly.

Ceferin has to improve a lot to lead such an important body in Europe and in the world as UEFA

The French authorities also have to improve. Especially when they have another great event like the Olympic Games coming up.

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