The Government of Italy has given its approval that the first leg of the round of 32 can be played in its territory Europe
League that Real
Society Y Manchester
United They have to play next Thursday, February 18, and therefore the Juventus stadium in Turin will host the second match in history between the two clubs. The match will start at 6:55 p.m.
La Real already reported on Monday that it had reached an agreement with both UEFA and the ‘Vecchia Signora’ to act as a local for a day in the brand new field of the Italian champion. The visa of the transalpine authorities, in any case, was a necessary requirement to assume that the tie that was to be played in Anoeta was transferred to the Allianz
Stadium. The green light of the Italian executive ends up making an unprecedented scenario real. La Real will play the first European game in its history in continental exile. It will not be the first time, in any case, that you have to leave Donostia to play a European competition match since the first round of the Recopa 87/88, before the Slask Wroclaw
Polish, had to play it in Saint
Mamas by not gathering Atotxa the conditions required by the UEFA. After some remodeling works, the Real was able to play the second round in their field, against the Dynamo
from
Minsk, that would eliminate the txuri
urdin playing round in Belarus. Previously, in the 80-81, the 1/32 UEFA final also had to be played in Bilbao against Upjest Dozsa as Atotxa was closed as a result of the incidents of the previous season in the match against Inter Milan. In this case, there was better luck, as they won 1-0 at ‘home’ in the second leg after drawing in the first leg (1-1).
In an official statement that has just been made public, “Real Sociedad regrets the inconveniences that this situation can generate in the sectors affected by this change of scenery and, in turn, wants to thank Juventus FC for the facilities offered to host the meeting ”.