German minister condemns ‘irresponsible’ Uefa over Wembley crowd

German minister condemns ‘irresponsible’ Uefa over Wembley crowd
A German minister has condemned Uefa over the large crowd at Wembley (Zac Goodwin/PA)

Germany’s interior minister has said it was “absolutely irresponsible” for Uefa to allow more than 40,000 fans into Wembley Stadium to watch England play Germany at Euro 2020.

The crowd of 41,973 at Tuesday’s match was the biggest in Britain since the pandemic began and came while the more contagious Delta variant, first found in India, is fuelling a significant increase in new cases in the UK.

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