The offical Athens final build up thread

[anfieldanfield]

Where is the stadium situated in Athens ?

Central ?

[Maestro]

Where is the stadium situated in Athens ?

Central ?

Have you booked your flights Jamo?

[tomasjj]

I think it is 30-40 kilometers outside the city.

[The incredible igor]

From Official site:

KAKA RELISHING CHANCE FOR REVENGE

AC Milan midfielder Kaka is relishing the chance to avenge for his side's Istanbul misery when they face Liverpool in this season's Champions League final.
Milan booked their place alongside the Reds in Athens with a brilliant display at the San Siro last night as they ended Manchester United's hopes of setting up the first ever all English final in the competition.

Kaka admits the Italians played the perfect game against United and is now looking forward to the possibility of gaining revenge on Liverpool following their penalty shoot-out triumph in Istanbul two years ago.

"We have played a perfect game," he said. "We knew against a team like Manchester United that we needed to do something special and we have achieved it with the help of our fans.

"I am extremely happy with the way the team has played, we were the best side on the pitch and we deserved to go through.

"The final against Liverpool will be a unique game. I sincerely hope it will be different from that of 2005."

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I hope its different from 2005 too. Hopefully we'll score 6 in the first half and that'll be the end of it

[Red_hot]

£99 is a rip off


I'm sure there's people who like it. Someone said some parts of it are better than others but they must have kept those parts hidden when I was there

Kos is lovely. Dunno which part you went to but I've been twice and loved it.

[Shaggy]

Liverpool and Milan will each receive more than 20,000 tickets for the final on May 23 at the 72,000-capacity Athens Olympics Stadium.

UEFA communications director William Gaillard said there will be a big fan park in the Greek capital which would cater for supporters without tickets.

Gaillard said: "We know that however many tickets we provide it would never be enough - we could probably sell out a stadium with a million seats!

"Our advice to fans is always not to travel without a ticket because we do not want them to be exploited by ticket touts, but of course people are free to travel if they wish.

"If they just want to savour the Athens experience then they can use the fan-park in downtown Athens."

He said UEFA were not expecting problems between the two sets of fans.

He added: "There is no history of hostility between the fans and it gives us an advantage that we have the experience of the two sets of fans in a final in similar circumstances two years ago."

[tomasjj]

Liverpool and Milan will each receive more than 20,000 tickets for the final on May 23 at the 72,000-capacity Athens Olympics Stadium.

UEFA communications director William Gaillard said there will be a big fan park in the Greek capital which would cater for supporters without tickets.

Gaillard said: "We know that however many tickets we provide it would never be enough - we could probably sell out a stadium with a million seats!

"Our advice to fans is always not to travel without a ticket because we do not want them to be exploited by ticket touts, but of course people are free to travel if they wish.

"If they just want to savour the Athens experience then they can use the fan-park in downtown Athens."

He said UEFA were not expecting problems between the two sets of fans.

He added: "There is no history of hostility between the fans and it gives us an advantage that we have the experience of the two sets of fans in a final in similar circumstances two years ago."

sounds like good news
20 000 is better

[Maestro]

sounds like good news
20 000 is better

I just need one....

[tomasjj]

I just need one....

Same here, mate.

[Mumsafan]

Kos is lovely. Dunno which part you went to but I've been twice and loved it.

Have been to the majority of the island. It's not big is it

[kopash]

20,000 tickets? Still i think as posted earlier guess that means fan card holders with all home tickets will go to ballot...

[Morph]

anyone know the procedure for chartering a flight from liverpool to athens, a smallish plane say 15 seats

[loco_law]

Ask Dunk. he seems to have an inside line on flights.

[Howard_lfc]

We went with Sportops to Istanbul

I've booked with these.

£680 flying out of JLA @4am on the Tuesday - and flight back late afternoon on the Thursday.

They still had plenty of deals yesterday - in fact added some more later on.

0207 976 5600 is their number.

[Maestro]

I've booked with these.

£680 flying out of JLA @4am on the Tuesday - and flight back late afternoon on the Thursday.

They still had plenty of deals yesterday - in fact added some more later on.

0207 976 5600 is their number.

Without match ticket, I presume?