The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea will be played at the Estadio do Dragão in Porto on May 29 at 9:00 p.m., instead of at the Atatürk in Istanbul, to allow the attendance of 6,000 fans of each team, UEFA reported yesterday. “After the decision of the British Government to include Turkey in its red list of travel destinations for covid-19, the celebration of the final there would have meant that none of the fans of the clubs could travel to the match,” said the body of European football in a statement.
“After a year without the fans entering the stadiums, UEFA thought that everything possible had to be done so that the fans of the two finalist teams could attend,” he added.
With Portugal being a green list destination for England, fans and players attending the final will not have to go through quarantine upon their return home.
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