@wmd@chaos.social The problem I have with "did the best they could do" is that several folks on here were already aware of what was about to happen well before the football match even started - warnings to be careful on the streets were already being shared.

Sure, they might not magically know everything, but if it's apparently already something people are concerned enough for that they start spreading warnings ahead of time, and the city *still* doesn't see it coming and isn't prepared for it, that suggests to me that they have failed *somewhere* along the way; they knew and didn't prep, they were not reachable for people to express their concerns, whatever the cause, something clearly was wrong with their preparation.