Kevin Trapp makes his claim on history in Europa League final win for Eintracht Frankfurt against Rangers - The Warm-Up

THURSDAY'S BIG STORIES The Euroooopppaaaaans Ad/> Aren't Europa League finals great, when they're proper cup finals? When neither side involved is dealing with a sense of temporary embarrassment, or here for the back door to the Champions League. When both sides want the cup for the cup's sake: for the glory, for the adventure. BundesligaLeipzig draw 1-1 at Frankfurt and miss chance to go top21/11/2020 AT 20:23 If anything, we were spoiled by Rangers against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Not one but two heroic underdog stories, two incredibly dedicated groups of fans, two worthy and interesting potential winners. With all that narrative weight bearing down on the occasion, is it any wonder that the opening exchanges were a little… well, you can choose your euphemism. Tactically intriguing.

Closely fought. Tense. Scrappy.

And so on. Maybe it was the heat. Climate change is real, kids, and it's coming for our cup finals.

But there are two ways to open up a tense final. The first is for one side to overwhelm the other with a moment of sudden quality: a slick set-piece move, perhaps, or something violent from 40 yards. These are difficult and unlikely.

The other way, the simpler way, is for some guy to fall over. /> Whatever your allegiances, we can be grateful that this final won't go down in history as The He Fell Over Final. It was a proper pratfall, too: unprovoked and inexplicable.

Tuta went down like one of those elasticated wooden toys; somebody pressed the big button underneath and he just went flop. Then he went off, not the first player to sprain his dignity and certainly not the last. Will it be remembered, instead, as The Oh Aaron Ramsey What Was That Final? Perhaps.