Champions League

Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final for the second time in five years in Paris on Saturday, with Jurgen Klopp's side aiming to end ...

We know very well the demands at this club, the history, but for us to get here is huge," said Ancelotti, who last year was in charge of Liverpool's local rivals Everton. Liverpool look to have the stronger side on paper, with Alisson in goal, Virgil van Dijk marshalling their defence and Salah and Sadio Mane leading their attack. The Anfield club can win their seventh European Cup, a tally that would see them go level with AC Milan and leave only Real with more victories.

The clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the final of this year's Uefa Champions League, Europe's most prestigious and richest football tournament, ...

Thousands of football fans were descending on Paris to see Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final on Sunday.

“Let’s see it like this, that the game still happens and is not in St Petersburg maybe is exactly the right message which Russia should get. Not this time due to the pandemic but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which saw St. Petersburg stripped of hosting rights. “We are very close to achieving something huge this season, and we will give our all to achieve it,” Ancelotti said. Since then Jurgen Klopp has ended the team's 30-year English championship drought in 2020. If we do that, that we be ourselves that be really confident as well. “We are very calm in the camp.

The men's UEFA Champions League final will once again take place on a Saturday with the match kicking off in the afternoon across the USA and Canada.

Real Madrid 4-3 Stade de Reims The Stade de France also hosted the 2000 Champions League final, where Real Madrid defeated fellow Spanish side Valencia. Stade Velodrome Paris The last Champions League final to be decided in a penalty shootout was Real Madrid's 2016 triumph over archrivals Atletico Madrid after a 1-1 draw through 120 minutes. This year's original host venue selection was Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. However, Champions League final venues underwent a shuffle due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the teams have scored the same number of penalties after the minimum five rounds, sudden death is introduced with every subsequent round.

Liverpool hope to secure a third trophy this season, while Real Madrid seek to add to their La Liga triumph.

“It is a great success for all of us to be here. The final promises to be a fitting climax to the European season, with Liverpool looking to win a second Champions League in four seasons since losing 1-3 to Real Madrid in Kyiv in 2018, when Mohamed Salah went off injured in the first half and Gareth Bale scored twice for the Spaniards. Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final for the second time in five years, with Jurgen Klopp’s side aiming to end the season with a trophy treble while the Spanish giants will look to Karim Benzema to inspire them to a record-extending 14th European Cup victory.

Liverpool and Real Madrid have appeared in a combined 25 European Cup and Champions League finals.That figure will go up to 27 on Saturday evening as the ...

2017-18 - Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool (NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium) 2017-18 - Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool (NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium) They have met twice before in European finals, with Liverpool winning 1-0 at the Parc des Princes in the 1980-81 season.

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of soccer fans were descending on Paris to see Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final later Saturday.

Real Madrid and Brazil left-back Roberto Carlos believes that Real Madrid will emerge victorious over Liverpool in the Champions League final in Paris on ...

Madrid go into the game as underdogs, with Jurgen Klopp's Reds fancied to bring home their seventh European Cup, and a second in four years. Real Madrid and Brazil left-back Roberto Carlos believes that Real Madrid will emerge victorious over Liverpool in the Champions League final in Paris on Saturday. Report: Real Madrid And Brazil Legend Roberto Carlos On The Champions League Final Against Liverpool

The biggest match of the year is almost here as Liverpool and Real Madrid will meet in France to decide who will hoist the Champions League trophy.

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Liverpool vs Real Madrid Live Streaming: All you need to know about live streaming details, match timings, venue of UEFA Champions League Final between ...

How to watch the live streaming of the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool vs Real Madrid? While the Premier League was missed out on by a single point last weekend, the season can end with a rare treble of trophies, having already won the FA Cup and the League Cup. Where is the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool vs Real Madrid?

Liverpool and Real Madrid, two sides with extensive history in the UEFA Champions League, will meet in the final in Paris.

Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. - 2007-08: Manchester United (England) over Chelsea (England), 1-1 (Manchester United won penalty shootout, 6-5) - 2013-14: Real Madrid (Spain) over Atletico Madrid (Spain), 4-1 - 2015-16: Real Madrid (Spain) over Atletico Madrid (Spain), 1-1 (Real Madrid won penalty shootout, 5-3) The final is set for a 3 p.m. ET start. It was in Real Madrid's last Champions League final appearance where it knocked off Liverpool to lift the trophy.

Liverpool's marathon season - which saw them win the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and come within a point of the Premier League title - is set to reach an epic ...

Liverpool's marathon season - which saw them win the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and come within a point of the Premier League title - is set to reach an epic climax at the Stade de France tonight. Liverpool's marathon season - which saw them win the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and come within a point of the Premier League title - is set to reach an epic climax at the Stade de France tonight. Tens of thousands of Liverpool fans have gathered in Paris ahead of the Champions League final.

Mohamed Salah said he wanted to face Real Madrid before the Spanish side's semi-final win over Manchester City as the Egyptian was injured by Sergio Ramos in ...

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Predicted line-ups, team news and selection dilemmas ahead of the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

One area where Carlo Ancelotti does have a decision to make, however, is in the front three. David Alaba and Éder Militão look like they have been playing together for years at the back. Our team reporters also consider the two coaches' main selection dilemmas and keep tabs on any potential absences.

The bookmakers have made Liverpool favorites to win the 2022 UEFA Champions League final but a lot of former players are backing Real Madrid.

They won't want to get into a grind with them because I think Madrid are the ultimate team when it comes to know-how and winning close games." "I think their name's written on it; I bet against them every single knockout round previously and they have smashed me so I'm going to go with them this time. I think it will depend on the players. He'll keep Liverpool out and Real Madrid will score late on." He added: "It will be difficult. It'll be difficult as Liverpool aren't bad in finals, but the same goes for Madrid.

Saturday's match between Liverpool and Real Madrid will be the biggest appointment of Turpin's career to date. But he already has plenty of big match experience ...

But UEFA consider Turpin one of the best in Europe." "I've achieved two of the biggest dreams that a referee can have. It's a special place, to be sure." Fellow former EPL ref Mark Halsey told The Sun that Turpin will be a "safe pair of hands". Clement Turpin will be the referee in charge of the 2022 Champions League final. Reflecting on his selection for the Champions League final and his recent inclusion on the list of referees picked for the 2022 World Cup, he added: "I feel privileged.

A group of supporters made their own plan to reach Paris for Saturday's Champions League final.

As many as 60,000 Liverpool fans were predicted to arrive in Paris on Saturday by coach, train, boat and plane. They were among tens of thousands of fans predicted to arrive in the French capital ahead of tonight’s final. They got a flight to Jersey last minute and they met up with us and asked could we get them to France,” he told the Liverpool Echo.

A CAMPAIGN like no other. What a journey it's been. Sixty-three games played. Two trophies won, Paris still to come. This Liverpool team have given us the ...

They’ve given us memories to last a lifetime and we’ll all be up for it again. Finding ways to get the best out of the ‘fringe’ players in particular has underpinned this charge on four fronts. I remember watching Chelsea go 3-0 up at the Bernabeu in disbelief at how poor Madrid were. For all the criticisms Klopp has received over the years about his rotation policy and handling of the squad, it’s been instrumental to our success this season. The partnership of Fabinho and Thiago, working in perfect tandem. This Liverpool team have given us the absolute best of times.

The Spanish champion is seeking its record 14th European title on Saturday in Paris. Liverpool, the Premier League runner-up, is chasing its seventh.

Liverpool has, of course, be in this spot before: It lost to Real Madrid in the 2018 final. A favorable knockout-round draw and a helpful upset — not to mention playing some of the best soccer in the club’s history — meant that its opponents were swatted aside relative ease. Real Madrid faced all the so-called new money clubs in the knockout rounds, and in doing so came face to face with elimination multiple times. It has now played a quarter of the all the finals that have been contested, in fact, including — after Saturday — five of the past nine. As of 15.00 on 26.05 until 18.00 on Sunday 29.05 it is prohibited to wear any football club colours in the area of the Champs Elysees. This includes scarves, hats, displaying banners etc. That might have been related to a warning issued to supporters of both teams that they risked fines of 135 euros (almost $150) if they turned up wearing club colors in places like the Eiffel Tower or the Champs Élysées, the grand avenue that is typically flooded with visitors. Real Madrid is in the final for the fifth time since 2014; in each of its previous four visits since then, its fans will quickly point out, it has left town with the trophy. Chelsea, Manchester City and P.S.G. could not disabuse Real Madrid of its abiding belief in its own agency; Ancelotti and his players have plenty of reason to be confident that Liverpool will go the same way. Europe and the rest of the world. Ordinarily, at a club as proud and demanding as Real Madrid, those twin embarrassments would be enough to spark some sense of mutiny. Real was imperious in the first leg against Chelsea. That aside, it has had to weather fairly consistent storms. Just give Real Madrid the trophy and save everyone the bother.

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Liverpool and Real Madrid are no strangers when it comes to the Champions League, having met in the final twice before, first in 1981 and then again in 2018. Furthermore, Liverpool have not beaten Real in the Champions League since 2008-09 when they thrashed them 5-0 on aggregate in the round of 16. Another win for the Spanish giants tonight would see them claim the cup for a fifth time in nine years. No other English side have ever reached the final of all three competitions in the same campaign. Benzema has also scored a career-high 44 goals in 45 games for Real in all competitions this season, with Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich (50 goals) the only player in all of Europe's top five leagues to have registered more in 2021-22. Real Madrid have gone early with their team by announcing their starting XI a full hour before it has to be submitted to UEFA. Coach Carlo Ancelotti has selected Fede Valverde ahead of Rodrygo in his front three. Liverpool's team bus has had a struggle to get through the traffic to make it to the Stade de France. Jurgen Klopp and his players are only just arriving now, having been temporarily stuck in traffic on the motorway close to the stadium. So while Real's players are now beginning to stroll onto the pitch to get an early feel for their surroundings, Liverpool's team are still waiting to get off the bus. And in defence, Ibrahima Konate is chosen ahead of Joel Matip alongside Virgil van Dijk. Thiago had been the biggest doubt, having limped out of the win against Wolves six days ago with a tweaked hamstring. Jurgen Klopp's side dispatched Inter Milan, Benfica and Villarreal in the knockout rounds while Carlo Ancelotti led his team past Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City in a series of comeback wins. Twice Klopp came up to talk to him and Naby Keita has been warming up with the starters. Those hundreds of supporters who have been waiting idly outside for the last few hours unable to enter through the crowded turnstiles would probably beg to differ.

About 60000 Reds supporters have made the journey to France for the Champions League final.

but I always had faith, despite all the challenges we've had". Ian Finlay, who had planned to try and buy a ticket in Paris, said he had been left "unbelievably chuffed" when his family and friends surprised him with a ticket for the match on the ferry to Calais. Thousands have travelled to the French capital without tickets, with some saying they were keen to soak in the "carnival atmosphere". She said the passengers "were split into two groups" and were then told "which group was going and which group wasn't". A WCS spokesman said there had been "an issue with two aircraft which were cancelled by the airline at the last minute" and staff had worked "all day and most of the evening" to find seats for passengers on other carriers. He said the original coach had to be replaced and the ferry at Dover had to be pushed back, which led to "some worried faces...

Two soccer titans meet in a match to determine the best club in Europe. Follow along for live updates and analysis.

Real Madrid finished second in La Liga last season to qualify for the Champions League. It topped Group D with five wins and one loss. It won all six of its Champions League group-stage matches and then beat Inter Milan, Benfica and Villarreal in the knockout round to advance to the final. (Scottish club Celtic in 1966-67 became the only team to achieve a quadruple of major European trophies). Liverpool won a pair of domestic cup competitions earlier this season. Twelve minutes later, after a Sadio Mané equalizer, Gareth Bale angled an acrobatic bicycle kick over Karius, who again became the focus of fan ire when Bale drilled a long shot through his hands to score 20 minutes later. The governing body initially described the reason for the delay to late-arriving fans, but updated the attribution as a “security issue.” Thiago made his return after sustaining an injury during Sunday’s Premier League finale. Its best chance came around the 20th minute when Sadio Mané cut inside and unleashed a shot that hit the near post as Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois scrambled to recover. Return to menu Madrid rode a second-place finish in Spain’s La Liga, followed by a 5-1 record in the group-stage and knockout wins over Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City, to the final. Return to menu Two of the top clubs in European soccer renew acquaintances Saturday in Saint-Denis, France, as Liverpool meets Real Madrid for the UEFA Champions League crown.

Saturday's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid kicked off following a 36-minute delay after police tried to hold off fans trying to ...

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Follow along here as the two European giants meet in a dynamic title match in Paris, where more history will be made.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid won its 35th Spanish league title earlier this year. Four years ago, the two sides met in the Champions League final in Kyiv. Real Madrid prevailed, 3–1, thanks in part to two second-half goals from Gareth Bale. However, the game has been widely remembered for Sergio Ramos injuring Mohamed Salah in the first half, and the Egyptian has vowed to exact a measure of revenge with his new opportunity. The road to Paris has been filled with twists and turns, but on Saturday, two European giants in Liverpool and Real Madrid will meet to decide the Champions League title.

The Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris was delayed on Saturday amid crowd congestion outside the Stade de France.

They forced their way through the first filter. UEFA announced the delay at 8:46 p.m. CET before saying that a further announcement would be made within a maximum of 15 minutes. The screening at the Stade de France is watertight.

Starting line-ups, team news and selection dilemmas ahead of the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

One area where Carlo Ancelotti did have a decision to make, however, was in the front three. David Alaba and Éder Militão look like they have been playing together for years at the back. Our team reporters also considered the two coaches' main selection dilemmas and kept tabs on any potential absences.

Match starts at 12:15 PM · BREAKING: Kick off has been delayed by fifteen minutes due to issues getting fans into the stadium. · Madrid also come up with no ...

We play this final for all the people, not only but as well, for all the people in Ukraine." "Let's see it like this, that the game still happens and is not in St Petersburg maybe is exactly the right message which Russia should get. For the third consecutive year, UEFA was forced to change the location of the final. "The war is still going on . . . and we have to think about that," Klopp said. "We are very calm in the camp. Since then Jurgen Klopp has ended the team's 30-year English championship drought in 2020.

Kick-off in Saturday's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris had to be delayed by 36 minutes amid safety concerns.

At the Euro 2020 final last July, thousands of fans surged past security at Wembley and there was fighting in the concourses. In Spanish “security problems” were blamed but the English announcement was clear in pointing the finger at “the late arrival” of fans. At about 8.45pm local time, by which point the Real Madrid end of the stadium was full but there were still swathes of empty seats in the Liverpool end, an announcement was made that kick-off would be delayed. The Associated Press journalist Rob Harris reported that Uefa staff had intervened to prevent security personnel from going after media to stop them from filming as tear gas was deployed. There was footage of some, presumably without tickets, climbing the fence and running past stewards, but the vast majority remained in the overcrowded queues for security checks. There were chaotic scenes as security checks led to bottlenecks and police deployed pepper spray or tear gas, again raising serious questions about Uefa’s organisation of a major event.

Police deployed tear gas on supporters waiting in long lines to get into the Stade de France and security struggled with fans desperate to see the Champions ...

There were many instances of fans breaking through security and attempting to get into the stadium. It was greeted by jeers inside the stadium, given those fans had already endured long queues.The game eventually started at 9.37 p.m. local time. One policeman collapsed to the ground and had to be helped by other officers. Officers used tear gas on Liverpool fans on repeated occasions. Three more fans were seen evading stewards and sprinting through the concourse and into the bottom level of the stadium. Angry Liverpool fans held in the lines were seen hanging onto railings and heard shouting: "Let us in.

'Children crying, people trapped' before competition showpiece between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France.

There were many instances of fans breaking through security and attempting to get into the stadium. It was greeted by jeers inside the stadium, given those fans had already endured long queues. One policeman collapsed to the ground and had to be helped by other officers.

Real Madrid's Marcelo lifts the Champions League trophy inside the Stade de France. Stade de France, Paris (CNN) Real Madrid is simply made for ...

The outpouring of joy when the full-time whistle went was largely tinged with relief -- those fans know what an ordeal this night was. Numerous flares were let off as that end of the stadium began to glow red and smoke filled the chilly Parisian air. They had the best seats in the house to witness Liverpool's near-perfect first half, but fortunately for them the only thing they hadn't seen up close was a goal. The concrete stairs inside the Stade de France began to shudder as the celebrations from Real fans lasted almost five minutes. In the last third we could have done better," Klopp said after the match. It was a suitably tense end to what had been an enthralling first half. Then, out of nowhere, Carlo Ancelotti's side looked as though it had taken the lead completely against the run of play. It was a strange sight. Passes were going astray, clearances were being skewed and both sides struggled to find any inroads into the opposition's area. Salah's second chance arrived soon after, but this one was hit straight at the Real goalkeeper. When the full time whistle went, Real's bench erupted and emptied onto the pitch. Chances were few and far between for Carlo Ancelotti's side, but it only needed one.

Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final that started 37 minutes late ...

The situation started to get out of hand as riot police deployed tear gas on Liverpool supporters in the lines, while some fans were seen climbing the fences. The Associated Press saw two fans — one was wearing Liverpool attire — wrestled to the ground by stewards and bundled out of the gates, while others managed to get all the way into the arena. With 45 minutes remaining before kickoff, there were still long lines of Liverpool fans waiting to be allowed into the stadium, and there were sporadic instances of fans breaking through security and sprinting onto the concourse.

Real Madrid secured a record-extending 14th European Cup when they beat Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final delayed for more than half an hour after ...

Liverpool were back at it early in the second half but Real soaked up the pressure until they struck in the 59th minute. It was meant to be a different outcome this time with Liverpool slight favourites but they beat the Merseyside club for the second time in Paris after their 3-1 victory in 2018. Real Madrid secured a record-extending 14th European Cup when they beat Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final delayed for more than half an hour after police tried to stop people trying to force their way into the Stade de France.

It is a rematch of the 2018 Champions League decider, with Premier League giants Liverpool and Spanish mega club Real Madrid facing off at Stade de France.

Vinicius vanquishes Liverpool's cup final dream with 1-0 win after a delayed kickoff in Paris.

Like elite athletes at their peak, our sports journalists are highly trained in the art of news. So we're asking you to support us with more than your attention. Some fans climbed fences surround the stadium to get in. Vinicius sank to his knees and covered his face at fulltime. "I’m really struggling.” Many of his teammates sprinted the length of the field to celebrate in front of Madrid's fans at one end of the stadium.

Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0 to win the UEFA Champions League, the 14th European title for the Spanish club. Here are the main talking points.

And the result Saturday left Liverpool without their seventh European Cup. So how can we judge a season that promised so much, yet ultimately ended with disappointment? And he was unmarked because Alexander-Arnold lost his man at the key moment, allowing the 21-year-old to find the space to claim the cross and score past Alisson. Alexander-Arnold's defensive shortcomings are the main reason why he is no longer Gareth Southgate's first-choice right-back with England, but Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp remains fiercely loyal to his player because of the attacking qualities he brings to the team. Courtois continued his heroic performance in the second half, before and after his team's breakthrough goal, to seal a compelling case for the man of the match award. And Ancelotti now moves ahead of Liverpool's Bob Paisley and Real's Zinedine Zidane as the most successful coach by winning it a fourth time. But while Vinicius' goal was the decisive moment, Real owed their victory to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who made a succession of crucial saves throughout the game.

Children were crying and people were trapped before competition showpiece between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France.

“We are hugely disappointed at the stadium entry issues and breakdown of the security perimeter that Liverpool fans faced,” the club said in a statement. As numbers outside the stadium continued to build up after kick-off, the police dispersed them with tear gas and forced them away from the stadium.” There were many instances of fans breaking through security and attempting to get into the stadium. “This created a build-up of fans trying to get in. One policeman collapsed to the ground and had to be helped by other officers. “We’ve seen this and it’s going to happen all again.

European soccer's showcase game was delayed more than 30 minutes after overcrowding at the stadium gates led to clashes between fans and the police.

The security official said that “it was a police decision” to close entry and exit points. Tommy Smith, a Liverpool fan who had traveled to Paris from Ireland with a group of friends and family, said his group had arrived two hours before the scheduled kickoff and found that there were few entrances where fans could present their tickets. “Thank you to the very many police forces mobilized this evening in this difficult context.” “Thousands of British ‘supporters’ without tickets or with counterfeit tickets forced entry and sometimes assaulted the stewards,” he wrote. One group of V.I.P.s, delayed because of a problem scanning the Q.R. codes attached to their tickets, scaled a fence in an effort to get to their seats. The confusion, and rising anger, created a potentially dangerous situation in which French police officers, wearing helmets and carrying shields, used canisters of what UEFA, which runs the Champions League, said was tear gas to keep the surging crowds at bay.

The soccer Champions League final in Paris was marred as Liverpool fans were sprayed with tear gas as they tried to enter the stadium, delaying the start of ...

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Carlo Ancelotti's side had come back from the dead so many times en route to the final but for once they didn't need to in Paris.

And so in an era when most managers espouse a philosophy, when we talk of grand tactical schema and the dominance of Pep Guardiola’s juego de posición and Jürgen Klopp’s gegenpressing, the first manager to win the Champions League four times is Carlo Ancelotti, who is as mutable and pragmatic as they come. Modric’s outside of the boot pass to Benzema to equalise against Chelsea at the Bernabéu is the defining moment of their campaign because it required such virtuosity at such a vital time. But this has not been a normal season for Madrid. They have survived by their nerve, by their capacity to produce moments of brilliance when they have needed them. At the very last he was there, claiming a cross from the left in a crowded box and giving it one last punt downfield. The rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone in injury time was less a rousing call to one last surge than a mournful hymn of defiance. The only difference between the final and what had gone before was that this time there was no point at which Liverpool apparently had the game won, and Karim Benzema didn’t score.

Vinícius Júnior scored the only goal as Real Madrid beat Liverpool in Paris to win the European Cup for the 14th time.

- 1-0 is now the most common score in UEFA Champions League finals. We’ve achieved something that nobody expected of us at the start of the season, and we've done that thanks to our quality, our commitment, our history, everything. They have enjoyed an outstanding campaign domestically and in Europe, but it's a huge shame it had to end in this most painful of defeats. They get the job done, whatever it takes, and thanks to Courtois and Vinícius they are 14-time European champions. Madrid threatened to add a second on the break thereafter, but not for the first time, they had done just enough. Karim Benzema did have the ball in the net before half-time only for VAR to intervene.

Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final that started 37 minutes late.

The situation started to get out of hand as riot police deployed tear gas on Liverpool supporters in the lines, while some fans were seen climbing the fences. Liverpool dream crushed in Champions League final Liverpool dream crushed in Champions League final

Liverpool Football Club has requested a formal investigation into the ugly scenes that marred the Champions League final in Paris on Saturday.

"This created a build-up of fans trying to get in. "In the lead-up to the game, the turnstiles at the Liverpool end became blocked by thousands fans who had purchased fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles," UEFA said in a statement "We are hugely disappointed at the stadium entry issues and breakdown of the security perimeter that Liverpool fans faced this evening at Stade de France," Liverpool said in a statement

Jean-Luc Mélenchon criticises 'confrontational policing' at Paris final, saying country seems ill-prepared for future events.

Mélenchon said the police’s job was to “ensure calm” and “prevent things going badly” but that they had done the opposite and “aggravated” the situation. It concluded that after the match, supporters were dispersed without difficulty and there were “no major incidents” in the two fanzones elsewhere in the French capital. He thanked the police for their work “in this difficult context”.

Liverpool also calls for investigation of crowding at turnstiles; French politicians point finger at UK supporters.

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally (RN), called for a parliamentary enquiry, blaming the chaos on mismanagement and “traditional delinquency which has caused every event to turn into a riot.” Liverpool cited huge disappointment at the “stadium entry issues and breakdown of the security perimeter,” according to a statement. “I think we do need to ensure that they are looking into how this happened. French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra also laid the blame for the chaos with British fans. But there were also U.K. reports of peaceful queuers being targeted with tear gas. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd outside the stadium, it said.

Real Madrid have won more than twice as many European Cups as any other team, and that carefree pedigree showed in their latest win over Liverpool.

Not with Courtois, in the prime of his career, staking a claim as the world's No. 1 between the posts and getting a few things off his chest. Except, even without Mbappe, you suspect this won't be their last -- not when there's a guy like Ancelotti, one of the few men who can pull off the cardigan-cigar-shades combination and lead a team in transition to a league and Cup double. There was David Alaba, demanding and getting a massive chest-bump from his defensive partner, Militao. They needed a spark and they got it from the way they defended. Madrid were on the ropes, but this is a team that knows how to both dazzle and suffer. When Madrid tried to play from the back, they were met with the twin central barrier of Salah and Sadio Mane, with Luis Diaz on the left and either Jordan Henderson or Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right. "This was maybe the most difficult Champions League [win]," Benzema said. That's what happens when arithmetic grants you the league early: You have the luxury to rest and recuperate, tweak and tinker, eyes and minds fully engaged on the prize. He was also able to call upon, on paper, his first-choice XI, but the vibe was different. But the tools of victory were those they had employed in earlier rounds: belief, unflappability and experience. And now the Kylian Mbappe snub isn't quite so infuriating -- it has to be satisfying to win a European Cup in his city, a 10-minute scooter ride from where he was born and raised. But perhaps no team has ever become champions of Europe after overcoming such a tough run in the knockout rounds: Mbappe's (and Lionel Messi's) Paris Saint-Germain, defending champions Chelsea and then Manchester City and Liverpool, No. 1 and No. 1a in most fans' unofficial power rankings. (Or, as club president Florentino Perez put it after the game: "Mbappe is forgotten now and that's OK ... Madrid had a perfect season."

Liverpool have demanded an "independent" investigation into the chaotic scenes outside the Stade de France before Saturday's Champions League final.

Television footage showed images of young men jumping the gates of the stadium to gain entry. Other people outside, including children, were tear-gassed by riot police, a Reuters witness said. "We understand that there were a lot of different experiences that took place over the course of the evening and it's imperative that we hear from supporters.