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40,000 Fake Tickets at the Champions League Final? It Was Really 2,589.

The French authorities blamed tens of thousands of counterfeit tickets for the chaos before Saturday’s Champions League final. The official count was far lower.

Thousands of Liverpool fans struggled to enter the Champions League final despite having tickets.Credit...Christophe Ena/Associated Press

One of the main claims pushed by French officials to explain the chaotic crowd scenes that created a dangerous crush of fans outside last weekend’s Champions League final near Paris has been that tens of thousands of people arrived at the match bearing fake tickets.