This is our last look of the week from London. We hope you’ve enjoyed our offbeat (and somewhat tongue-in-cheek) reactions to the stuff that surrounded the Champions League Final – those that didn’t involve bribery and super-injunctions, anyway. Wembley The road up to Wembley was jammed yesterday by fans: fans with tickets, fans without tickets, fans hanging off lampposts, fans chatting with cops on horses, fans juggling balls, fans drinking from plastic bags, fans singing songs about their ex-players, and fans generally being fans. It was a great atmosphere last night at Wembley, and a welcome sight after a week of watching a lot of corporate hospitality types and very few folks with flags and scarves. I was right behind the Barcelona block, and they were truly a joy to be with: exuberant, friendly, and justifiably confident. But there was also a good spirit about the match, which was great to see. Both sets of fans taunted each other back and forth all night long with songs, but there was never any malice that I could detect. At the end of the night, when I was waiting for the Tube at Wembley Park, the fans had a sing-off across the… Read full this story
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