There have already been some shockingly worded reports, describing the Turkish fans driving around waving flags and honking horns as "provocative". Let's not lose sight of the fact that the vast majority of them are fans like us (and that there is a minority among "us" who are just as keen on violence as their minority), and that this is their country's first ever European final. We'd be slagging them off if they didn't get a bit excited. Let's just hope that everyone can focus on the football as kick-off approaches, and that everyone from both sets of fans gets home safely.

What we do know is that Arsenal offered everyone on the official trips to Copenhagen this morning the option of a full refund. A fine gesture, but one which very few took advantage of.

Teams news is good: Lee Dixon has recovered from the slight groin injury he picked up in training last week. He played a full part in training yesterday and has declared himself fully fit and raring to go "if selected". Ljungberg and Manninger will, as suggested previously, miss the game.

Arsenal will therefore almost certainly line up as follows:
Seaman, Dixon, Adams, Keown, Silvinho, Parlour, Petit, Vieira, Overmars, Bergkamp, Henry.
subs (7): Lukic, Winterburn, Grimandi, Kanu, Suker, Luzhny, Malz/Vernazza

Galatasaray's wounded are similarly desperate to play in this match. Defender Popescu has seven stitches in his leg, and midfielder Oran Buruk recently broke a bone in his foot. But both are expected to feature.