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Three individuals charged over Champions League Final pitch invasion

Three people, including a teenaged schoolboy, have been charged with invading the pitch during the Champions League final at Wembley.

Yevhenii Lubnenko, 29, David Carneckij, 28, and a 16-year-old boy – who cannot be named for legal reasons – are accused of going onto the playing area at the match on Saturday night, the Metropolitan Police said.

All three have been arrested and were charged under Section 4 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991. They are all scheduled to appear in court in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, police are continuing to investigate two other people who were arrested in connection to the incident. 

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