His Armenian player Henrikh Mkhitaryan can’t participate for political reasons in the Europa League final in Baku, annoys Bernd Leno the German Keeper from Arsenal in London powerful – but not only that.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed the Europa League final. But not because of an injury or barrier to the semi-finals. He, and Arsenal FC have Worry about its safety. Background of the cancellation of Mkhitaryan’s tensions between his home country of Armenia, and Final-host, Azerbaijan. An absurdity, find soccer goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
“This is a scandal that he can’t play because of this,” said Leno in an Interview with the “Kicker” (Monday edition) about the Absence of the former dortmun founder. Leno criticized the awarding of the Europe-League-final-Baku. The 27-Year-old is angry, especially that his teammate missed the final against Chelsea on Wednesday due to security concerns. “He works hard all season and then may not come for political reasons, with such a Finale.” The 30-year-old Mkhitaryan had missed, for this reason, the earlier Europa League games.
Leno also criticized the ticket procurement
Leno, the Germany coach Joachim Löw for the Euro qualifying games at 8. June was nominated in Borisov against Belarus, and three days later in Mainz, Germany, Estonia, is also with the ticket allocation for the final also does not agree: “the fact That only 6,000 Fans per team maps, is also funny. I was in 2012, when the Champions League final in Munich: Bayern against Chelsea. There was a corner in red and the other blue. In such an endgame as it is now in Baku, a half must be blue and the other red – that’s what makes the football.”
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