Arsenal and Chelsea ready for Europa League battle in distant Baku
Arsenal manager Unai Emery during a press conference at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan May 28, 2019. —Handout by Uefa via Reuters
However, there will not be much of an English atmosphere at the Baku Olympic Stadium when the match kicks off at 2300 local time , with reportedly only around 6,000 tickets sold by the clubs in a ground which holds almost 70,000. “Yes I prefer to play with our supporters here. I’d prefer it if a lot of supporters from us and from Chelsea could come here from London, but it’s difficult.”
Arsenal have not been in a European final since 2006 and have not won a continental trophy since lifting the Cup Winners’ Cup 25 years ago.“All teams’ first objective is to play to win a title — I think that is the first objective, and then there is also the fact that it helps you to achieve the Champions League,” Emery reasoned.
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