King Luis
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Dan
13 years ago
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I fucking love sturridge!villarreal down to ten men with twenty minutes to play
King Luis
18 years ago
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Oh Firmino, what a performance from him tonight. Been brilliant this year
Shedender
18 years ago
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I fucking love sturridge!villarreal down to ten men with twenty minutes to play

Didn't even see the Villarreal red card, will need to check it out in the highlights.
BR.
18 years ago
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Liverpool v Sevilla then, should be a decent final. Three in a row for Sevilla? Should have put a bet on them winning it again this year once the CL groups were drawn, they were always likely to come 3rd in theirs.

Can't believe each team only get 9k tickets though, what's all that about.
King Luis
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Stadium is only 38k which is dumb, Uefa go on about teams taking the EL seriously then put the final in a stadium that only seats 38 thousand
Carroll.
15 years ago
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Back from the game, what a win. Klopp is god
Dan
13 years ago
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I love Klopp! He's done well in the short time, would be awesome to see him guide us to the europa League title now!
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Oh Firmino, what a performance from him tonight. Been brilliant this year


That turn



(Forget the Moreno shot)

Hope Liverpool manage to end Sevilla's Europa League dominance, but can see them losing on penalties.
BR.
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Stadium is only 38k which is dumb, Uefa go on about teams taking the EL seriously then put the final in a stadium that only seats 38 thousand


Aye, all European finals should probably be in a minimum 50k stadium.

Still though, 9k each for Liverpool and Sevilla is it, where are the other 20k going?
Grimnir
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Aye, all European finals should probably be in a minimum 50k stadium.

Still though, 9k each for Liverpool and Sevilla is it, where are the other 20k going?


Sponsors will be a lot.

Decent article here

Basically says Liverpool fans have over 10k already, plus Sevilla are unlikely to sell out so Liverpool fans may get their leftovers too. Already 9k have gone to "neutral fans worldwide" via the UEFA application process and

"...UEFA say another 8,000 seats for the final will go to the “local organising committee, national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme”.

Carroll.
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Load of shit that, especially given how little it sits (read stuff saying 35k and stuff saying 38k?). Wtf is this bullshit of selling it to supporters around the world? I can sort of understand the sponsors and all that last section SS just posted, but load of shit with selling it to other fans.
Based Jorge
11 years ago
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UEFA initially wanted to give both Madrid's only 18k each for the CL final ffs. Luckily both clubs refused and they're getting 30k each now. Absolutely ridiculous how these federations try to fuck over the real fans as much as possible.
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Love how Klopp is encouraging people to go even if they don't have a ticket, whilst the club are saying don't!
King Luis
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We need to make it as much of a home game as possible, if only because Sevilla's home form is terrible
Franck
18 years ago
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Stadium is only 38k which is dumb, Uefa go on about teams taking the EL seriously then put the final in a stadium that only seats 38 thousand

It would never be hosted outside of the big 5 nations if the capacity requirement was higher and they already rotate the CL final between each other, it is only fair that smaller countries get an opportunity to host the lesser European final, besides, among recent finalists Fulham would never fill the Camp Nou and the likes of Braga and Alaves sure as fuck wouldn't fill Wembley.

This isn't some new development either, the UEFA Cup and the Europa League have always been played in smaller stadiums.

Load of shit that, especially given how little it sits (read stuff saying 35k and stuff saying 38k?). Wtf is this bullshit of selling it to supporters around the world? I can sort of understand the sponsors and all that last section SS just posted, but load of shit with selling it to other fans.


Locals should be able to attend a sporting event that takes place in their own fucking city.
Carroll.
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Not over fans of the teams, and it's not just locals if the definition of it is correct.
Ninja
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It would never be hosted outside of the big 5 nations if the capacity requirement was higher and they already rotate the CL final between each other, it is only fair that smaller countries get an opportunity to host the lesser European final, besides, among recent finalists Fulham would never fill the Camp Nou and the likes of Braga and Alaves sure as fuck wouldn't fill Wembley.

This isn't some new development either, the UEFA Cup and the Europa League have always been played in smaller stadiums.

Locals should be able to attend a sporting event that takes place in their own fucking city.


Hows that fair? If you don't have the infrastructure you don't host games, that seems fairer to me.
Franck
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Hows that fair? If you don't have the infrastructure you don't host games, that seems fairer to me.

They have a category 4 stadium, that is the infrastructure required.

Not over fans of the teams, and it's not just locals if the definition of it is correct.

Liverpool already have more tickets than neutrals were offered. I cannot see how you could possibly spin that as neutrals being prioritised over the fans of the clubs.
Grimnir
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They have a category 4 stadium, that is the infrastructure required.

Liverpool already have more tickets than neutrals were offered. I cannot see how you could possibly spin that as neutrals being prioritised over the fans of the clubs.


How do you work that out? Liverpool had 10k, the UEFA lucky dip gave 9k to neutral fans and I don't think you can count the 8k going to sponsors, local organising committee, etc as going to Liverpool fans!

10k <17k
Franck
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How do you work that out? Liverpool had 10k, the UEFA lucky dip gave 9k to neutral fans and I don't think you can count the 8k going to sponsors, local organising committee, etc as going to Liverpool fans!

10k <17k

Counting them as tickets for neutral is just as wrong. They were never going to be put up for general sale (instead they'll end up in the hands of a ticket tout near you, but that's an entirely different issue).
King Luis
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Counting them as tickets for neutral is just as wrong. They were never going to be put up for general sale (instead they'll end up in the hands of a ticket tout near you, but that's an entirely different issue).


So basically its okay to have all these tickets for neutrals because they end up going to touts who in turn sell them to the clubs fans?
The Platypus
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So basically its okay to have all these tickets for neutrals because they end up going to touts who in turn sell them to the clubs fans?


I think it's the sponsor tickets that go to touts? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
Franck
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I think it's the sponsor tickets that go to touts? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

Exactly. The tickets given to "event partners" are the main source for touts.

So basically its okay to have all these tickets for neutrals because they end up going to touts who in turn sell them to the clubs fans?

Your reading comprehension sucks.
King Luis
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No i get what you are saying, but saying they were never going to be put up for sale doesn't mean its not a poor decision on Uefa's part to put a major European Final in a stadium with such a small capacity.

The bloody Johnstone's Paint Trophy had an attendance of nearly 60 thousand this year ffs, and the EL will only have 36 odd its a joke.
Franck
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No i get what you are saying, but saying they were never going to be put up for sale doesn't mean its not a poor decision on Uefa's part to put a major European Final in a stadium with such a small capacity.

The bloody Johnstone's Paint Trophy had an attendance of nearly 60 thousand this year ffs, and the EL will only have 36 odd its a joke.

Did you even read the article posted earlier? Sevilla aren't even expected to sell out their tickets. A club with the away following of Liverpool playing in an Europa League final is an extreme anomaly, and from a business perspective playing in a smaller stadium that is filled to 100% capacity is much more desirable than playing in a big stadium that has 20.000 empty seats because Braga and Villareal made the final.

When you're hosting an event, ticket scarcity is desirable. It's why Juventus significantly downsized their new stadium and why Milan were looking to do the same with theirs.
Dan
13 years ago
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Managed to swap my shifts around so I could watch the Europa League Final next Wednesday! Will be a huge game.

Even better that BT have allowed youtube to show it for free.
Grimnir
16 years ago
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So tonight's the night for Liverpool fans. Hoping they manage to pull it off, just for my own personal confusion of who then qualifies for what European competition...Or is it just simply if Liverpool win they are in the group stage of the Champions League next season in addition to the top 3? Plus we still get 4th place qualifying rounds.
Ninja
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So tonight's the night for Liverpool fans. Hoping they manage to pull it off, just for my own personal confusion of who then qualifies for what European competition...Or is it just simply if Liverpool win they are in the group stage of the Champions League next season in addition to the top 3? Plus we still get 4th place qualifying rounds.


I may be wrong, but I think it makes no difference whatsoever to the teams that have qualified from the PL. Liverpool would go into the group stages (i think) as a fifth team.
King Luis
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I may be wrong, but I think it makes no difference whatsoever to the teams that have qualified from the PL. Liverpool would go into the group stages (i think) as a fifth team.


This is right. Only way it would have effected 4th was if City won the CL

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