Europa League Final 2019

Terrible decision by UEFA to play it there in the first place

This is an absolute farce.

What happens if Armenia qualify for Euro 2020?

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lassassinblanc wrote:

Het-field wrote:

lassassinblanc wrote:

Terrible decision by UEFA to play it there in the first place

It’s an indictment of the selection.

If player safety cannot be ensured, there should be no question of selecting such a host.

Exactly I'd imagine Baku is a lovely city and their stadium is an amazing stadium but if as you say a players safety can't be assured then it shouldn't have been considered.

What if two Armenian teams (I know very unlikely) had of made the final?

What if Armenia qualify for Euro 2020? (again I know very unlikely)- They'll have to be placed which assures them they won't play in Baku. Which I'm not 100% sure can be done.

Remember in 1998-1999 when we had games against Yugoslavia shifted around due to the geo political situation. Unless Yugoslavia had been barred from competing in the Euro 2000 qualifiers, that was the only sensible thing that could have been done. But in this instance, a venue was selected, when there are others to choose from, where the geo political sitiation is fraught, and is now impacting what happens on the pitch.

Quite possible he's making a political stance as unlike British-Armenian fans, he was told he'd be granted a visa for the game. However, it's a decision he shouldn't have to take and shows the utter stupidity & greed from UEFA to stage the game there considering the travel difficulties for fans.

How they've secured 3 group games and a 1/4 final in the Euros is a disgrace.

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Claret Murph wrote:

The Huntacha wrote:

Quite possible he's making a political stance as unlike British-Armenian fans, he was told he'd be granted a visa for the game. However, it's a decision he shouldn't have to take and shows the utter stupidity & greed from UEFA to stage the game there considering the travel difficulties for fans.

How they've secured 3 group games and a 1/4 final in the Euros is a disgrace.

Who are we kidding , it's all about money as football is only a minor issue . Now as for fans

Sadly the case. Just look at Russia and Qatar. Russia obviously did a good job but no doubt some serious payments were made. Qatar should never have got it and it should have been a joint bid with a number of countries in the region.

Claret Murph wrote:

6000 tickets to each club , this gets worse and in a 68,000 seat stadium .

6000 was too many for Arsenal

Pathetic they can’t sell out their allocation for a European final

Nearly as pathetic as the champions of the premiership not been able to sell out their home games all season ? Mind you maybe a lot of the fans are not deluded and don’t want to be seen as propping up a horrible human rights abusive regime

DUBLIN DOC wrote:

Sham157 wrote:

Sarri supposedly stormed out of training earlier.. trouble in the camp

Possibly his last game in charge ?

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/0528/1052277-sarri-storms-out-of-chelsea-training-on-eve-of-decider/

Could well be

Lamps will be managing the blues next season(1/4).It's too early for the geezer. They should give it to El Loco(22/1) with fat Frank as his assistant/chief spymaster.