Billy Hogan is incredibly surprised by the comments made by the French sports minister about the chaos before the final.
Hogan said those comments were deeply harmful to the club.
The clash with Real Madrid had to be delayed for more than 30 minutes because of a problem with the access to the stadium.
Hogan's comments came in a Q&A about the issues which affected the travelling fans in the French capital.
He said that they were surprised that someone in that position would make comments at this point, when they hadn't had enough time to understand what happened.
There hasn't been an independent investigation to establish all the facts. There needs to be an independent, transparent investigation into what happened at the match. That is the beginning of the process.
It's completely inappropriate to make comments at this stage before any investigation is launched. We need to know all the facts to make sure that the scenes from Saturday don't happen again.
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We feel that everyone should focus on getting the investigation right and less on making inflammatory comments that attempt to distract from what happened on Saturday night.
The fans were given the information to travel to the stadium safely, and they approached the stadium in good time. They experienced issues when they arrived at the stadium.
When we were made aware of the comments earlier today, we were in complete disbelief. I think it is important for people to know that our chairman, Tom Werner, sent a letter to the French minister to articulate our views and is calling for an apology to our fans.
The club has asked supporters to fill out a feedback form to support the investigation into the operational management of the final.
The French Sports Minister commissioned a report on the troubles that marred the event. Michael Cadot, the inter-ministerial delegate for large sports events, was asked to produce the report within 10 days.
The events to be chaired by Dr. Brandao Rodrigues will be chaired by an independent report.
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The French interior minister has blamed fraud at an industrial level for the chaos at the final of the European soccer tournament in Paris.
The game at the French national stadium was delayed for 36 minutes after police tried to prevent people without tickets from entering.
French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said that thousands of fake tickets had caused chaos as fans tried to enter the stadium.
At the time the match was supposed to start, 97 percent of the Spanish supporters were present, but only 50 percent of the British supporters got into their section.
70% of the tickets were fake and there was massive fraud to an industrial level and organisation of fake tickets.
More than 2,600 tickets were non-validated even though they had gone through the first filters, as 15 per cent of them were fake.
There were delays because of the massive presence of fake tickets. More than half of the 29 arrests that took place within the Stade de France were British supporters because they intruded inside.
French sports minister Oudea-Castera said 30,000-40,000 people were without tickets and that everyone wants to make sure this doesn't happen again.
She apologized to the people who were deprived of a match because their Saturday night experience was completely spoiled. We have asked that those people be identified so that they can be compensated.
The central point is to understand precisely what happened during this massive fraud. There are witnesses and figures that show that tens of thousands of people without tickets or with fake tickets. The fake tickets looked like normal tickets, which meant some controls didn't notice.
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We want to have a very detailed, in-depth inquiry with UEFA to see what happened. We are waiting for the rapid setting off of the inquiry after we have heard our request.
The fans who turned up without valid tickets were blamed by Oudea-Castera.
The mass gathering of the British supporters of the club, without tickets, or with fake tickets, was the first thing that happened, according to Oudea-Castera.
Thousands of fans with fake tickets caused delays, while UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries called for a formal investigation.
An independent report has been commissioned by the organization into the events surrounding the final.
The review will look at decision making, responsibility and behaviours of all entities involved in the final.
The report will be led by a doctor from Portugal.
The President of the Parliamentary Committee of Environment and Energy is a Member of the Portuguese Parliament.
He was a member of the World Anti-doping Agency Foundation Board and the Portuguese Olympic Attache during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The findings of the independent report will be made public once they are completed, and the next steps will be evaluated.
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The French explanation doesn't tally with what I saw. What happened in Paris this morning? We had a meeting with the French sports minister, the French interior minister, and the Paris police chief. The police chief was asked what happened at the meeting this morning. France is embarrassed by this. It was a mess.
Look at the terrible headlines around the world. The Rugby World Cup will be hosted next year. The Olympics will be held in 2024. I think he has passed the blame for the fake tickets on to the fans, because he was asked to explain what went wrong.
I am sure there were fake tickets. There are always fake tickets for big finals, but I didn't see anything that looked like an industrial fraud operation. I did not have fans of the other team come up to me and tell me they were upset that they bought fake tickets.
They were complaining that they were being tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed and crushed. The French police were treating them like animals.
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What I saw was a total mess and the blame was all on the French authorities, the stadium authorities and the French police. We were in a situation where 20,000 people showed up at the stadium early and were asked to wait in a confined space and there was only one person who could get through.
There were no Real Madrid supporters at this meeting. I did not see a single fake ticket. I would be very careful with what was said at the press conference.
Not a single supporter said that I was sold a fake ticket. I have wasted thousands of dollars on this. Some of the supporters were very upset because they were being treated badly by the French police. That is what I saw. Women and children were tear-gassed.
There were a lot of problems at the Real Madrid end as well as the Real Madrid supporters I spoke to. I am aware that you are asking why there were only problems at the Real Madrid end while there were only problems at theLiverpool end.
That wasn't the case. The Real Madrid end of the ground was where I was pepper- sprayed.
There were major problems at the Real Madrid end of the ground. Many local French youths got into the Real Madrid end of the ground. Many Real Madrid supporters were mugged and attacked after the game as well, so it was not all happy at the Real Madrid end of the ground.
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Chris Philp said there was no obvious justification for the behavior shown by French police in Paris.
Philp said that he was horrified to see the pictures of fans being pepper-sprayed by French police.
There was no obvious justification for that kind of behavior. Nadine is right to call for Uefa to investigate exactly what happened because we don't want to see children and disabled fans being pepper-sprayed by police in the way that we saw.
I am concerned by it, the government are as well, and we need Uefa to properly investigate exactly what happened and get to the bottom of it.
Mr Philp said we need to get this properly looked into so we understand what happened. I saw footage of fans getting pepper-sprayed, and that makes me think that those pictures are not appropriate.
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