Champions League Final Venue: New Stadium And The Reason The CL Final Was Shifted

Champions League Final Venue: New Stadium And The Reason The CL Final Was Shifted

Champions League Final Venue: Get to know all about the UEFA 2020-21 Champions League Final’s Venue and why it was changed to a new location.

After 1970-71 season, Chelsea and Manchester City will be locking horns for the first time on the European stage. The newly crowned Premier League Champions have entered their first ever Champions League Final after beating the resilient Paris Saint Germain. Whereas Chelsea pulled up an upset by beating Real Madrid.

With both teams set to battle it out on May 29, 2021, Chelsea seems to have the upper hand over the betting favored Manchester City as the former club has got the better of Pep Guardiola’s men on both the previous occasions in the domestic season.

Having said that are you aware where the UEFA Champions League Final will be played at? And has there been a change in the venue? If not, then improve upon all your knowledge before the live action begins within hours.

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Champions League Final Venue: Where will the UEFA Champions League Final be Played?

Yet another All English Champions League Final will be placed at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto, Portugal. Interestingly, Porto was not the scheduled upon venue initially to stage the finals.

Rather it was moved from Istanbul to the 50,000-capacity Portuguese venue after England imposed travel restrictions on Turkey keeping in mind the tough Covid-19 situations. The move would have prevented Manchester City and Chelsea fans to travel to Turkey to support their team.

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Why Wasn’t the Final Played At Wembley?

UEFA had plans of staging this All English Finals within the country itself to gain massive reach among internal fans. Yet, the Associated Press reported that those negotiations fell apart surrounding the ability to secure quarantine waivers for the guests and broadcasters, who would attend the game.

Champions League Final Attendance 2021

Having said that UEFA has allowed 12,000 fans to also be seated inside the Estadio do Dragao, 6,000 supporters from each side. This is a significant improvements knowing that the 2020 Champions League Final between PSG and Bayern Munich was also played in Portugal, Lisbon, yet there were no fans to witness the European football extravaganza.

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