Champions League final: Uefa 'responsible' for chaos before Liverpool v Real Madrid in Paris

Uefa bears "primary responsibility" for the chaotic scenes that "almost led to disaster" earlier past year's Champions League last betwixt Liverpool and Real Madrid, says an autarkic report.

Uefa and French authorities initially blamed "industrial-scale" summons fraud - which drew wide criticism.

The study says determination is "no evidence" to enactment the "reprehensible" claims.

"The sheet has concluded that Uefa, arsenic lawsuit owner, bears superior work for failures which astir led to disaster," states the report, which was commissioned by Uefa aft the 28 May final.

While it said determination was "contributory fault" from different bodies, the findings said European governing assemblage Uefa was "at the wheel".

"Uefa should person retained a monitoring and oversight relation [of security], to guarantee it each worked. It self-evidently did not," the study added.

Uefa commissioned the autarkic study 3 days aft the lucifer - the showpiece of European nine shot which Liverpool went connected to suffer 1-0 - took spot successful the French capital.

The European governing assemblage said a "comprehensive review" would analyse a fig of factors that see the decision-making, work and behaviour of each parties progressive successful the final.

The probe was chaired by Dr Tiago Brandao Rodrigues, a Portuguese politician, with the sheet besides including experts and consultants from legal, policing and event-management fields, on with representatives from shot instrumentality groups.

"On behalf of Uefa, I would similar to apologise astir sincerely erstwhile again to each those who were affected by the events that unfolded connected what should person been a solemnisation astatine the pinnacle of the nine season," Uefa wide caput Theodore Theodoridis said.

"In particular, I would similar to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool for the experiences galore of them had erstwhile attending the crippled and for the messages released anterior to and during the crippled which had the effect of unjustly blaming them for the concern starring to the delayed kick-off."

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