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TikTokers spend 27 HOURS in stadium toilets to sneak into Champions League final for free - after infiltrating by posing as workers

TikTokers spend 27 HOURS in stadium toilets to sneak into Champions League final for free - after infiltrating by posing as workers

Daily Mail​2 days ago

A pair of intrepid TikTokers spent 27 hours in a toilet to infiltrate the Champions League final.
Belgian duo Neal Remmerie and Senne Haverbeke sneaked into the Allianz Arena the day before the game posing as workers in high-vis vests.
They then proceeded to roam the stands posing for content and installed 'out of order' signs on toilet doors to establish their grubby base for the night.
As the game approached, the pair bluffed their way past a steward to get into the stands and found two unoccupied seats among the Paris Saint-Germain faithful.
Then, it was a case of kicking back and enjoying the 5-0 thrashing of Inter Milan for free - while surrounded by people who had forked out hundreds on travel, tickets, and accommodation to be there.
'We had a backpack with snacks and we played around on our phones to kill time,' Remmerie told Belgium's public broadcaster VRT News.
'The lights were on all the time and the sitting position was uncomfortable, so sleeping was almost impossible. That made it physically and mentally difficult.
'We looked carefully at which security guard was paying the least attention. While on the phone and with food in our hands, we just walked on, and suddenly we were inside.
'PSG won 5-0 and we were also in the supporters' section of the winning team. It was the most beautiful football match we have ever seen.'
The Allianz Arena and UEFA did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
Known as neal_senne on TikTok, the duo have 38,400 followers and their video about their adventure has been seen more than half a million times.
They are becoming known for their stunts - a where Neal dressed up as Harry Styles to trick Belgian media that the popstar had visited Ghent has reached 1.8 million viewers.
Neal and Senne also 'broke into' the Belgian Cup final by posing as workers lugging in a box filled with crisp packets.
Sneaking into the Champions League final, though, is on another level.
They met somebody outside the Allianz Arena in Munich who told them how they could sneak onto the site with the high-vis vests they had brought.
After posing for photographs in the stands in the empty arena, they made their way to some toilets.
The next 27 hours involved a lot of sitting tight and keeping quiet, only occasionally whispering to address the camera.
And when staff and fans started to pile in to use the toilets, that was their moment to make an escape.
A steward asked to see their ticket at one of the entrypointsto the seating but they said they had already showed theirs - and that simple explanation was enough.

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