‘Rare UEFA Win’ – Many Man City fans react as ‘Excellent news’ emerge ahead of CL game vs Dortmund

The Champions League theme will not be played prior to Manchester’s game with Borussia Dortmund this week, according to reports.

There were initially fears the game wouldn’t be able to go ahead this week at all but it was eventually given the green light.

Now, it appears the traditional music played ahead of a UCL tie will not feature at the Etihad Stadium.

According to The Telegraph, the song ‘Champions League’ will not be blasted over PA systems ahead of kick-offs this week.

It has been stated this is due to the mourning period following the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

Liverpool and Chelsea all play home matches this midweek too, meaning the song will not be played at these grounds either.

The news was shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters, who routinely boo the Champions League anthem before games.

“Would’ve got booed anyway”
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“Rare UEFA W”
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“Excellent news.”
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“That’s huge W”
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“WE’VE WON. WE’VE FINALLY WON”
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“This means only one thing:- we are winning the CL this time.”
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“Make this a permanent change please.”
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“And don’t play it ever again preferably”
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Why do Man City fans boo the Champions League anthem?

This is not something that happened overnight, rather several decisions that has built a dislike in a majority of the club’s supporters towards Uefa.

It started during their 2011-12 Europa League campaign, when Porto were fined just 20,000 euros when their fans racially abused former City striker Mario Balotelli.

This is despite the Citizens receiving a 30,000 euro fine just a month later for returning to the pitch 30 seconds late for the second half in their fixture against Sporting Lisbon.

Their dislike continued in 2014 when Uefa hit them with a £49m fine for falling foul of the Financial Fair Play rules, along with transfer spending and squad size restrictions.

Tensions reached its peak later that year, when City fans had pre-booked flights and hotel rooms for their match with CSKA Moscow, only to learn the Russian club had a stadium ban.

While understandable after their fans’ racial abuse and behaviour, some City supporters still attempted to get in, only to be stopped – yet hundreds of CSKA fans were inside, in front of Uefa delegates.

No sanctions or consequences for it – but the Moscow outfit had their ban reduced on appeal.

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