Gaya tries a pot shot from 20 yards, missing the far post by three. “Reading ‘The Joy is Tainted’ headline in today’s Guardian: the fans are absolutely right. The final venue should be chosen once the finalists are known,” writes Paul Bacon. “ It’s going to be even worse for Arsenal and Chelsea or Frankfurt having to travel close to 5,000 miles (a tad less for Frankfurt) round trip for a football match. There are plenty of neutral stadiums close enough that overnight travel and it’s expense can even be avoided.” The only problem with that is it would mean virtually all finals would be in western Europe, since that’s where most of the rich clubs are. That wouldn’t be fair. Having said that, there’s a big part of me that would like the finals to be two-legged affairs like the rest of the knockout stages, and with the away goal rule.