After the disturbances that caused a historic but negative delay in the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, UEFA has announced that an “independent study” will be launched to determine what started this incident and who were the guilty.
Through an official statement, UEFA let it be known that said study will be headed by the Portuguese Tiago Brandao Rodrigues, who will be in charge of carrying out an “exhaustive” review that will examine “decision-making, the responsibility and behavior of all the entities involved in the final”.
It should be noted that the Portuguese agreed to “perform the task for free” to ensure that the process is independent, with the intention that the football body maintain a neutral image with the final results.
“Evidence will be collected from all relevant parties and the conclusions of the independent report will be made public once completed and, after receiving the conclusions, UEFA will evaluate the next steps (to be taken)”, it was stated. read in the statement issued by the governing body of European football.
To designate Brandao Rodrigues for this important task, UEFA relied on his extraordinary resume, which indicates that he is a member of the Portuguese parliament and president of the Parliamentary Committee for Environment and Energy.
In addition, the Portuguese was the Portuguese Minister of Education (also responsible for Sports and Youth) between 2015 and 2022. He was also a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Council between 2019 and 2021 and was the Portuguese Olympic attaché during the London Games 2012.