"The intelligence services had alerted the authorities, two days before the Champions League final, of the risks surrounding this match, anticipating around “50,000 English supporters” without tickets or “in possession of counterfeit tickets”. Dated May 25, a note from the National Division for the Fight against Hooliganism (DNLH) written in conjunction with the intelligence services, of which AFP was aware, reports “about 50,000 English supporters present in the French capital (who) will not be ticket holders”.
“Some of them”, is it written in this document widely distributed in the police services, “will be in possession of counterfeit tickets and will try to use them to gain access to the stadium”. “Others will attempt to trick into the sports arena, using for example the uniforms of stewards, UEFA staff, medical staff, cleaners, etc.,”
They had them pegged right from the off.