AC Milan crowned champions of Europe
Ticket mayhem hits final
Ashley launches takeover bid
AC Milan are the Champions of Europe for the seventh time after beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Champions League Final in Athens, courtesy of a brace from Filippo Inzaghi. Dirk Kuyt’s 89th minute header proved to be too little and too late. Rossoneri boss Carlo Ancelotti has now won Europe’s top club prize twice as a player and twice as a coach.
Having started the campaign on the back of last summer’s match-fixing scandal in Italy, he rates tonight’s triumph as the best of the lot:
“It’s an extraordinary achievement. This is an important victory because we did not lose sight of what we wanted to achieve. This is the greatest victory we’ve had. Few fans expected us to win the most important trophy. Maybe no-one.”
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It was a disappointing night for Liverpool on the pitch, but some of their supporters in Greece missed the match altogether. Fans with genuine match tickets were refused entry to the Olympic Stadium amid reports that others were allegedly allowed in with forged tickets or no tickets at all. Riot police use tear gas and batons to disperse those outside the stadium when they react angrily after being told the ground was full.
Mike Ashley has launched a £133million takeover bid for Newcastle United. The billionaire entrepreneur buys Sir John Hall’s 41.6% stake in the Premiership club for more than £55million. Under stock exchange rules, he now has to make a cash offer for the remaining shares. Recently rated as the UK’s 25th wealthiest person, the Buckinghamshire-born 42-year-old collected more than £900million after the flotation of his Sports Direct retail chain and Lilywhites.
39 year-old Paolo Maldini has now won five European Cup / Champions League winners medals.
Only the legendary Real Madrid forward Paco Gento has won more (six).
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