Russia regrets the transfer of the Champions League: there were ‘pleasant conditions’

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Uefa announced that the Champions League final will take place in ParisDue to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, Uefa this Friday announced that the new venue for the Champions League final will be in Paris. He expressed his thanks and appreciation to the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron.

The Eurasian country will no longer host the final of Europe’s biggest club tournament.

This Friday, after the announcement by Uefa of moving the Champions League final to Paris, which was to be played on May 28 in Saint Petersburg, Russia has made an official statement.

Russia’s reaction

Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

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“It’s a shame, of course, that that decision was made.”declared the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, at a press conference.

He added that St. Petersburg, the country’s second largest city, was in a position to offer “pleasant and comfortable conditions for the celebration of this football festival.”

Asked whether the Kremlin considers UEFA’s decision to be a politicization of sport, Peskov replied: “No, I wouldn’t say that.”

The Uefa Executive Committee, convened yesterday urgently after the Russian military incursion into the territory of Ukraine and “the serious escalation of the security situation in Europe”, communicated this measure after strongly condemning the action of the Russian army.

The Executive, which includes, among others, the president of the Russian Federation, Alexander Dyukov, and that of the Ukrainian, Andrii Pavelko, also decided that theRussian and Ukrainian clubs and national teams competing in Uefa competitions will be required to play their home games at neutral venues until further notice.

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