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Chelsea and City ask UEFA to change the Champions League final to Wembley

The Champions League final was scheduled to be held in Istanbul next Saturday, May 29. But the qualification of two English teams to contest it and the situation of the pandemic in Turkey may cause a change of venue and the Champions League final to be held in London at Wemble StadiumY.

Chelsea and Manchester Ctiy have requested a change of venue from UEFA in recent hours, but in principle the Champions League organizer has not been receptive to their request. Both clubs will insist and will ask the English federation to look after the interests of their clubs and their fans, since UEFA plans to have an audience quota in the final.

UEFA had scheduled 9,000 people to attend the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. But the general opinion of various public health experts is that it would be irresponsible for thousands of fans to travel to Istanbul. That is why they urged UEFA a week ago not to allow fans to tour Europe with COVID cases rampant in Turkey. The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced that from Wednesday April 29 until May 17, there will be a total lockdown in Turkey. Only twelve days before the Champions League final. Infection rates in the Ottoman country are among the highest in Europe.

With these data and once Chelsea and Manchester City classified for the Champions League final, both teams have requested a change of venue, appealing to common sense to avoid a trip of thousands of fans in the middle of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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