The report also claimed the policing model was influenced by a view of Liverpool based on the deadly 1989 Hillsborough disaster on incorrect assumptions that the city’s supporters were a threat to public order.
The report said that the panel “has concluded that UEFA, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster.”
The panel also said it was astonished that the policing model was influenced by a view of Liverpool hooliganism based on Hillsborough.
“The safety, security and service model laid out in the Saint-Denis Convention was ignored in favour of a securitised approach,” the report said.
