A regional daily has vowed to keep fighting for answers over chaos at a French football stadium falsely blamed on football fans from its patch.

The Liverpool Echo has spoken out after a French Senate report into events surrounding the Champions League final in Paris found it was unfair for the authorities “to have sought to blame Liverpool supporters”.

The match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid on 28 May this year was marred by a number of organisational failures from European football’s governing body UEFA and the French authorities.

A number of supporters subsequently came forward to the Echo to detail “horrific experiences” from the match – including being tear-gassed by police, denied access to the stadium despite having valid tickets, and being attacked and robbed by locals.

The Echo splashed on the French Senate’s findings on Thursday and issued the warning: “Let us get on thing clear… this must never happen to fans again.”

In an accompanying editorial, trainee reporter Patrick Edrich wrote: “A horrendously dated view from the French authorities led to fans being bottle-necked, crushed, tear gassed, abused and ignored.

“It was only due to the exemplary behaviour of Liverpool fans who were subjected to extreme provocation by the police that the result wasn’t more serious than it was.

“And because of this serious questions need to be asked of the stadium and the city of Paris’s ability to host events of this magnitude.

“Since the Champions League final police at the stadium have been tripled.

“This can only be a good thing but again highlights how unprepared the stadium was to host the match.”

The report said supporters who were caught up in crushes had been “misunderstood” and identified by the French authorities as “hooligans, throwing them back to the stereotypes of the 1980s”.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin also falsely claimed that the issue came from “30-40,000″ Liverpool fans with fake tickets.

Patrick added: “An independent review by UEFA was launched last month to look into the governing body’s planning of the showpiece finale.

“Points that need to be addressed will undoubtedly focus on the ticketing structure, bar code scanning issues, the role of the stewards, and the role of the police.

“But above all else we hope UEFA will take some accountability for their part in this fiasco and not play the blame game.

“The senate’s report has brought the truth into the light. But it shouldn’t stop it being the focus of our attention.

“Instead it should make us hungrier for answers on why this was allowed to happen.”