Europa League 2015/16

I fucking love sturridge!villarreal down to ten men with twenty minutes to play

Oh Firmino, what a performance from him tonight. Been brilliant this year

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?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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?

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.

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.