UEFA has apologised for working out of winners medals throughout the Europa League ultimate trophy ceremony on Wednesday after extra Tottenham Hotspur gamers than anticipated lined as much as obtain their particular person prizes.
Spurs captain Son Heung-Min, Cristian Romero and Rodrigo Bentancur — who have been the final to line up for particular person medals — have been left empty-handed after their workforce beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the membership’s fourth European title on Wednesday.
Son lifted the trophy with out a medal round his neck.
“To our nice displeasure, we didn’t have sufficient medals out there on stage throughout the trophy ceremony presentation resulting from an sudden discrepancy within the participant rely, as extra workforce members — together with injured gamers — participated within the ceremony than initially anticipated,” UEFA stated in an announcement.
“The lacking medals have been promptly delivered to the profitable workforce within the dressing room, together with our sincerest apologies for the oversight.”
Info from ESPN’s Tom Chambers contributed to this report
