The world was watching ... and it liked what it saw. The Europa League Final wasn't a classic – they rarely are – but it was absorbing, agonising and emotionally draining.
The faces of the fans in the stands as the TV cameras panned round told you that. For Eintracht Frankfurt there was only joy.
For Rangers only dejection. OK, pride, too but the scenes at the end as the Rangers players walked past the trophy they would not get to touch screamed just hurt.
In the German Press, there was expected triumphalism while also paying respect to the efforts of Giovanni van Bronckhorst 's side.
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