The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has decided to move the Champions League final this season from St. Petersburg to Paris due to the situation between Russia and Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the union.
The final match of the tournament was to be held on May 28 at the Gazprom Arena. According to UEFA's decision, the game will take place on the same day at the Stade de France.
The day before, February 24, Associated Press, citing sources, reported that UEFA decided to move the Champions League final from St. Petersburg. To make this decision, as the agency reported, the union decided to convene an emergency meeting of the executive committee.
bbabo.net learned of UEFA's decision to move the Champions League final from St. Petersburg Football On February 22, British media reported that the Champions League final could be moved from St. Petersburg to Wembley Stadium in London. Commenting on this information, the general director of the organizing committee of the Champions League final in St. Petersburg, Alexei Sorokin, in an interview with RBC Sport, said that preparations for the match are continuing as planned, and there is no information that it could be postponed due to events in the Donbass.
In turn, the mayor of the British capital Sadiq Khan said that London is ready to host the Champions League final this season instead of St. Petersburg. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Russia, which decided to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR and LNR), has no chance of holding football tournaments.
On the evening of February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and two treaties of friendship and mutual assistance. He explained his decision with historical justice, the potential danger of deploying NATO troops near the Russian borders, as well as the desire to end the eight-year conflict in southeastern Ukraine. On the morning of February 24, Putin announced the start of a military special operation in the Donbass.
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