LONDON, July 11 ― Wembley should have hosted the Euro 2020 final tomorrow, but instead the home of English football is preparing for a League One playoff final on Monday in front of 90,000 empty seats. Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the sporting calendar with the Euros one of the first...
A general view outside the Wembley stadium following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, London May 23, 2020. — Reuters pic
European football's governing body is pressing ahead with its plan for a tournament across 12 cities in 12 different countries, with two of the venues, Bilbao and Baku, 5,000 kilometres apart. But the smooth return of European leagues at club level behind closed doors will give Uefa hope that the show will go on in some form.
Uefa's first big test will come when attempting to finish the Champions League and Europa League at neutral sites in Portugal and Germany respectively in August. With both those competitions delayed by a year, the loss of other events at Wembley and the latter stages of the FA Cup to be played behind closed doors, the FA announced 124 redundancies last week with fears the organisation could lose £300 million over the next four years.
On the field, though, a year's delay could turn out to be a blessing in England's quest to win a major tournament for the first time in 55 years.
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