Champions League
UEFA will announce the change of headquarters for the Champions League final on Friday (25 February).
It is expected that UEFA will change the venue of the Champions League final following developments in Ukraine as the President of the European Football Union Alexander Cheferin has called an extraordinary Executive Committee meeting on the matter.
According to an Athletic report, the Champions League final will be moved from St. Petersburg to a new headquarters following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
UEFA President Alexander Cheferin called an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee on Friday morning (25 February) and is expected to agree on a place in the final. It is recalled that the venue of the final was the Gzprom Arena in St. Petersburg, where Zenit plays.
Today’s (24.02.) matches of the Europa League (including the game between Betis and Zenit) and the Europa Conference League will be played as normal. The European Association has also issued a statement in which it refers to this.
“UEFA shares the international community’s grave concern about the growing security situation in Europe and strongly condemns Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
As the governing body of European football, UEFA works tirelessly to develop and promote football in line with European values such as peace and respect for human rights, in the spirit of the Olympic principles.
We remain steadfast in our solidarity with the football community in Ukraine and stand ready to reach out to the Ukrainian people.
We are handling the situation with the utmost seriousness. Decisions will be made by tomorrow Executive Committee”.
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