PARIS (France): UEFA announced on Thursday that the Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea has been moved from Istanbul to Porto.
The match on May 29 has been switched to the Estadio do Dragao to allow English spectators to attend. The UK government placed Turkey on a coronavirus travel red list last week.
Earlier, European football’s governing body announced up to 6,000 supporters from each club will be able to attend.
“We accept that the decision of the British Government to place Turkey on the red list for travel was taken in good faith and in the best interests of protecting its citizens from the spread of the virus but it also presented us with a major challenge in staging a final featuring two English teams,” UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement.
“After the year that fans have endured, it is not right that they don’t have the chance to watch their teams in the biggest game of the season.”
