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The Spanish Football Federation does not consider requesting UEFA the Champions League final replacing Saint Petersburg, which will probably cease to be the official venue for the match after the meeting that the Executive Committee of the highest continental body will hold this Friday to study the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This Thursday, Canal Sur Radio announced that the stadium of Charterhouse It was postulated as one of the favorite stadiums to replace Saint Petersburg as the venue for the final, but at this time the RFEF does not contemplate that option nor does it plan to offer it to UEFA. another thing would be Alexander Ceferin ask Luis Rubiales for help to meet the challenge of organizing the event in such a short period of time.
The RFEF believes that the fact that the Europa League final is also played in Seville, in this case at the Sanchez Pizjuandoes not favor the option of UEFA betting on La Cartuja or another Spanish stadium.
La Cartuja was already the scene of the 2002 UEFA Cup final between Celtic Glasgow and Porto, with victory for the Portuguese team.
The Wanda Metropolitano, which was the venue for the 2019 Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham, also entered a list of candidates that also included Wembley, in London, the Stade de France in Paris and the Allianz Arena in Munich.
In this sense, other European federations have transferred to UEFA their willingness to host the final instead of St. Petersburgand the UEFA He does not plan to delay the decision much. “UEFA shares the important concern of the international community for the security situation that is developing in Europe and strongly condemns the current Russian military invasion in Ukraine,” the body chaired by Ceferin said in a statement on Thursday. “UEFA works tirelessly to develop and promote football in accordance with Europe’s common values, such as peace and respect for human rights, all present in the spirit of the Olympic Charter. We remain in solidarity with the Ukrainian football community and are ready to reach out to the people of Ukraine.”
At its Executive Committee meeting, UEFA could also take more drastic measures against Russia, who will play the World Cup play-off against Poland at their stadium next month. In case of overcoming that match, the pass to Qatar would be played against the winner of the duel between Sweden and the Czech Republic.
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