European Cup Finals in Germany and Portugal, four EM-festival in Munich and the Comeback of the national team: After a week-long Corona-Tristesse has lashed the Union of European football their extraordinary calendar of events for the coming months. The Champions League is terminated from the quarter-finals in August in Lisbon, the winner of the Europe named League in Cologne, all games in Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen. The Team of national coach Joachim Löw is back in September on the square.
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test “I am delighted that we can almost run all the competitions,” said Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin. “The football returns to the normal life.” The city of Munich was confirmed at the meeting of the Executive Committee on Wednesday, as one of continue to twelve hosts in the summer in 2021 suspended European championship. In the Arena to rise during the tournament from 11. Of June to the 11. July three group games with German participation as well as a quarter-final.
the final of the Champions League will take place on 23. August at the Estadio da Luz by Benfica in Lisbon instead. The original host Istanbul must now align the final 2021, to Munich, with its Arena, the venue for the finals of 2022, but for 2023. Where the outstanding games of the eighth finals to take place in two competitions still to be decided. May also be from a Central location. FC Bayern Munich won the first leg with Chelsea with 3:0. RB Leipzig is already in the quarter-finals, the 12. August begins.
With the award of the blitz tournament of the Europa League as from the quarter-finals after the North Rhine-Westphalia increased for the first time in five years a European final in Germany. Played by 10. to 21. August. Still in the competition, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Wolfsburg, the need to catch up in the second round but residues, and Bayer Leverkusen are represented. The werkself can look after a 3:1 in the first leg in Glasgow, Rangers have been cautious on the Finale, “almost home” – Leverkusen and Cologne is less than 40 kilometers.
A decision whether, and possibly even Fans in the stadiums, will, at the earliest, fall in the middle of June, said Ceferin. The Uefa President stressed that the alignment of both competitions is always dependent on the assessment of the health authorities. “A month ago, I didn’t know at all, if we can play the game at all. Today I say, hopefully we play again.“
