Didier Lallement had already used the word of “failure” to qualify the evening of May 28, 2022, when the Stade de France hosted the final of the Champions League between Liverpool and Real Madrid. A poster which was to be held in Saint Petersburg (Russia), but whose enclosure of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) had inherited, the Russian invasion in Ukraine having rendered the holding of the meeting impossible.
Except that the beautiful party and football evening had turned into a real nightmare and left very bitter memories to English supporters. Indeed, a massive influx of supporters, some of whom had no tickets, had caused significant human traffic jams, delaying controls. To the endless lines were added jostles and even attempts to pass in force in front of the grids, enough to increase the tension.
“An inevitable fiaco” for the Senate
Labelogen gas and even deafening grenades: the police had been completely overwhelmed by the events, the kick-off having had to be shifted for half an hour to allow everyone to enter the stadium. Above all, many testimonies of supporters report dangerous assaults and jostles. A real fiasco.
In the days that followed, Didier Lallement, then police prefect of Paris, had not hidden behind his little finger. “It is obviously a failure, because people have been shaken or assaulted when we owed them security. It is also a failure, because the image of the country was shaken, “he said before the Senate Law Commission.
Today retired from his function, which he left only a few weeks after the episode of the Stade de France, Didier Lallement returned to this evening in May 2022. “We always have regrets about things that we could have done differently. I think of the stadium of France since I left for this failure and it deeply affected me, “he confessed on Friday on RTL when asked if he has regrets on his years at the” PP “.
Darmanin’s apology in May
Last May, Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior on the evening of the match, had apologized for the first time to Liverpool supporters. “It is a failure because I had not planned well, it is an error on my part, I had not verified what was going on. I have sinned by received idea. The culprit was easy and I apologize to Liverpool supporters, “he said on the Legend set.
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