the royal yacht britannia ahead of platinum jubilee celebrations this weekend. sport and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. let s start with the news that the french sports minister has reaffirmed their government view that liverpool fans without valid tickets were responsible for the initial crowd control problems at the champions league final, and added that the problems were exacerbated later by local youths trying to force their way in to the game. an emergency meeting will be held today between the french government, uefa and other officials to examine what went wrong at the champions league final on saturday. there were chaotic scenes before and after the match after french police repeatedly fired tear gas and pepper spray at liverpool fans waiting to get into the stadium. the uk s culture secretary nadine dorries called the scenes deeply concerning and has called for an investigation. labour mp for liverpool ian byrne who was at the game insis
who are coming in. i managed to get into the ground but that period of time, i got off at the train station at 615 and i was in the ground at 20 past eight. that is how long it took, i was lucky to be able to do this. at first uefa said it was because fans were late but this was false, and i do not want uefa to run an investigation because i do not trust a word they say. this morning, the french sports trust a word they say. this morning, the french sports minister trust a word they say. this morning, the french sports minister talked . the french sports minister talked about fake tickets and local youths causing problems. from what you are saying, it sounds like a big part of the problem was the logistics were not fit for purpose, for it to manage the numbers of people, fans, trying to get into the stadium. the? trying to get into the stadium. they were not fit trying to get into the stadium. they were not fit for trying to get into the stadium. tie: were not fit for purpose. e
or around the world. the french government are holding an emergency meeting with uefa and other officials, to examine what went wrong at the champions league final on saturday. there were chaotic scenes before and after the match after french police repeatedly fired tear gas and pepper spray at liverpool fans waiting to get into the stadium. the uk s culture secretary nadine dorries has called for an investigation into what happened as tim muffett reports. fall back! fall back! in the countdown to kick off, this was the situation facing many fans on saturday night. real madrid s 1 0 victory over liverpool at the stade de france has been largely overshadowed by what went on outside the ground. there was just. the only word i can think of is chaos. we were patiently trying to queue and then we d be
from the stadium and it does not send that you have great expectations from that meeting of getting answers as to what happened, why it happened. lleiia getting answers as to what happened, why it happened- why it happened. uefa lied, they said the issues why it happened. uefa lied, they said the issues were why it happened. uefa lied, they said the issues were because - why it happened. uefa lied, theyl said the issues were because fans were late and they put it on the big screen on the ground, they give that information to the british broadcaster. information to the british broadcaster. . , , broadcaster. uefa will dispute the fact that you broadcaster. uefa will dispute the fact that you say broadcaster. uefa will dispute the fact that you say that broadcaster. uefa will dispute the fact that you say that they - broadcaster. uefa will dispute the fact that you say that they have i fact that you say that they have lied, they will say it was their understanding. lied, the
80,000 seater stadium and there were only two ways in and our way in was congested. there were real madrid supporters trying to get in our route as well. this is the uefa problem, we can talk about the police, they were unbelievably heavy handed and also after the match, the french authorities were talking about the problems before the match but it was horrendous when we came out of the ground. another incidence of a bottleneck at certain experts and people being attacked by the police with pepper spray and tear gas after the match. that is not an issue about tickets. that is an issue about the police. it comes back to uefa organisation, clearly not fit for purpose, the idea that the primary factor is uefa and uefa investigate uefa, that it does not make sense. any investigation has to be independent and transparent. uefa is meetin: be independent and transparent. uefa is meeting with the french officials