Real Madrid rejects UEFA fan refund offers for final chaos
Real Madrid fans cheers after Real Madrid's Karim Benzema scored his side's fourth goal during the Champions League, round of 16, first leg soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jon Super]
GENEVA (AP) — Real Madrid has rejected UEFA’s plan to refund some fans the price of their ticket to last year’s chaotic Champions League final in Paris. The Champions League winners say they will help fans file their own legal claims against UEFA. Madrid says it expected more from UEFA after talks about compensation than just the offer of a refund. Madrid says some fans suffered thefts and physical assaults near the Stade de France. UEFA offered Madrid and Liverpool fans ticket price compensation last week after an investigation panel outlined serious organizational failures. Madrid says “our club believes that UEFA’s proposal … is insufficient.”
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FILE - Police officers guard the Stade de France prior the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, in Saint Denis near Paris, Saturday, May 28, 2022. UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer's ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the Champions League final in Paris that put the lives of Liverpool and Real Madrid fans at risk, the investigation panel wrote in a 220-page document published Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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FILE - Liverpool fans wait in front of the of the Stade de France prior the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, in Saint Denis near Paris, Saturday, May 28, 2022. UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer's ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the Champions League final in Paris that put the lives of Liverpool and Real Madrid fans at risk, the investigation panel wrote in a 220-page document published Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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FILE - The display announces delay of the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris, Saturday, May 28, 2022. UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer's ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the Champions League final in Paris that put the lives of Liverpool and Real Madrid fans at risk, the investigation panel wrote in a 220-page document published Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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