Hosting the Europa League final is a "real challenge" for Azerbaijan, says the country's sports minister. "I totally agree with the president of Uefa when he said because of the distance we cannot leave Azerbaijan football fans without live football. Uefa has been criticised for its ticket allocation as Arsenal and Chelsea fans will share just 12,000 of 68,700 seats in the stadium. Azerbaijan will host four matches during Euro 2020 next year, and Rahimov said preparations had been helped by the Europa League final. 'No safety problem for Mkhitaryan'Mkhitarya said missing the Europa League final "hurts a lot"Last week, Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan announced he would not play in the Europa League final.

Source: BBC May 29, 2019 11:03 UTC