Uefa is cracking down: it’s not just taking it from Russia Champions League Final away, but also all home games.
The premier class final will now take place in Paris instead of St. Petersburg on May 28th. In addition, all Russian and Ukrainian teams should play their Uefa games at neutral locations.
The Uefa reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Today, at an extraordinary meeting, the Executive Committee made the decision to deprive Russia of the final. The end for St. Petersburg, the hometown of Vladimir Putin (69).
The Uefa statement said: “Together with the French government, Uefa will fully support efforts to ensure that football players and their families in Ukraine who are facing terrible suffering, destruction and displacement are rescued. “
The Uefa Executive Committee also decided to convene additional extraordinary meetings at any time to reassess the situation in Ukraine. If necessary, further measures should be decided.
It’s not the sporting world’s first reaction to the Ukraine war, and it won’t be the last. Yesterday, the football associations from Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic announced their refusal to host the World Cup playoffs in Russia at the end of March.
In the European playoffs for the World Cup finals in Qatar (November 21 to December 18), Poland should have played in a semi-final path on March 24 in Russia. If the Russians made it to the final, their opponents would be Sweden or the Czech Republic on March 29th. Ukraine will play in Scotland in their semifinals on March 24th.
Possible Uefa home games of the Russians and the Ukrainians will now be played on neutral ground.