Data is still awaited from the French authorities to substantiate their claims regarding the number of non-genuine tickets presented. To provide that number they must have some form of turnstile or other electronic data but as yet, in spite of being asked, they haven't presented it. It must...
Yup. Not sure what the word on that banner was originally (the name of a town, I'm guessing) but it definitely wasn't "ticketless." You can tell that simply by how it doesn't follow the curve of the top of the banner.
EDIT: just seen you've added the original to your post earlier on this...
The tweet from Henry Winter (about fans with non-genuine tickets bought from touts) causing bottle-necks at the entrances because the turnstiles won't accept them sounds plausible. But just reinforces the need for an outer perimeter a minimum of 500m from the stadium that filters out those...
Is this going to happen tonight? Sounds like chaos outside with tear gas being used.
Can’t see how the Parisian emergency services could sanction a kick off in these circumstances when they don’t have control of the situation outside.
Five Live presenters who are no strangers going to big games sound very shaken about their experience of trying to get into the ground.
Sounds like another utterly terrible situation caused by ticketless supporters.