- Title: "Football feast" overshadowed by Manchester attack, says Ajax boss
- Date: 23rd May 2017
- Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (MAY 23, 2017) (REUTERS) AJAX MANAGER PETER BOSCH WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE CAMERAMAN FILMING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) AJAX MANAGER PETER BOSCH, SAYING: (ROUGH TRANSLATION) "What happened yesterday in Manchester was something that we all feel. On behalf of the players, staff and everyone at Ajax, we would like to express our sympathy with the victims that unfortunately fell. The feeling that prevails for me is that the final doesn't have this glow that it should have. Tomorrow evening should be a football feast, but because of the events in Manchester we are all affected." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) AJAX MANAGER PETER BOSCH, SAYING: "I think we only have a chance to beat Manchester if we can play our own game. We have a way of playing - developed this season - which I always call; 'The Ajax way of playing'. So if tomorrow we are capable to play our way, we have a chance." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS BOSCH DRINKING WATER AND LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE VARIOUS OF AJAX PLAYERS GATHERING IN MIDDLE OF PITCH TO OBSERVE MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR VICTIMS OF MANCHESTER ATTACK SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING OFF THE PITCH
- Embargoed: 6th June 2017 19:56
- Keywords: Peter Bosch final Ajax Manchester United Europa League
- Location: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- City: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- Country: Sweden
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016I29FEN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Europa League final should have been a "football feast" but has been inevitably overshadowed by the bomb attack in Manchester which killed 22 people, Ajax Coach Peter Bosch has said.
Speaking at a news conference at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Bosch opened by offering his condolences and those of the Dutch club to the victims and their families of Monday's attack.
Monday's attack following an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester left 22 dead and 59 wounded, plunging the city into mourning.
UEFA announced that the game would be preceded by a minute's silence for the victims and that the planned opening ceremony would be scaled back.
Bosch believes that when the game finally gets underway his young side have a chance against one of Europe's richest clubs if they can impose their style of play on the game. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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