meh

Jose involved = borefest / cheatfest


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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

Who remembers Anders Frisk?

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

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

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

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

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

Why on Earth would he admit that ??

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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

MTVN in the middle of it

historical european cup final tonight


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

:amazed:

Is this free to watch?

yep

Thanks..

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Let's gooooooooo

COYI

:worry:

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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Up the Hammers!

Does anyone know if MTVN made the trip?

i guess you didn't go then :laugh:

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!

good start