Greenpeace protesters arrested at Champions League final venue

Greenpeace campaigners have been arrested at the Champions League final before they were able to attach a protest banner to the stadium roof.

The 10 Arctic campaigners lived inside a concrete tube at Lisbon’s Estadio da Luz arena for three days.

They had planned to fix a 50 square metre banner which said “Stop Gazprom - Save the Arctic” on the roof before the game but were arrested, Greenpeace said.

The environmental group argue that state-owned energy company Gazprom is at the forefront of a dangerous Arctic oil rush that risks polluting a pristine region and exacerbating climate change.

Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: “We were trying to fix a banner because we knew Gazprom’s bosses would be in the stadium, looking up.

“Gazprom has paid millions to splash its logo across the biggest and best sporting event in the world.

“They want to persuade us they’re a normal company, but they’re not.

“Their dangerous Arctic drilling programme threatens a beautiful region and the global climate. That’s what our protest was about. Uefa should ditch Gazprom.”

The score in the match is currently Real Madrid 0 Atletico Madrid 1.