Netflix set to release documentary on '6,000 ticketless football fans' in Euro 2020 final

England lost 4-2 on penalties to Italy

A documentary about the ‘6,000 ticketless football fans’ during the EURO 2020 final between Italy and England is being produced by Netflix. A Netflix documentary on England’s devastating defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final and the ensuing chaos is apparently in the works and will premiere later this year.

On July 11, 2021, the Three Lions hosted Italy at Wembley with the hope of winning their first major title since 1966. However, they lost on penalties after Luke Shaw gave them the lead just two minutes in.According to Deadline, “user-generated content, archive, and interviews” will now allow viewers to experience that thrilling conclusion.

Production company Rogan Productions has reportedly issued a request for attendees to be interviewed, according to the website.The game was incredible, but it started with incredibly tumultuous scenes as thousands of people without tickets fought with officials to enter the stadium.51 arrests were made in relation to the final, which 2,000 ticketless fans were able to enter, according to the Metropolitan Police.

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On the pitch, England lost control of the match in the 67th minute when Leonardo Bonucci equalised, even though the Three Lions had been largely confined to their own half for the majority of the match.The team led by Gareth Southgate finished up losing on penalties, with Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, and Bukayo Saka all failing to score.

According to Dame Louise Casey’s study, Wembley experienced a “perfect storm of lawlessness” that endangered spectators’ lives.“A horde of 6,000 or more ticketless fans, many of whom were no more than mindless thugs,” she stated were responsible for its creation.

The fact that the Euro 2020 final was the largest event to take place in England since the World Cup final in 1966 and that it was happening following the relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown limits was a red flag for the authorities.

Nonetheless, the investigation stated that the authorities were unable to foresee the severity of the issue or to sufficiently prepare.

“Shocking and unprecedented levels of criminal and anti-social behaviour were evident from very early in the day, which caught all agencies off guard and meant the police deployment arrived too late,” it states.

Crowd safety expert Eric Stuart analysed the trouble and identified “many instances before, and during, the match, where the behaviour of ticketless fans created risks of progressive crowd collapse on staircases, door wedging, trampling in crowds, barrier collapse and entrapment”.

“Some of the riskiest moments by ticketless fans were when large numbers of people were compressed as they surged through fire doors deliberately opened from the inside by fans,” he concluded.

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