Southampton fans 'deserved better' - Scienza
Southampton winger Leo Scienza believes that Saints fans "deserve better" after being expelled from the Championship play-offs.
Leo Scienza scored seven league goals for Southampton in his debut season [Getty Images] Southampton winger Leo Scienza believes that Saints fans "deserved better" after the club were expelled from the Championship play-offs. On Wednesday night, the EFL announced that a league arbitration panel had dismissed the club's appeal against the sporting sanction. This means that Saturday's Championship play-off final will be contested between Hull City and Middlesbrough at Wembley Stadium.
Scienza was the first Southampton player to post on social media after the club were removed from the play-offs. "Disappointment, anger, sadness. It's difficult to find the right words for what we're all feeling right now," he posted on his instagram account.
"What has happened over the last days is heartbreaking. For the club, for every player in this dressing room, and above all for our supporters. A moment like this should never end the way it did.
"I feel sorry for every football fan, as well as the players and supporters of Hull and Boro, who were caught up in all of this chaos too. "We gave everything for this dream. Day after day, sacrifice after sacrifice, always believing we could bring this club back to where it belongs.