A report concluded that UEFA bore 'primary responsibility for failures' which almost turned last year's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid into a 'mass fatality catastrophe'.
There was a clear lack of stewarding to direct people to the correct access points.
Fans - particularly asthmatic ones - were caught up in it. Riot police fell to the ground as even they struggled with the chemicals.In the mayhem, security officials tried to prevent media filming - grabbing at journalists to remove their fans and ordering footage to be deleted. They ended up being the ones left trying to prevent lives being lost as they confronted disarray and dangers on the outskirts of Paris.
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