RIOT COPS EVEN TEAR-GASSED MY SON, 9

Brits tell of brutal police tactics, attacks by local gangs & UEFA ticket shambles

- PATRICK HILL

A DAD told yesterday how his nineyear-old son choked on police tear gas at the Champions League final.

Fan Carl Clemente said: “The police were throwing them for fun. I got hit.”

Liverpool fans slammed brutal policing and shambolic organisation by UEFA as calls grew for an inquiry into Saturday

IT was meant to be a thrilling day out in the Parisian sunshine, a game to mark the culmination of a highachieving season for Liverpool and the opportunity to be crowned champions of Europe.

What should have been filled with memories for Liverpool fans to cherish turned into a nightmare that some feared would turn into another stadium disaster.

Liverpool fan Edward Lynch, an A&E  doctor, summed it up: “It was a shambles. The whole thing was a mess.

“Fans were really scared it was going to end in another stadium disaster.”

Dr Lynch added that he had helped treat a man in his 70s who said he had been hit by a police baton or shield during a melee outside the stadium.

I left my seat inside the Stade de France at 7.25pm – 35 minutes before the planned kick-off time – after hearing there were huge queues outside and thugs had tried to storm the gates.

GOADED

I saw large numbers of ticketless men trying to get through the stadium’s secure perimeter.

Some succeeded in breaking through and ran into the stadium.

I watched as others goaded batonwielding police and threw missiles.