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🗣️"I was tear-gassed by disgraceful French riot police"

@JBurtTelegraph, Telegraph Sport's chief football correspondent, reveals what happened during the chaotic scenes that marred Champions League final

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🏟️"It was outside Gate Y that I was caught in the tear gas used indiscriminately by French riot police inside the Stade de France."

"I was talking to Liverpool fans who were waiting patiently to try and get inside the stadium when it wafted into my face"

"I saw it being sprayed. I could not quite believe it. One fan closer to the spray than me was bent double, retching, as he struggled to cope."

🗣️"It was a shock, a complete shock – had what had happened just happened? - and it was utterly disgraceful" writes @JBurtTelegraph

⚽️"There was not a Uefa official to be seen."

"I did not see anyone in the hour I was outside the stadium trying to find out what was going on. No-one tried to offer any explanation or help the fans"
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"It felt dangerous and out-of-control even that far out from kick-off and it was a disgrace that Uefa’s initial statement had blamed the delay in kick-off on the late arrival of fans."

🗣️"Simply not true. They tried to own the narrative. Now they need to apologise."

"All the while the tear gas stung. I could not quite believe what I had seen."

❌"There was no aggression, no provocation, no violence. I just could not understand why one of the officers had sprayed in the direction of the fans who were simply standing there"

"What I saw was distressing, unfair and there have to be consequences"

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