Examining How UEFA Chooses A Venue For The Champions League Final
On Wednesday, UEFA announced that the 2021 Champions League Final was moved from the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, to Portugal's Estádio do Dragão in Porto.
On Wednesday, UEFA announced that the 2021 Champions League Final was moved from the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, to Portugal's Estádio do Dragão in Porto.
The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea will be played at Porto's Estadio do Dragão on May 29, instead of Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium, to allow 6,000 fans from each team to attend, UEFA announced today.
Following the end of the EFL Championship season over the weekend, we can now turn our attention to arguably the biggest spectacle in the Football League: the Championship Promotion Playoffs, as the third through sixth place teams battle for one spot in the Premier League.
As domestic leagues across Europe enter the final weeks of their seasons, not only are league titles at stake, but qualification for next season's Champions League is also yet to be resolved.
Only 11 of the 26 automatic qualification spots for the UCL group stage have been officially determined, and more than half of the 55 playoff spots are up for grabs.
With so many bids up for grabs across the continent, tracking the qualification process can be very difficult.
FIFA decided to postpone the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup for the African teams, which were to take place from June to November of this year and March of next year, according to the organization's statement.
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Raúl Jiménez has been out of action since suffering a fractured skull in a win over Arsenal in November. After he was unconscious for 10 minutes, he was quickly rescued and attended by professionals. He underwent surgery, began his recovery and after three months of rest, he returned to the training facilities.
When Wes Hoolahan was released by West Bromwich Albion at the end of the 2018-19 campaign, it appeared his career was as good as finished.
The Irish international had played just 114 minutes in the Championship for the Baggies that year, and did not make a single appearance in the final three months of the season.
While fans of the European game will rightly be keeping an eye on the nail-biting title races in the top divisions of France and Spain, an exhilarating fight for promotion is coming to a head in Germany's second division.
With Bochum seemingly comfortable in first place on 60 points (first and second secure automatic promotion), the six teams below are dueling it out for second and third-placed finishes. It is incredibly high-stakes as unlike England's Championship, there is only one playoff place up for grabs as opposed to four.