Champions League Final Plans

[Liverpool]

Friend’s son just got 2 from the 2nd batch.

loads of reds got sorted today, far more than the initial ballot

[Shaggy]

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[Liverpool]

I think that lad knows no more than the rest of us, just because he lives in Paris has given him some authenticity

[Liverpool]

It was a tour de force for the public authorities, the bodies concerned (FFF and UEFA) and the State services: organizing a Champions League final in three months, when UEFA's specifications required it. legally eighteen. The Russian invasion in Ukraine, launched on February 24, led to the relocation of the Champions League final - initially scheduled for Saint Petersburg - to the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) under the impulse of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron.


The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, should not attend the Champions League final
One week before the event, and after more than seventy preparatory meetings, to date, between the various actors involved, under the aegis of the prefect hors classe Michel Cadot, interministerial delegate for major sporting events (Diges), the system reception of the supporters of the two clubs is almost finalized. Liverpool and Real Madrid supporters will have 22,000 seats each, including VIPs.

Real fans will meet near the Stade de France
On the Spanish side, the “fan meeting point” will be located in the public part of the Legion of Honor park, in Saint-Denis, near the Stade de France. It will open Saturday at midday, will close around 5 p.m., and will be reserved for Madrid fans in possession of a ticket for the final.

Real Madrid fans attending the Champions League final were expected to gather near the Stade de France. (G. van Keulen/Sports Press)
Real Madrid fans attending the Champions League final were expected to gather near the Stade de France. (G. van Keulen/Sports Press)
On the other hand, the discussions were denser to find a base suitable for the British supporters, who will be much more numerous. The authorities estimate that they will be between 50,000 and 60,000 to come to Paris next weekend (including the 22,000 ticket holders ). To accommodate them, half a dozen avenues have been explored, such as that of the Jean-Bouin stadium. But the enclosure hosts "hospitalities" linked to the Roland-Garros tournament.

UEFA settles the bill
The choice finally fell, according to our information, on a long artery to the east of the capital: the Cours de Vincennes. An option which was not necessarily that of the town hall of Paris, which anticipated in particular the reaction of local residents, and which had proposed hall 1 of the exhibition center at Porte de Versailles, south of the capital. Option rejected for safety reasons: too many smokers or the "cracking" of smoke bombs in this closed place could have triggered the fire alert system, causing an evacuation of the public without an immediate plan B...

This “fan zone” in the Cours de Vincennes should open at 2 p.m. on the day of the final, and will not only be reserved for Reds supporters, whether or not they have a ticket for the match. Pat-downs will be carried out to enter the area and musical entertainment is planned inside: two giant screens will be installed to broadcast the concerts that will take place in the afternoon. Food trucks and beer taps will also be selling refreshing warm Carling. The bill for the organization of these two spaces, Spanish and English, is paid by UEFA. As for the FFF, it has legal and operational responsibility.

[Rafa Justice]

I think it's diabolical that the club are doing the bus parade on the Heysel anniversary. So short sighted.

[Liverpool]

I think it's diabolical that the club are doing the bus parade on the Heysel anniversary. So short sighted.

Why? the players are going off on international duty Sunday night/Monday, there is literally no other date for it.

[Buzzo]

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[ChesterDave]

Why? the players are going off on international duty Sunday night/Monday, there is literally no other date for it.

I've already made the point elsewhere. I think it is somewhat poor form. We don't play April 15 because of Hillsborough so to have a massive party on the anniversary of Heysel is not a great look.

Also, it will definitely be used to attack us in the future by all manner of cretinous fans who claim to care but didn't even know the date of Heysel till it was pointed out to them

[Liverpool]

I've already made the point elsewhere. I think it is somewhat poor form. We don't play April 15 because of Hillsborough so to have a massive party on the anniversary of Heysel is not a great look.

Also, it will definitely be used to attack us in the future by all manner of cretinous fans who claim to care but didn't even know the date of Heysel till it was pointed out to them

Personally I think enough time has passed and the inquests/trials are done, I don't have a problem with us playing on the 15th April anymore, others will feel differently.

The club have said there will be events in the morning marking the disaster.

Given this a final and what happened at the final 1985 there was always a possibility something like this would happen but 37 years is a long time, I don't think anyone can be blamed for celebrating the European Cup the day after, I doubt it would even get coverage in Italy.

The only solution would have been to ask FIFA/UEFA permission not to release players until Monday night and make them out to be the bad guys if the request was refused.

Alternatives are no parade, or a half empty bus as everyone has ****ed off?

[Exiled_red]

Personally I think enough time has passed and the inquests/trials are done, I don't have a problem with us playing on the 15th April anymore, others will feel differently.

The club have said there will be events in the morning marking the disaster.

Given this a final and what happened at the final 1985 there was always a possibility something like this would happen but 37 years is a long time, I don't think anyone can be blamed for celebrating the European Cup the day after, I doubt it would even get coverage in Italy.

The only solution would have been to ask FIFA/UEFA permission not to release players until Monday night and make them out to be the bad guys if the request was refused.

Alternatives are no parade, or a half empty bus as everyone has ****ed off?

In fairness FIFA should allow something like that or else there would be a double standard as after the ACN there is time built in for players of the winning team to do a victory parade.

In this case I suspect that Liverpool City Council have had a bigger say in the parade date than the club.

[Rafa Justice]

Why? the players are going off on international duty Sunday night/Monday, there is literally no other date for it.

I've said why.

[Doc_Piptorious]

In fairness FIFA should allow something like that or else there would be a double standard as after the ACN there is time built in for players of the winning team to do a victory parade.

In this case I suspect that Liverpool City Council have had a bigger say in the parade date than the club.

Yep them and the police would have the deciding say in it, and closing the city down on a Monday simply would not be feasible.

Ideal world it could be done the following Saturday or Sunday but with the International set up calling players away that option was out as well.

It is a bad date to have to have the parade on and in that respect it was a bad weekend for UEFA to have scheduled the final for in the first place.

[Shaggy]

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[S-RED]

Hope thats true, as its the right side of paris for my accomodation

[BobTheCharmer]

Anyone know of anywhere decent to watch in Liverpool at short notice. Initial plans have gone to **** as have plan b and c.