Champions League fans in 'horrendous' queues as Gary Lineker slams 'dangerous' scenes

Liverpool followers had been left struggling to get contained in the Stade de France for the Champions League remaining in opposition to Actual Madrid as scenes of chaos appeared on-line.

Large queues of punters had been seen exterior the bottom in Paris after the Liverpool staff bus was additionally caught up in site visitors.

Gary Lineker was amongst those that had been caught up within the mayhem.

Kick-off for the sport in opposition to Madrid was delayed by 36 minutes.

“Nightmare... horrendous queues simply to get to first test, all of the followers received’t get in at this price,” one Liverpool fan informed The Occasions.

One other Liverpool supporter tweeted: “Kind it out guys, individuals not getting in fast sufficient.

Lengthy lengthy queues and fewer than an hour until kick-off. Take a look at the ‘Pool aspect of the stadium it’s empty as a result of they’re all exterior!!!”

Gary Lineker tweeted 16 minutes earlier than the unique scheduled 8pm kick-off time: “Discovering it inconceivable to get within the floor. This seems to be very harmful. Absolute carnage.”

He went on to submit 23 minutes later, with 1000's of followers nonetheless caught exterior the bottom at 8:10pm GMT: "I’m unsure it’s attainable to have a extra poorly organised occasion in case you tried.

"Completely shambolic and harmful. @UEFAcom".

After which instantly adopted that up with: "They’ve simply introduced one other 15 minute delay “due to the late arrival of followers. Utter b*******."

Chatting with AP whereas queuing up exterior the bottom, a fan mentioned: “It’s completely horrendous. There’s a bottleneck down there and there’s actually a six-foot hole for perhaps 20,000 Liverpool followers to get in.

“We're completely being pushed from pillar to submit. I've an 82-year-old father in legislation right here. And it’s simply insanity. I’m actually sorry however there are simply 1000's behind us.”

The Liverpool finish was noticeably patchy lower than half an hour earlier than kick-off as supporters struggled to get in.

On the sector, Thiago’s health for the ultimate seemed to be unsure. Named within the Liverpool beginning line-up, his work within the warm-up raised questions on his availability. Naby Keita seemed primed to step in.

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