UEFA Champions League/Europa League 2022/23 Discussion Thread

[Father Chris Mouse]

meh

[Zizu]

make a sentence

is paint like dry watching this


Jose involved = borefest / cheatfest


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[bots]

Referees' body PGMOL says it is appalled by the "unjustified and abhorrent" abuse directed at Anthony Taylor in Budapest Airport following Wednesday's Europa League final.

The Englishman had officiated the game, where Sevilla beat Roma on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Taylor and his family were then shouted at by angry fans at the airport.

It came after Roma boss Jose Mourinho was seen in a car park confronting Taylor with a foul-mouthed rant.

In the video, which is being shared on social media, Taylor and his family are accosted by fans as they are escorted through the airport. Scuffles then break out as they disappear through a secure door and a chair is thrown.

PGMOL said in a statement: "[We are] aware of videos circulating on social media showing Anthony Taylor and his family being harassed and abused at Budapest Airport.

"We are appalled at the unjustified and abhorrent abuse directed at Anthony and his family as he tries to make his way home from refereeing the Uefa Europa League final.

"We will continue to provide our full support to Anthony and his family."

Meanwhile, Uefa is waiting for reports from match officials and delegates before deciding whether to take action against Mourinho with regards to the separate incident in the car park under the stadium after the match.

Mourinho criticised Taylor in his news conference and he was later captured ranting and making pointed comments as Taylor and officials were boarding a minibus.

The Portuguese repeatedly swore and twice shouted about a "disgrace" before talking in Italian.

Uefa's chief refereeing officer Roberto Rosetti attempted to calm the situation down.

Mourinho was booked during an ill-tempered game, with Taylor repeatedly called to the benches to take action as fourth official Michael Oliver struggled to keep control.

Taylor issued yellow cards to 13 players, the most bookings in a Europa League game. Seven of them were to Roma players, a record for a final.

Delays and injuries saw more than 25 minutes of injury time played across the four halves of the game, which went to extra time and then a shootout.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65776488

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I think Mourinho is going to be in a bit of bother over this

[James]

Who remembers Anders Frisk?


On 12 March 2005, Frisk announced his immediate retirement, citing threats made against his family following a UEFA Champions League tie between Barcelona and Chelsea, during which he sent off Chelsea's Didier Drogba for receiving two cautions.[3]

Chelsea's manager, José Mourinho, accused Frisk of inviting Barça manager, Frank Rijkaard, into his room at half-time.[4] UEFA charged Chelsea with inappropriate conduct following the match and Mourinho received a touchline ban for both legs of Chelsea's quarter-final against Bayern Munich.[4]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Frisk

[bots]

i watched footage of the airport trouble and the Jose incident too. It was grim

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[Nicky91]

Roma had plenty of chances to win the title but Sevilla came out on top as the strongest


still no shame in Roma's performances at all, last season conference league winners, this season europa league runners up


very solid if you ask me

[Nicky91]

next wednesday

West Ham - Fiorentina


can't really say there who'll win it, tbh Fiorentina i'm giving the slight edge how they had quite a few narrow escapes in the road to this final, like losing at home to Basel but winning dominantly away in switzerland, but West Ham also had a cracker of a semi final behind them vs AZ, with their solid goalkeeper Matthew Ryan whom was difficult to score against, and a good defence on Pavlidis, the greek scoring machine

[Zizu]

The Fiorentina manager has gone public and said they’ve been practicing tactical fouls all week !!!??

Why on Earth would he admit that ??

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230602/f82c189770df1e98d2b0095d082e9a63.jpg


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[Nicky91]

Fiorentina has some great players

Morocco's star sensation at last world cup: Sofyan Amrabat

serbian forward Luka Jovic (plenty of La Liga experience at Real Madrid, plenty of bundesliga experience at Eintracht Frankfurt)

croatian international midfielder Josip Brekalo


italy internationals too

goalkeeper Sirigu, left back Biraghi (whom also is their captain) midfielder Bonaventura

[Father Chris Mouse]

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[bots]

MTVN in the middle of it

[Nicky91]

historical european cup final tonight


been a long while of these two teams ever appearing in europa cup finals :love:

[Father Chris Mouse]

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

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:amazed:

[Parmy]

Is this free to watch?

[bots]

Is this free to watch?

yep

[Parmy]

yepThanks..

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[In the Drunk Tank]

Let's gooooooooo

COYI

[In the Drunk Tank]

:worry:

[Zizu]

Fiorentina will be all out attack and Moyse will play his boring counter attacks.

Could be a final game for one fabulously talented guy tonight . Hopefully he plays brilliantly and gets his move to a top team ..

Come on Lucas Paquetá !!


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[Alf]

Up the Hammers!



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[bots]

Does anyone know if MTVN made the trip?

[bots]

:worry:

i guess you didn't go then :laugh:

[In the Drunk Tank]

No I bottled it haha, would have gone if my West Ham mate was keen but his heavily pregnant wife was a spoilsport and didn't allow it!

[bots]

good start

[Zizu]

No I bottled it haha, would have gone if my West Ham mate was keen but his heavily pregnant wife was a spoilsport and didn't allow it!


There were some attacks on West Ham fans this afternoon.. you are safer here


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[Zizu]

Will Rice be hero or villain !?

Score the winner or miss the vital penalty ( or give the ball away and they score )

I just have a feeling he’s gonna be the talking point


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[Father Chris Mouse]

Antonio is such a poor player.

[Zizu]

Hammers fans throwing objects onto the pitch at Fiorentina corners … what on Earth are they thinking ?


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[Father Chris Mouse]

Hammers fans throwing objects onto the pitch at Fiorentina corners … what on Earth are they thinking ?


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West Ham fans are up there in London amongst the absolute dumbest, Chelsea aren't too far behind. Obviously Millwall take top spot for stupidity.

[Father Chris Mouse]

That was a top dive :joker:

[Father Chris Mouse]

Hope West Ham lose now, scumbags

[bots]

west ham representing england :joker:

[Zizu]

Hammers fans throwing objects onto the pitch at Fiorentina corners … what on Earth are they thinking ?


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I posted this about 10 minutes before he had his head split open !

They should have warned them all then !

Hope they don’t start banning English teams again !!


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[Father Chris Mouse]

Well they might ban West Ham after that. They can expect a hefty fine at least.

[bots]

that was some luck

[In the Drunk Tank]

What is this new thing with throwing vapes, as though they weren't a bad enough invention already

Kinda shows why we don't let fans drink in our grounds still, not sure why they're serving pints in quite hard plastic cups

[In the Drunk Tank]

We've been pretty rubbish but still think we can win this if we get it together a bit going forward, the ref has been awful and killed a lot of our early momentum with some terrible decisions

[Zizu]

They have just brought their top scorer on for the second half


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[bots]

penalty from my view. He bumped it away from the player

[bots]

woooooo

[Father Chris Mouse]

Their team scores and the dummies were still throwing those cups at the keeper.

[bots]

oops

[Father Chris Mouse]

Well deserved, great finish

[Dogeatdog]

Surprised they haven’t scored earlier tbh.

[bots]

the WH fans will be reaching for the rocks now :laugh:

[Father Chris Mouse]

Antonio, offside or not, is absolutely awful.

[bots]

i cant call who will win this

[Father Chris Mouse]

Fiorentina have been the better side, but that means nothing at this point.

[bots]

WH ball retention has been dreadful all night

[bots]

holy ****!!!!

[Father Chris Mouse]

Fiorentina defender should have taken him down tbh. But yeah, crazy game.

[bots]

well done WH

[Zizu]

Hopefully Moyse retires tonight and we don’t have to watch another season of dross


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssss

[Zizu]

Is this trophy more or less important than the other euro cup last week ?


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

West Ham in the Europa League next season

[Candy Annie Cane]

Second half was good to watch
First half was not so good and the WH fans were not cool with the cup throwing.
Good result for the Hammers tho

[In the Drunk Tank]

I can't believe it, I've basically only ever known disappointment as a West Ham fan, I genuinely thought we'd never win a trophy :joker:

God I love this team, a real mix of genuine quality like Rice, Paqueta, Benrahma, and real sluggers who've properly fought their way to a Premier League career like Antonio, Coufal, Soucek etc. all seem to love each other and all equally important!

Moyesy properly deserves that as well

I have a half bottle of champagne in my fridge I was given months ago and never thought I'd get round to drinking. Just found the perfect occasion :pipe:

[Merry Mockmas]

Well they might ban West Ham after that. They can expect a hefty fine at least.

I expect a fine will be handed out to the club.

Honestly the fans that harmed the Fiorentina player should be arrested.

Having said that I don't believe that the club nor the majority of the West Ham fans should be tarnished by the thugs.

Minus that part, I do think it was a good and competitive final, and I'm personally happy that West Ham won.

[In the Drunk Tank]

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[Cherry Christmas]

I can't believe it, I've basically only ever known disappointment as a West Ham fan, I genuinely thought we'd never win a trophy :joker:

God I love this team, a real mix of genuine quality like Rice, Paqueta, Benrahma, and real sluggers who've properly fought their way to a Premier League career like Antonio, Coufal, Soucek etc. all seem to love each other and all equally important!

Moyesy properly deserves that as well

I have a half bottle of champagne in my fridge I was given months ago and never thought I'd get round to drinking. Just found the perfect occasion :pipe:

Congrats you must be buzzing :laugh:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Still buzzing

https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5614&d=1686206829

[Christmas Dynasnow]

the commentary for Bowen's goal is perfect..

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[Nicky91]

i'm already fearing for next european cup football season

i fear possibly drawing SC Braga more than Rangers now


like also a holy **** moment this season in their Primeira liga has been for them, 3rd place overtaking Sporting CP, their best result in that club history, comeback to CL in 11 years, and they have been active in european cup football since 2004-05 without any absences inbetween


current manager/head coach of theirs is Artur Jorge, club legend (whom was a former player, former youth coach, former scout, former team manager) whom replaced Carlos Carvalhal this season

[Parmy]

Hopefully Moyse retires tonight and we don’t have to watch another season of dross


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The man was brought in to help you avoid relegation...he did so.

He was then replaced, only to to be brought back in again to avoid relegation, which he did yet again for your club..he then got you a place in the European cup leagues, he then got to the semis of that euro cup run, and into Europe again...ge then last night won you the cup.....and you still want him gone...

Utter madness and fickle as ****.

[Nicky91]

very nice for Moyesy


also AZ losing to the eventual champions, yes we can live with this :love:



tbh Fiorentina made the final with lots of luck, they already struggled in the semi's vs Basel so



the europa league ticket might be a nice little bargaining chip to lure some more quality players in for next season :think:

[In the Drunk Tank]

The man was brought in to help you avoid relegation...he did so.

He was then replaced, only to to be brought back in again to avoid relegation, which he did yet again for your club..he then got you a place in the European cup leagues, he then got to the semis of that euro cup run, and into Europe again...ge then last night won you the cup.....and you still want him gone...

Utter madness and fickle as ****.

Zizu isn't a West Ham fan, he hates us lol

[Parmy]

Zizu isn't a West Ham fan, he hates us lol

You would think he would want Moyes to stay then if hes that bad.

[In the Drunk Tank]

the commentary for Bowen's goal is perfect..

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It is now, at the time I was wishing he would shut the hell up saying 'European glory is theirs' etc when there was still time for them to equalise

Not sure what the ref was playing at going up to 98 mins

[Christmas Dynasnow]

It is now, at the time I was wishing he would shut the hell up saying 'European glory is theirs' etc when there was still time for them to equalise

Not sure what the ref was playing at going up to 98 mins

he took a big risk but it paid off

[Christmas Dynasnow]

new angles

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[James]

It is now, at the time I was wishing he would shut the hell up saying 'European glory is theirs' etc when there was still time for them to equalise

Not sure what the ref was playing at going up to 98 mins

I hate it when commentators do that.

[bots]

remember it went horribly wrong for the commentators last season when RM put a couple past Man City in the final minute, they looked very stupid then :laugh:

[Father Chris Mouse]

remember it went horribly wrong for the commentators last season when RM put a couple past Man City in the final minute, they looked very stupid then :laugh:

Yeah i remember that. They were saying things like "oh i knew it would be 2 english teams" and all that. I didn't actually hear them idiots live as i watch CL on US Paramount+, but i watched the highlights to hear it when a friend said about it.

I actually thought the commentary was alright last night though. And im usually always bitching about someone, like Dixon for example (who really is shockingly bad).

[Zizu]

Hopefully the West Ham fans dreadfully misbehaviour last night doesn’t end up with all the English teams getting banned from
Europe … again


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Hopefully the West Ham fans dreadfully misbehaviour last night doesn’t end up with all the English teams getting banned from
Europe … again


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apart from 1 fan who threw a plastic cup

the other 99.99999% were impeccable

The best-behaved English prem fans in Europe since the 70s


:clap1:

[Father Chris Mouse]

That wont happen Zizu, even West Ham themselves will only most likely escape with a fine.

Uefa aren't gonna start banning English teams as a whole due to the behaviour of one English club in this day and age.

[Father Chris Mouse]

apart from 1 fan who threw a plastic cup

the other 99.99999% were impeccable

The best-behaved English prem fans in Europe since the 70s


:clap1:

:joker:

[bots]

i think given that west ham fans got beaten up in prague and the mess of last years champions league final, and a british ref got chairs thrown at him last week, uefa will probably end up giving WH money

[Father Chris Mouse]

i think given that west ham fans got beaten up in prague and the mess of last years champions league final, and a british ref got chairs thrown at him last week, uefa will probably end up giving WH money

There wont be any sympathy from Europe for English football fans. Last season's stuff was most likely seen as a "they had it coming" thing.

[James]

Yeah i remember that. They were saying things like "oh i knew it would be 2 english teams" and all that. I didn't actually hear them idiots live as i watch CL on US Paramount+, but i watched the highlights to hear it when a friend said about it.

I actually thought the commentary was alright last night though. And im usually always bitching about someone, like Dixon for example (who really is shockingly bad).

How much do you pay for US Paramount+?

[Father Chris Mouse]

How much do you pay for US Paramount+?

I actually pay nothing, my friend casts it to me via discord DM's. They're in the US, so not needing a VPN, and Paramount+ with ads, they pay $4.99 a month. That's the CL/UL/CL also Serie A and Coppa Italia, and i think Bundesliga.

$4.99 is insanely cheap. You get all the TV shows and Movies too.

And for the PL, i think they pay like $7.99 for youtube tv, which shows every PL game. Shared with Peacock i think.

Needless to say, if i wasn't watching all these games with my friend. I would be on the VPN and watching football this way.

It's ridiculously cheap.

[bots]

Moyes looks very sober :laugh:

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[bots]

West Ham and Fiorentina have been charged by Uefa in relation to incidents at Wednesday's Europa Conference League final.

Both clubs have been charged with "throwing of objects" while the Hammers have also been punished for "invasion of the field of play".

Fiorentina captain Cristiano Biraghi was struck on the head by something thrown from the West Ham end in the first half of the game in Prague.

The Hammers won the match 2-1.

Fiorentina have also been charged with "lighting of fireworks". Uefa says the matter will be decided in due course.

Police said 23 fans were arrested in Prague. One was a West Ham fan, the rest supporting Fiorentina.

Fiorentina fans attacked West Ham fans in a bar in central Prague, with 17 of the 22 fans of the Italian club detained over that incident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65859842

[Zizu]

I read in forum that Fiorentina have appealed the result apparently !?

Can’t be right , surely ?

They say their captain and best player was effected by that cut head .. he did fluff that handball penalty and he did play Bowen onside for the winner !!


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[bots]

they could have substituted him

[Nicky91]

if fans throw cups on the field here and if it hits a player here in our eredivisie, the match gets stopped by the referee until the situation calms down, and if another incident, then it gets suspended and played out another day without fans

[Nicky91]

here in my nation, the CL final broadcast has ratings competition against 24 Hours of Le Mans (100th edition) and also the Pinkpop Music Festival which is ongoing this weekend too

[Christmas Dynasnow]

here in my nation, the CL final broadcast has ratings competition against 24 Hours of Le Mans (100th edition) and also the Pinkpop Music Festival which is ongoing this weekend too

"ratings competition against 24 Hours of Le Mans (100th edition) and also the Pinkpop Music Festiva":joker:

I can just see the average football fan wrestling with that "dilemma"

[bots]

i'm ready for this evening.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

If Citeh win the cup they are only copying West Ham

pathetic

:idc:

[Father Chris Mouse]

I'll be supporting Inter. But like with the Hammers game, i don't mind who wins really

[bots]

city have come a cropper so often before that i won't be surprised if they lose. They will have to be at their very best to win tonight

[Zizu]

Even if City win .. they will still the second ( English) team to do the treble so not unique and also takes the shine off United’s treble


Arsenal will still stand alone as the only unbeaten league champions .. and Liverpool will stand alone as the ( English) winners of the CL ( 6 times)


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[Father Chris Mouse]

Liverpool's record will end in time, i don't see Arsenal's ever ending though

[bots]

there are records to be gained everywhere, they are pretty meaningless in my opinion. A team/player is only as good as their next game

[bots]

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Sheikh Mansour, who bought Citeh in 2008 will attend his 2nd Man City game tonight

and his 2nd ever football match

:skull:

[bots]

it's great when keen sports fans follow their team :laugh:

[Father Chris Mouse]

lol

[Zizu]

Liverpool's record will end in time, i don't see Arsenal's ever ending though


Liverpool could well be adding to their total though


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[Zizu]

Sheikh Mansour, who bought Citeh in 2008 will attend his 2nd Man City game tonight

and his 2nd ever football match

:skull:


Obviously a football obsessive …


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[Father Chris Mouse]

Liverpool could well be adding to their total though


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A couple more transfers, and yeah i hate to agree, but i do.

[bots]

i would like to see Haaland star tonight

[bots]

t's very much a chess game at the moment

[bots]

thats a blow

[Zizu]

Foden on for KDB !?

Why not Mahrez and Bernardo replaces KDB ?

Even Alvarez has been playing the KDB role of late ..


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[bots]

inter will struggle to keep that press up for the whole game

[In the Drunk Tank]

Sheikh Mansour, who bought Citeh in 2008 will attend his 2nd Man City game tonight

and his 2nd ever football match

:skull:

He'll be going home at half time at this rate

[Zizu]

inter will struggle to keep that press up for the whole game


I was thinking that but they have 5 substitutes don’t they ( 6 if there’s extra time I think )


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Let's hope for a better 2nd half

[Father Chris Mouse]

Inter game plan working atm

[bots]

that was dire defending from city

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Shocking ball from Halaand

[bots]

city have been harassed into making error after error

[Zizu]

Mahrez would make a difference now


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[Zizu]

Akanji has lost his confidence just get Walker on


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[bots]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

[Zizu]

Fabulous strike


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

The one person you want that chance to fall to was Rodri

[bots]

the city goalkeeper had that covered :laugh:

[bots]

oh wow

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Bowen would have scored that Foden miss

[In the Drunk Tank]

Lukaku is ****e

[In the Drunk Tank]

Sorry but Ederson knew nothing about that lol

[bots]

Sorry but Ederson knew nothing about that lol

instinctive :laugh:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Lukaku is ****e

Almost been as bad as Halaand

[bots]

Ederson is the man of the match

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Mad last 10. Well done the goalie

[bots]

Rodri swear bomb :laugh:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Terrible game and atmosphere, what a contrast to Wednesday

[In the Drunk Tank]

Well done City though

[bots]

it was a different type of game, but city have found that extra something time after time this season

[Christmas Dynasnow]

A poor man's Conference final tbh

[Parmy]

Źźzzzz,, to the city fans..


West ham did it ten times better.

[Parmy]

A poor man's Conference final tbh

This is why tibb needs a like button.

[joeysteele]

I'll say well done and congratulations to Man City..
Not a team I like at all, however well done.

[Father Chris Mouse]

What a boring final. But so was 2021, and i loved it

[bots]

f bombs everywhere lol

[bots]

What a boring final. But so was 2021, and i loved it

the CL final is rarely any good. It's just a question of who gets over the line

[Nicky91]

haven't watched it



it doesn't excite me anymore



something what excites me more and more though is the MLS Cup

[Christmas Dynasnow]

haven't watched it



it doesn't excite me anymore



something what excites me more and more though is the MLS Cup

https://gifdb.com/images/high/sure-jan-marcia-brady-sassy-if-you-say-so-pnv04dtnw7i6gqfo.gif

[bots]

Sore head anyone? :laugh:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2023/6/11/8735fe6a-ddb4-4e03-8fbc-cc70f5ef480c.png

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Absolute scenes at the final whistle :skull:

https://twitter.com/FootyLimbs/status/1667835830667190272?s=20


meanwhile in the Inter dressing room all is not well

https://twitter.com/TheSakaEraa/status/1667639033697038338?s=20

[bots]

That's how classy supporters celebrate