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Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

PSG ultras unveil new banner after Champions League final chaos

Supporters of Paris Saint-Germain have reacted to incidents that marred the Champions League final on Saturday evening by mocking their own city's police force.

PSG's Women's team faced Lyon at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris on Sunday, only 24 hours after Liverpool lost 1-0 to Real Madrid in the Stade de France, with Liverpool supporters subjected to hostile treatment from French authorities before kick off.

During the match, home supporters unveiled a huge banner which read '28/05/22 Police prefects, votre incompetence aux yeux du monde', which translates in English as 'Police prefects, your incompetence in the eyes of the world'.

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Liverpool supporters, players and the club itself has been heavily critical of the French authorities for their handling of entry to the Champions League final, with fans subjected to long delays, funnelled into tight spaces, tear gassed, greeted by closed gates and some attacked by local gangs on the way in.

The widely-reported incidents prompted the launch of an independent investigation by UEFA into the handling of its showpiece event in Paris.

PSG went on to lose the match on Sunday 1-0 against opponents Lyon, who in doing so, clinched the French women’s league title for the 15th time.

Liverpool's CEO Billy Hogan has criticised French interior minister Gerald Darmanin for blaming the disturbing events on ticketless Liverpool supporters, who claimed that 30,000-40,000 supporters had arrived at ground with 'fraudulent' tickets. And Liverpool's Chairman Tom Werner has written to French sports minister, Amelie Oudea-Costera, calling for an apology to the Liverpool supporters subjected to heavy-handed treatment from riot police in Paris.

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