‘I’m a Real Madrid fan who was attacked by thugs after Champions League final vs Liverpool, it’s a miracle I’m alive’
A REAL MADRID fan has given his account of a hellish Champions League final experience, saying “it’s a miracle I’m alive”. Madridista Paco Martinez Marin was among those attacked by notorious French ‘Saint-Denis’ thugs and has shared his story with fans forum La Galerna. He said: “I never thought I expected to fear for our lives. Yes, […]
A REAL MADRID fan has given his account of a hellish Champions League final experience, saying “it’s a miracle I’m alive”.
Madridista Paco Martinez Marin was among those attacked by notorious French ‘Saint-Denis’ thugs and has shared his story with fans forum La Galerna.
He said: “I never thought I expected to fear for our lives. Yes, I was really scared and thanks to my son today I can tell about it.
“Without exaggeration… it saved my life.
“A lot of people went together when we left the stadium. Happy. Our team had won.
“But fate was that we met a group of criminals armed with cutters who attacked us mercilessly making us fall to the ground and then rob us.
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“Some put the cutter around their necks and asked for their mobiles”.
“The worst of all was his attitude, that of the French Police, which at no time helped us.
“Neither us nor so many people who asked for help. I asked for an ambulance please because of the wounds I had, I was bleeding.
“A guard told the people asking for help: ‘Welcome to France…’.
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“People didn’t know where to go, it was chaos.
“A French citizen who was passing by, seeing his wounds, got out of his car and told me: ‘To the Hospital!’
“I went with him and yes, he took me to the closest one where I spent the night between priests and observing the blow to the head.
“I cried, yes, but not because of the aggression but because of rage, because of the help not received from the police to some injured people. That’s a crime.”
A guard told the people asking for help: ‘Welcome to France…’
Paco Martinez
The most elite game in European football was tarnished by crowd issues with thousands of Liverpool supporters stuck outside the Stade de France, causing kick-off to be delayed by over half an hour.
Reds fans peacefully trying to enter the stadium were also tear-gassed by French police.
And CEO Billy Hogan admitted he was “in complete disbelief” after French ministers blamed Liverpool fans for the scenes outside the ground.
Chiefs also claimed there had been NO TROUBLE in the Real Madrid end of the ground.
But Real released a statement confirming their fans were in fact “assaulted and robbed” outside the stadium – as Paco’s account backs up.
Investigations are under way into the organisation and policing of the event.