Champions League Final To Be Played In London Or Lisbon

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Champions League Final To Be Played In London Or Lisbon 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Mon May 10, 2021 6:35 pm

The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea will be played in either London or Lisbon.

While the preference is to hold the match at Wembley Stadium, current restrictions in the United Kingdom make it impossible for the Champions League final to be moved to London due to as many as 2,000 UEFA staff and sponsors, and international broadcast rights holders, needing to be at the game.

Playing the game at Wembley would ensure that up to 25,000 fans of both City and Chelsea would be able to attend the showpiece.

Benfica\'s Estadio da Luz hosted the 2019-20 final between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain after the game was moved from Istanbul\'s Ataturk Stadium as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Via Mark Ogden/ESPN

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