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[European football] Champions League Final: Harrowing accounts of post-match violence spark debate
BBC ^ | 3rd June 2022 | Hugh Schofield

Posted on 06/03/2022 2:34:24 PM PDT by Mr Radical

A week has gone by but the stadium "fiasco" remains a hot issue in France, with new and harrowing accounts about the breakdown in law and order when the match had come to an end.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asylum; chat; europe; france; immigration; migration; muslim; paris; refugees; sports
For those not familiar with this topic - this front-page BBC News article refers to the trouble outside last week's European (football/soccer) Champions League Final, and chaotic scenes at the ground that delayed the start of the match where thousands of English fans with valid tickets were locked out of the stadium.

The truth is gradually coming out because a week has gone by and the MSM cannot cover it up any longer. The trouble was caused not by fans but by local "gangs".

Think m-----s?

As Marine Le Pen describes it: "France has offered up a spectacle of what it is becoming. A zone of general lawlessness."

1 posted on 06/03/2022 2:34:24 PM PDT by Mr Radical
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To: Mr Radical

I thought NFL Europe went out of business.


2 posted on 06/03/2022 2:52:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Mr Radical

Funny thing, the European Champions Rugby Final was held in Marseilles. TV panning the stands showed Toulouse and Leinster fans sitting next to each other waving their team’s flags. No signs of trouble at all. I’m informed that this is not the case in soccer.


3 posted on 06/03/2022 2:58:06 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Mr Radical

Attackers were … yeah… those youths. France is great because of diversity. Yeah. Diversity.


4 posted on 06/03/2022 3:01:31 PM PDT by Nashcash
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well we definitely need to ban all sporting events and confiscate/buy back all the soccer balls


5 posted on 06/03/2022 3:36:33 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight of Faith" )
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To: hanamizu

Big difference between rugby and soccer fans.


6 posted on 06/04/2022 4:37:33 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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