UEFA’S incompetence beggars belief

THE one thing you can be sure about with UEFA is that you can’t rely on them to do what’s in the best interests of football. There have been two more examples this week.

Supposedly, Roma were on their last warning as regards the appalling behaviour of their fans. So how did UEFA react when an Arsenal fan was stabbed and a fans’ bus attacked prior to the game on Wednesday night? They merely confirmed the Stadio Olimpico remains the venue for this season’s final.

The pathetic UEFA spokesman William Gaillard admitted security was inadequate but said it was too late to find an alternative venue: “It is difficult to move such an event just two months before it takes place.”