Administrator Stan 18,307 Posted May 9, 2019 Administrator Share Posted May 9, 2019 CHELSEA VS ARSENAL VS VENUE - BAKU, Azerbaijan Routes to the Final Chelsea 1st in group stage Malmo - 5-1 on aggregate Dynamo Kiev - 8-0 on aggregate Slavia Prague - 5-3 on aggregate Eintracht Frankfurt - 2-2 aggregate; 4-3 on penalties Arsenal 1st in group stage BATE Borisov - 3-1 on aggregate Rennes - 4-3 on aggregate Napoli - 3-0 on aggregate Valencia - 7-3 on aggregate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,307 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Chelsea's run to the final was a bit of a joke but I guess that's what the luck of the draw can give you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Battle of Mediocrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Thought the Champions League final allocations were bad... Can imagine this will be a ballache to though As if the stadium they've chosen for the Europa League final is bigger than the one for the Champions League as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,156 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 hours ago, LFCMike said: Thought the Champions League final allocations were bad... Can imagine this will be a ballache to though As if the stadium they've chosen for the Europa League final is bigger than the one for the Champions League as well. Something badly wrong with that allocation... they should be forced to produce a comprehensive list of where those tickets are going.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 What the fuck? The tickets are also going to go on general sale to the public, 37k. So I imagine Chelsea and Arsenal fans can buy them from there. Only thing is, these won't be segregated and I assume banned fans will be able to go because the club can't monitor it? You end up with a Headhunters reunion in the 'neutral end'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,586 Posted May 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 10, 2019 I would also like to see the reasoning behind this. 6K for a 69K stadium per team is ridiculous. I'd imagine they'd give out at the least 15K per team to create a bigger fan-base for both teams but 6K is a pittance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,349 Posted May 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 10, 2019 Petr Cech, ex-Chelsea keeper now playing for the Gunners in his last game and facing his old team, he could go out on a high or a low. Arsenal qualify for Europa League final: Petr Cech says Chelsea game is dream end Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech says it will be a "dream" to face former club Chelsea in the Europa League final in the last game of his career. The Gunners booked their place in Baku after beating Valencia 7-3 on aggregate in the semi-final, and Cech, 36, is set to retire after the final. Cech has consistently played in Europe this term, despite dropping behind Bernd Leno in the Premier League. "It will be remarkable to end my career against Chelsea," he told BT Sport. "The last dream was to play this European final and it has come true. Now the dream is to win the trophy." The former Czech Republic international believes he could continue playing, but "wanted to retire on my terms". Cech added: "You have days when you play well and you think you could continue, but I think I have made the decision with a lot of thought. "I could possibly go another two years but I would rather retire early than too late." Arsenal will play London rivals Chelsea in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday, 29 May and manager Unai Emery said he is "proud of the whole club" after their impressive victory at Valencia. Leading 3-1 from the first leg, Arsenal fell behind to Kevin Gameiro's opener before Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang struck an impressive hat-trick and Alexandre Lacazette scored another as Arsenal progressed to their first European final since 2006. Emery believes his side take "confidence from their strikers taking chances". The Gunners boss told BT Sport: "We knew we had to be calm after they scored and we needed to control our emotions. It is very difficult to score four goals against this team because they are very organised. "It is very difficult to play in finals and we took our opportunity today which we are happy about." Aubemeyang and Lacazette have been pivotal in Arsenal's route to the final, having scored 13 competition goals between them, and the former says the club have "learned from last season" when they were knocked out by Atletico Madrid in the semi-final. "This year we didn't make the same mistakes," the Gabon striker told BT. "Now we are through to the final. "We have talked a lot about our relationship [with Lacazette] and it is a pleasure to play with him, above all, when you win games like this." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48222957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,262 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Azeem said: Battle of Mediocrity I prefer battle of the bottlejobs. Arsenal should want this more given it's their only path to CL. But our players look hungry for a trophy, as does Sarri. Just depends which Chelsea turns up or if we can maintain our intensity for the full 90 before going tits up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, LFCMike said: Countries like Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan etc are desperately trying to fit in Europe thats why you see them hosting these events like F1 and cup final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,307 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Administrator Share Posted May 10, 2019 Just find it so dumb that if they know the airport has smaller capacity, why have that city hosting it? They say they don't know who's going to be in the final when the location is decided 2 years previous to the final being held; but realistically surely even the smaller teams could have more than an allocation of 6k fans?! Just totally illogical from the start from UEFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,127 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Azeem said: Countries like Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan etc are desperately trying to fit in Europe thats why you see them hosting these events like F1 and cup final Well they're spending shitloads of money to have the ability to host these events to use them as PR for their countries. It's a joke though, if Baku's airport can't handle that many people coming in... it shouldn't be hosting a final where tens of thousands of people will fly in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,127 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Mkhitaryan also is unlikely to be able to make the final... on the basis that he's Armenian and Azeris fucking hate Armenians, for the most part they're not even allowed in the country, and the club haven't received guarantees of his safety. Ridiculous to host the final there tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,156 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Azeem said: Countries like Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan etc are desperately trying to fit in Europe thats why you see them hosting these events like F1 and cup final That's all well and good but if the airports and buses etc are not up to scratch to host such huge crowds then somebody somewhere needs to be keeping things realistic... When I see things like this going on I still believe that there are little back door handshakes and deals going on that have fuck all to do with football and more about filling pockets with money and it's always the fans that get shafted.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,307 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Administrator Share Posted May 10, 2019 Just now, Bluewolf said: That's all well and good but if the airports and buses etc are not up to scratch to host such huge crowds then somebody somewhere needs to be keeping things realistic... When I see things like this going on I still believe that there are little back door handshakes and deals going on that have fuck all to do with football and more about filling pockets with money and it's always the fans that get shafted.. Corruption in football?! Surely not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,127 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: That's all well and good but if the airports and buses etc are not up to scratch to host such huge crowds then somebody somewhere needs to be keeping things realistic... When I see things like this going on I still believe that there are little back door handshakes and deals going on that have fuck all to do with football and more about filling pockets with money and it's always the fans that get shafted.. I never stopped believing that football was corrupt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,156 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said: I never stopped believing that football was corrupt You and me both mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Bluewolf said: That's all well and good but if the airports and buses etc are not up to scratch to host such huge crowds then somebody somewhere needs to be keeping things realistic... When I see things like this going on I still believe that there are little back door handshakes and deals going on that have fuck all to do with football and more about filling pockets with money and it's always the fans that get shafted.. Sports are now more geo-politics, image building, money then pure competition. The players and the fans are just secondary to the off field drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asura 319 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Well they're spending shitloads of money to have the ability to host these events to use them as PR for their countries. It's a joke though, if Baku's airport can't handle that many people coming in... it shouldn't be hosting a final where tens of thousands of people will fly in. Arent the number of flights that fly into the city are the same everyday? Or do they fly extra flights for events like this in europe? If they dont schedule extra flights, how does that matter to the city? There should be same number of people coming via airports just like any other day? isnt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,127 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Asura said: Arent the number of flights that fly into the city are the same everyday? Or do they fly extra flights for events like this in europe? If they dont schedule extra flights, how does that matter to the city? There should be same number of people coming via airports just like any other day? isnt it Well assuming that these fans don’t take an extended holiday in Baku either before or after the final... there’s more Arsenal & Chelsea fans that’ll be flying in (because of where London and Baku are, it’s really the most feasible option - if not the only option) than the airport can handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Well assuming that these fans don’t take an extended holiday in Baku either before or after the final... there’s more Arsenal & Chelsea fans that’ll be flying in (because of where London and Baku are, it’s really the most feasible option - if not the only option) than the airport can handle. Are airports meant to have special arrangements for traveling fans for such events ? or they have to go through the procedures with normal passengers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,127 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 33 minutes ago, Azeem said: Are airports meant to have special arrangements for traveling fans for such events ? or they have to go through the procedures with normal passengers No but typically European finals are held in places where the airports generally can handle a massive influx of people for just a day or two that’s way over what an ordinary day is. But maybe that’s why UEFA offered so few tickets to fans of clubs for both their finals. But however you slice it, UEFA are a bunch of twats and Baku is a poor choice for a host city of a final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asura 319 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 20 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Well assuming that these fans don’t take an extended holiday in Baku either before or after the final... there’s more Arsenal & Chelsea fans that’ll be flying in (because of where London and Baku are, it’s really the most feasible option - if not the only option) than the airport can handle. Yeah I get that mate, but my question is. Will there be special flights (additional flights) just to cater to the fans from london? Because, if thats not the case I dont see why it should be a problem as the airport is not seeing any additional flights on that weekend. Lets assume 200 flights fly into Baku every day, if there are no additional special flights for the final then there should be ~200 flights on that weekend too, how is that going to affect the airport handling capacity in this case? However, if its a norm in europe to have extra flights for events like this then that could be an issue for smaller cities/airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,912 Posted May 21, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2019 Mkhitaryan can't play. Absolute joke. Arsenal should pull out unless they move the venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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