The match for the title of the top continental competition is scheduled to be played at the Krestovski Stadium in Saint Petersburg, home of Zenit. However, the Daily Star he hints that UEFA could move him to London if Vladimir Putin orders Russia to invade Ukraine.
The home of the capital club was inaugurated in April 2017 and has a capacity of 70,000 spectators, in addition to a retractable lawn. It was built for the celebration of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, previously hosting the 2017 Confederations Cup and being one of the venues for the most recent European Championship.
The next big event that is scheduled to be held, in a football context, is the final of this edition of the Champions League on May 28. However, the British media assures that UEFA could move the venue of the clash as it did in the most recent edition. In that case, it was due to the inclusion of the city of Istanbul in the COVID-19 red list and the consequent impediment to fans traveling to it. That is why Chelsea’s coronation against Manchester City ended up being in Porto.
At the moment it is news Daily Star, but we will have to be attentive to how the conflict between Russia and Ukraine evolves, what orders Vladimir Putin gives to his army and what cards both the European Union and UEFA take on the matter. If Wembley ends up being the stage, it would be the eighth final on said stage, the third since its remodeling.
AC Milan (1963), Manchester United (1968), Ajax Amsterdam (1971), Liverpool (1978), FC Barcelona (1992 and 2011) and Bayern München (2013) have been crowned in the legendary London state. In this way, in the current edition the Bavarians, the Red Devilsthe Dutch and the networks if finally the venue ends up being this.
It should be noted that Wembley is scheduled to be the venue for the title match in the 2023-24 season, after the still existing Krestovski Stadium in 2021-22 and the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in the 2022-23 season. In addition, in the 2024-25 campaign we will see the most important contest at club level at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
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