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UEFA has launched an investigation into why the turnstiles at the Baku Olympic Stadium were opened midway through the Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal to allow fans to enter for free.
Large areas of empty seats could be seen on Wednesday night inside Azerbaijan, where Chelsea beat its Premier League rival 4-1 to win a second Europa League title.
Fans who went to Baku to follow their team noticed that these areas were beginning to fill up long after the kickoff – which arrived around midnight and a half local time.
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UEFA says 51,370 fans have made their way to the Europa League final, about 10,000 feet less than the stadium's reduced capacity for the final of 62,000 and 16,000 less than the maximum capacity.
There were also criticisms of the atmosphere inside the Olympic Stadium, fans being far away from the field and a lack of noise generating a lot of criticism during the match, especially from the experts of the TV Cesc Fabregas and Eidur Gudjohnsen. pumped from the stadium tannoy.
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2/22 Sokratis Papastathopoulos – 6
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3/22 Laurent Koscielny – 6
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4/22 Nacho Monreal – 5
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5/22 Ainsley Maitland-Niles – 7
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6/22 Lucas Torreira – 5
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7/22 Granite Xhaka – 6
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8/22 Sead Kolasinac – 5
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10/22 Alexandre Lacazette – 6
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12/22 Kepa Arrizabalaga – 6
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13/22 Cesar Azpiulicueta – 7
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14/22 David Luiz – 7
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16/22 Emerson – 7
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17/22 N & # 39; Golo Kante – 6
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21/22 Olivier Giroud – 8
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22/22 Eden Hazard – 8
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1/22 Petr Cech – 7
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2/22 Sokratis Papastathopoulos – 6
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3/22 Laurent Koscielny – 6
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4/22 Nacho Monreal – 5
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5/22 Ainsley Maitland-Niles – 7
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6/22 Lucas Torreira – 5
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7/22 Granite Xhaka – 6
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8/22 Sead Kolasinac – 5
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9/22 Mesut Ozil – 5
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10/22 Alexandre Lacazette – 6
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11/22 Pierrer-Emerick Aubameyang – 6
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12/22 Kepa Arrizabalaga – 6
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13/22 Cesar Azpiulicueta – 7
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14/22 David Luiz – 7
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15/22 Andreas Christensen – 7
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16/22 Emerson – 7
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17/22 N & # 39; Golo Kante – 6
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18/22 Jorginho – 6
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19/22 Mateo Kovacic – 6
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20/22 Pedro – 7
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21/22 Olivier Giroud – 8
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It seems, however, that UEFA is unhappy with the opening of the gates once the match has begun to allow supporters to fill the stadium, the Azerbaijan Football Federation being embarrbaded by the low turnout and having acted without UEFA's permission.
"We were in the corner of Arsenal and there were a lot of empty seats. Suddenly, after about 30 minutes, many residents arrived, including children, and were given Arsenal flags, "said a supporter. The temperature.
It is understood that UEFA is extremely unhappy with the decision taken without his knowledge and investigates how the turnstiles were opened without their knowledge, leaving them helpless to prevent it.
The concern of the European governing body is that Baku died in the idea of organizing four matches at Euro 2020 next year. It then follows a strong reaction against the final held in the Azerbaijani capital due to the inability of a large number of fans to travel there because of the extremely expensive prices and few direct flights.
Large empty areas of the Olympic Stadium in the Europa League final began to fill during the match (Reuters)
In addition to this, Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has decided not to travel with the team because of his fears for security as an Armenian in Azerbaijan, because of the conflict ongoing policy between the two parties. Prior to the match, Arsenal supporters dressed in a Mkhitaryan shirt in Baku were arrested by the police.
Despite these concerns, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin used the Wednesday meeting of the Executive Committee to confirm that Baku would not be deprived of his four European Championship matches.
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