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2016-17 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL :
Solna, Stockholm (Sweden), Friends Arena :

AFC Ajax 0 - Manchester United FC 2
Goals : 18' Sanchez (A o.g.), 48' Mkhitaryan (MU)

MANCHESTER UNITED FC win the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League, the first in the history of the club

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All the best to that great club Ajax in the Europa League Final against Man Utd tomorrow. I want them to win in memory of the greatest Dutch Master of total football, Johan Cruyff who brought his style of playing the beautiful game to my beloved Barcelona. It was Cruyff who started it all off at Barca many years ago and although I am too young to see the great man playing for either Ajax or Barca(I was born in 1977), I have seen him countless times on film playing and delighting football fans all over the world, irrespective of which club they support. Truly, one of the greatest legends the world has been blessed to see.

I also want Ajax to win as one of my all time favourite heroines is the brave Jewish girl Anne Frank who with her Family and a few trusted friends hid in a small attic room in Amsterdam from the cruel Nazis when the Netherlands was occupied during the war. She has inspired so many people with her famous diary and even Nelson Mandela said after being released from prison in 1990 that her diary gave him great inspiration and courage to fight on and to never give up and to believe in the ultimate goodness in Mankind. So for these two remarkable people alone I want Ajax to win the Cup Final tomorrow, Forza Ajax!

Cheers for giving my team Luton a mention mate, im still gutted we lost and have missed out on promotion,
i wish Dundee United the best of luck in the final

Well said, Scottishbloke about your team and the less glamorous clubs North and South of the Border. I sincerely hope that you get to play in Scotland's Top League next season. The 1st leg is on Thursday 7:15pm on BT Sport. I will be watching and cheering your side on to victory in both legs.

Just before I do the final round up on the Premier League Predictor Thread I would just like to give a shout out to some of the less glamorous clubs as to say. Its all fine and well talking about Man United, Chelsea, Juventus, Barcelona etc but what makes the beautiful game beautiful is those fans who turn out week in week out with a dream, a dream that one day their team may have an opportunity to even just share the same stage as the world famous successful clubs if even for a very brief moment in history.

30 years ago this was indeed the case as my Dundee United team came within 45 minutes of winning the UEFA Cup (now known as the europa league) and for that moment time stood still. We had got there by beating Barcelona home and away and borussia mönchengladbach in the Semis which now set up a final against IFK Göteborg which was also played over 2 legs. Unfortunately it wasn't to be for us as we lost but it will always fondly be remembered as the high point in the clubs history that a wee club like us could compete with the worlds elite.

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Now into 2017 and my dream for Dundee United is just to make an immediate return to the Premiership at the first time of asking. We are now within touching distance of this goal being achieved. We have overcome Morton the Quarter Finals and then Falkirk in the Semi's in dramatic fashion winning 2-1 away to win the match 4-3 on aggregate with the winning goals coming just a few minutes towards the end of the match

We play Hamilton over 2 legs with the first leg taking place at Tannadice on Thursday. This will be concluded next Sunday so hopefully next week at this time I shall still be celebrating having just gained promotion back to Scotlands Top Division. My stress levels are through the roof now!

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I would also like to wish all the teams left in the drama of the Play Off's North and South of the Border all the best of luck and commiserations to Lutonbloke as he is a Luton Town supporter and he had his dream snatched away from him with Blackpool snatching an injury time winner which must have been devastating for him to watch as his big day out at Wembley for the Final sadly wasn't to be

Obviously I am devastated that Barca couldn't quite make it at the end to win La Liga, but having said that, Real Madrid over the season deserved to be champions of Spain as they on balance were the most consistent of the two top teams in Spain's Top League, so congratulations to them. Barca, More than a Club Catalonia Forever!

2016-17 SERIE A MATCHDAY 37 : Result Sunday Night Match :

Lazio 1 - Internazionale 3
Goals : 18' Keita (L pen.), 31' Andreolli (I), 37' Hoedt (L o.g.), 74' Eder (I)
Red Cards : 66' Keita (L), 78' Lulic (L)

2016-17 LA LIGA :
Match day 38 (Last) Complete Results :

Granada CF 1 - RCD Espanyol 2
Sporting de Gijon 2 - Real Betis 2
Deportivo de La Coruna 3 - UD Las Palmas 0
CD Leganes 1 - Deportivo Alavés 1
Sevilla FC 5 - CA Osasuna 0
Club Atletico de Madrid 3 - Athletic Club 1
Celta de Vigo 2 - Real Sociedad 2
Valencia CF 1 - Villarreal CF 3
FC Barcelona 4 - SD Eibar 2
Malaga CF 0 - Real Madrid CF 2

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE :

1. REAL MADRID CF 93 points 2016-17 Champion & Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage

2. FC Barcelona 90 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
3. Club Atletico de Madrid 78 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
4. Sevilla FC 72 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round
5. Villarreal CF 67 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
6. Real Sociedad 64 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
7. Athletic Club 63 points
8. RCD Espanyol 56 points
9. Deportivo Alavés 55 points
10. SD Eibar 54 points
11. Malaga CF 46 points
12. Valencia CF 46 points
13. Celta de Vigo 45 points
14. UD Las Palmas 39 points
15. Real Betis 39 points
16. Deportivo de La Coruna 36 points
17. CD Leganes 35 points
18. Sporting de Gijon 31 points Relegated to 2017-18 Segunda Division
19. CA Osasuna 22 points Relegated to 2017-18 Segunda Division
20. Granada CF 20 points Relegated to 2017-18 Segunda Division

Thank you, Italianfan. Juve rocks

Another one for Dani Alves (and for you Rallkin123)

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2016-17 PREMIER LEAGUE :
Match day 38 (Last) Complete Results :

Arsenal FC 3 - Everton FC 1
Burnley FC 1 - West Ham United FC 2
Chelsea FC 5 - Sunderland AFC 1
Hull City AFC 1 - Tottenham Hotspur FC 7
Leicester City FC 1 - AFC Bournemouth 1
Liverpool FC 3 - Middlesbrough FC 0
Manchester United FC 2 - Crystal Palace FC 0
Southampton FC 0 - Stoke City FC 1
Swansea City AFC 2 - West Bromwich Albion FC 1
Watford FC 0 - Manchester City FC 5

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE :

1. CHELSEA FC 93 points 2016-17 Champion & Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage

2. Tottenham Hotspur FC 86 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
3. Manchester City FC 78 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
4. Liverpool FC 76 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round
5. Arsenal FC 75 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
6. Manchester United FC 69 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
7. Everton FC 61 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round
8. Southampton FC 46 points
9. AFC Bournemouth 46 points
10. West Bromwich Albion FC 45 points
11. West Ham United FC 45 points
12. Leicester City FC 44 points
13. Stoke City FC 44 points
14. Crystal Palace FC 41 points
15. Swansea City AFC 41 points
16. Burnley FC 40 points
17. Watford FC 40 points
18. Hull City AFC 34 points Relegated to the 2017-18 EFL Championship
19. Middlesbrough FC 28 points Relegated to the 2017-18 EFL Championship
20. Sunderland ZFC 24 points Relegated to the 2017-18 EFL Championship

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Nice one Juve, Get that title for your wonderful goal keeper a true legend, forza Juve

2016-17 SERIE A :
Match day 37 Complete Results :

Chievo Verona 3 - Roma 5 PLAYED SATURDAY
Napoli 4 - Fiorentina 1 PLAYED SATURDAY

Empoli 0 - Atalanta 1
Goal : 13' A. Gomez

Genoa 2 - Torino 1
Goals : 32' Rigoni (G), 54' G. Simeone (G), 89' Ljajic (T)

Juventus 3 - Crotone 0
Goals : 13' Mandzukic, 39' Dybala, 83' Alex Sandro

Milan 3 - Bologna 0
Goals : 70' Deulofeu, 73' Honda, 90' + 1' Lapadula

Sassuolo 6 - Cagliari 2
Goals : 7' Magnanelli (S), 12' Berardi (S), 13' Politano (S), 25' Sau ( C ), 34' Sensi (S), 56' Iemmello (S pen.), 60' Ionita ( C ), 90' Matri (S)

Udinese 1 - Sampdoria 1
Goals : 5' Thèrèau (U), 63' Muriel (S pen.)
Red Cards : 47' De Paul (U), 65' Danilo (U) & Muriel (S)

Pescara 2 - Palermo 0
Goals : 15' Muric, 87' Mitrita

Lazio vs Internazionale H. 20,45

JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB win the 2016-17 Serie A, the 35th (sixth consecutive) in the history of the club

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2016-17 SERIE A MATCHDAY 37 :
Results Saturday Matches :

Chievo Verona 3 - Roma 5
Goals : 15' Castro (CV), 28', 58' El Shaarawy ( R ), 37', 86' Inglese (CV), 42', 77' Salah ( R ), 83' Dzeko ( R )

Napoli 4 - Fiorentina 1
Goals : 8' Koulibaly (N), 36' L. Insigne (N), 57', 64' Mertens (N), 60' Ilicic (F)

2016-17 LIGUE 1 :
Match day 38 (Last) Complete Results :

Angers SCO 2 - Montpellier HSC 0
EA Guingamp 1 - FC Metz 0
Lille OSC 3 - FC Nantes 0
Olympique Lyonnais 3 - OGC Nice 3
FC Lorient 1 - Girondins de Bordeaux 1
Olympique de Marseille 1 - SC Bastia 0
AS Nancy-Lorraine 3 - AS Saint-Etienne 1
Paris Saint-Germain 1 - SM Caen 1
Stade Rennais FC 2 - AS Monaco FC 3
Toulouse FC 0 - Dijon FCO 0

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE :

1. AS MONACO FC 95 points 2016-17 Champion & Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage

2. Paris Saint-Germain 87 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
3. OGC Nice 78 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round
4. Olympique Lyonnais 67 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round
5. Olympique de Marseille 62 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round
6. Girondins de Bordeaux 59 points
7. FC Nantes 51 points
8. AS Saint-Etienne 50 points
9. Stade Rennais FC 50 points
10. EA Guingamp 50 points
11. Lille OSC 46 points
12. Angers SCO 46 points
13. Toulouse FC 44 points
14. FC Metz 43 points
15. Montpellier HSC 39 points
16. Dijon FCO 37 points
17. SM Caen 37 points
18. FC Lorient 36 points Qualified to Relegation Play-Off
19. AS Nancy-Lorraine 35 points Relegated to 2017-18 Ligue 2
20. SC Bastia 34 points Relegated to 2017-18 Ligue 2

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2016-17 BUNDESLIGA :
Match day 34 (Last) Complete Results :

Hamburger SV 2 - VfL Wolfsburg 1
FC Bayern München 3 - SC Freiburg 1
1. FC Koln 2 - Mainz 05 0
Borussia Dortmund 4 - Werder Bremen 3
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - RB Leipzig 2
Hertha BSC 2 - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6
1899 Hoffenheim 0 - FC Augsburg 0
FC Ingolstadt 1 - FC Schalke 04 1
VfL Borussia Monchengladbach 2 - Darmstadt 98 2

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE :

1. FC BAYERN MUNCHEN 82 points 2016-17 Champion & Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage

2. RB Leipzig 67 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
3. Borussia Dortmund 64 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
4. 1899 Hoffenheim 62 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round
5. 1. FC Koln 49 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
6. Hertha BSC 49 points Qualified to 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round
7. SC Freiburg 48 points
8. Werder Bremen 45 points
9. VfL Borussia Monchengladbach 45 points
10. FC Schalke 04 43 points
11. Eintracht Frankfurt 42 points
12. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 41 points
13. FC Augsburg 38 points
14. Hamburger SV 38 points
15. Mainz 05 37 points
16. VfL Wolfsburg 37 points Qualified to Relegation Play-Off
17. FC Ingolstadt 32 points Relegated in 2017-18 Zweite Bundesliga
18. Darmstadt 98 25 points Relegated in 2017-18 Zweite Bundesliga

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God Bless you, Italianfan. Your nice post is highly appreciated