May 28, 2019
In Baku, the police stop and search for Arsenal fans bearing the name of H. Mkhitaryan on their T-shirts.
A video has been posted on the Twitter microblog showing Azerbaijani law enforcement officers stopping Arsenal fans who were wearing a personalised T-shirt of the captain of the Armenian national team and the Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
“Mkhitaryan’s fans feel the long arm of the law in Baku before the Europa League final…” That’s how the author described the video on Twitter.
Mkhitaryan fans are feeling the long arm of the law in Baku ahead of the Europa League final…. 😁.#Mkhitaryan #Arsenal #EuropaLeague #Baku #Chelsea #aubameyang pic.twitter.com/a1CIuXOo9L
— sntv (@sntvstory) May 28, 2019
Recall that the final match of the UEFA Europa League will be held on May 29 in Baku. Two football clubs from London – Arsenal and Chelsea – will play in the final match. Arsenal has officially confirmed that Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not travel with the team to Baku and will not participate in the Europa League final. Arsenal fans on the website Change.org organised a collection of signatures demanding to boycott the final . In addition, fans started using the hashtag #BoycotBaku in the social media. Earlier, fans of two English FCs – Arsenal and Chelsea – returned tickets – about 10% – 5800 tickets.
Earlier, Infoteka24 reported that the first vice-president of the Armenian Football Federation explained the reasons why Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan did not travel to Baku for the Europa League final.
