The European Football Confederation, UEFA, called an extraordinary meeting on Friday to “evaluate the situation” concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched on Thursday, while the Champions League final is scheduled for St. Petersburg on May 28, UEFA announced on Thursday.
The European football body will meet its executive committee this Friday at 10:00 to “make all the necessary decisions,” he announced in a statement.
This emergency meeting comes after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on Tuesday that there was no “no chance” that Russia can host football competitions international in the coming weeks.
The final of the Champions League, the main club competition in Europe, is scheduled for May 28 at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg, in Russia, a country that was the organizer of the 2018 World Cup.
UEFA was already forced to relocate the last two Champions League finalsin Lisbon in 2020 and then in Porto in 2021, due to the covid-19 pandemic that prevented the match from being played in Istanbul, as planned.
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has already had repercussions in European football competitions; on Wednesday night, Benfica’s Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk celebrated a goal by displaying a shirt with the Ukrainian crest. “I wanted to support my country. I thought a lot about it,” he explained to the microphone of CNN Portugal.
The European Football Confederation, UEFA, called an extraordinary meeting on Friday to “evaluate the situation” concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched on Thursday, while the Champions League final is scheduled for St. Petersburg on May 28, UEFA announced on Thursday.
The European football body will meet its executive committee this Friday at 10:00 to “make all the necessary decisions,” he announced in a statement.
This emergency meeting comes after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on Tuesday that there was no “no chance” that Russia can host football competitions international in the coming weeks.
The final of the Champions League, the main club competition in Europe, is scheduled for May 28 at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg, in Russia, a country that was the organizer of the 2018 World Cup.
UEFA was already forced to relocate the last two Champions League finalsin Lisbon in 2020 and then in Porto in 2021, due to the covid-19 pandemic that prevented the match from being played in Istanbul, as planned.
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has already had repercussions in European football competitions; on Wednesday night, Benfica’s Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk celebrated a goal by displaying a shirt with the Ukrainian crest. “I wanted to support my country. I thought a lot about it,” he explained to the microphone of CNN Portugal.
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