Supporters look forward to big soccer party - 'no fear, no anger'

Record ID: 876842

  • Title: Supporters look forward to big soccer party - 'no fear, no anger'
  • Date: 24th May 2017
  • Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (MAY 24, 2017) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE TO FAN ZONE IN STOCKHOLM SQUARE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING IN THE SUN EUROPA LEAGUE LOGO FANS TALKING IN FAN ZONE VARIOUS OF MANCHESTER UNITED FAN, ELI YADGAR, AND AJAX FAN, ALON KANETY, FROM ISRAEL PLAYING FOOTBALL GAME YADGAR AND KANETY SEATED YADGAR AND KANETY IN THEIR SUPPORTER T-SHIRTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED FAN, ELI YADGAR, AND AJAX FAN, ALON KANETY, FROM ISRAEL, SAYING: ELI YADGAR: "He did." (REFERRING TO GAME THEY PLAYED) ALON KANETY: "Ajax. 2-1" ELI YADGAR: "It will be exactly the opposite tonight." ALON KANETY: "Probably, sure. (Manchester United Coach Jose) Mourinho team will score two goals." ELI YADGAR: "You know 90 per cent of the time it will be in the bunker and afterwards (Henrikh) Mkhitaryan and (Paul) Pogba will score a goal and that's it." AJAX FAN, ALON KANETY, SAYING: "(Amin) Younes. 1-0 Ajax" VARIOUS OF AJAX SUPPORTERS IN CAFE UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE TROPHY ON DISPLAY SUPPORTER WALKING UP TO TROPHY AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH SIGN SAYING "STOCKHOLM FINAL 2017" FATHER AND SON POSE BY TROPHY TROPHY (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED SUPPORTER JIM HARDIE, AND HIS WIFE KICKI, FROM MANCHESTER, SAYING: "Well I think we will win and I think tactically we're the better team, technically we're the better team and Ajax have got a very, very young team so I think our expertise will come through to be honest. I expect two or three nil, at least." PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED SUPPORTER JIM HARDIE, AND HIS WIFE KICKI, FROM MANCHESTER, SAYING: "Obviously after the Manchester bombings which came as a shock to us all we are concerned but to be honest, I was at the stadium yesterday and the police presence is huge and the security people were all over the place so I think everything will be fine." EUROPA LEAGUE TROPHY SIGN (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED SUPPORTERS LARS AGA AND BORD AARE FROM BERGEN IN NORWAY, SAYING: LARS AGA: "Well of course we hope Manchester United will win but I think it will be a close game." BORD AARE: "2-1 is our match result and we will score the 2-1 goal at 90th minute." VARIOUS OF AJAX SUPPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED SUPPORTER BORD AARE FROM BERGEN IN NORWAY, SAYING: "To be honest no. I think they are going to have things under control and they are going take the measures to secure that people are feeling safe and having a good time today." (SOUNDBITE) (English) AJAX FANS (LEFT TO RIGHT) ROBERT, SANDER, GERRO AND ERIK, FROM THE NETHERLANDS, SAYING: SANDER: "2-0" ERIK: "Just a win." GERRO: "No matter how but I think it's going to be 2-0 for Ajax because we have young players, full of passion, just like the supporters of the club. We're going to win. Bam!" FANS WALKING IN FAN ZONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) AJAX FANS (LEFT TO RIGHT) ROBERT, SANDER, GERRO AND ERIK, FROM THE NETHERLANDS, SAYING: SANDER: "No no, we're not scared." GERRO: "We're not afraid. No." ERIK: "We will make a party together. Both supporters we make one big party today. No fear, no anger." VARIOUS OF GAMES TO ILLUSTRATE COLOUR BLINDNESS FORMER SWEDEN AND ICELAND COACH AND NOW NORWAY'S COACH, LARS LAGERBACK WATCHING GAMES (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER SWEDEN AND ICELAND COACH AND NOW NORWAY'S COACH, LARS LAGERBACK, SAYING: "Yeah exactly. No trouble in any way and especially after what happened in Manchester the other day so I really hope the fans will behave also so it will be a really football party." GAME TO ILLUSTRATE COLOUR BLINDNESS
  • Embargoed: 7th June 2017 12:47
  • Keywords: Stockholm Europa League Ajax Manchester United
  • Location: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
  • City: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
  • Country: Sweden
  • Topics: Soccer,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016I7593B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Manchester United and Ajax supporters on Wednesday (May 24) vowed security concerns would not mar the football party in Stockholm Sweden when their two teams play the Europa League final later in the evening.
    Enjoying the sunshine in the fan zone in central Stockholm hours before kick-off, many fans said they were satisfied with the security in the city following Monday's (May 22) suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people.
    Manchester United fan Jim Hardie, from Manchester, said he felt comforted by the huge police presence at the stadium.
    "Obviously after the Manchester bombings which came as a shock to us all we are concerned but to be honest, I was at the stadium yesterday and the police presence is huge and the security people were all over the place so I think everything will be fine," he said.
    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.
    Kick-off is at the Friends arena at 1845 GMT.
    "We will make a party together. Both supporters we make one big party today. No fear, no anger," said Ajax fan Erik.
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