Actual Madrid say Uefa’s proposal to reimburse some followers who attended final 12 months’s Champions League closing is “inadequate” and have demanded all supporters ought to be compensated.
An unbiased report discovered Uefa bears “main accountability” for chaotic scenes that “nearly led to catastrophe” outdoors Paris’ Stade de France.
Actual Madrid say they won’t work with with Uefa’s “restricted” reimbursement scheme.
The membership need Uefa to “rectify and assume full accountability”.
On Tuesday, the European governing physique announced it would refund fans who had tickets for the final, which was performed between Actual Madrid and Liverpool on 28 Could, in particular areas of the stadium.
Uefa stated the refund scheme “covers the entire Liverpool FC ticket allocation for the ultimate, ie 19,618 tickets”.
Followers had been penned in and teargassed outdoors as kick-off was delayed by 36 minutes.
The report, commissioned by Uefa and launched final month, stated it was “outstanding nobody misplaced their life”.
In a response launched on Wednesday, Actual Madrid stated: “The actual fact is that every one the followers skilled an unacceptable delay within the begin of the match.
“As well as, there was unacceptable insecurity each in accessing and leaving the stadium, in addition to further hurt comparable to theft, assaults and threats.”
BBC Sport has contacted Uefa for additional remark.
Uefa plans to present refunds to these followers who:
- had tickets for gates A, B, C, X, Y and Z on the Stade de France – the realm the place many Liverpool supporters had been bottlenecked and confronted overcrowding points
- who didn’t enter the stadium earlier than the match was speculated to kick-off (21:00 native time), in response to the stadium’s entry management knowledge
- who weren’t in a position to enter the stadium in any respect
- who bought accessibility tickets
Actual Madrid stated it had mentioned the refund scheme with Uefa and “trusted always” the compensation for all followers could be reflective of the conclusions made by the unbiased report.
“Sadly we take into account the Uefa proposal inadequate,” they stated.
“The content material of the report, which was requested by Uefa itself, highlights all of the followers who attended the ultimate had been victims of Uefa’s poor organisation and noticed their private security compromised.
“Whether or not having the ability to entry the stadium or not, or having achieved so on the scheduled time, which in any case was as a result of distinctive behaviour of the followers of the 2 golf equipment, the fact is that every one the followers suffered.
“For that reason, Actual Madrid has determined to not cooperate with the restricted compensation scheme promoted by Uefa, which we ask to rectify and assume full accountability.”
