After the match against Juventus, the star and former Real Madrid player, Cristiano Ronaldo, showed five fingers symbolizing the number of Champions League trophies he won
Sunday, June 14, 2020
UPDATimes - German media, Bild, reports that the city of Lisbon, Portugal, will likely be chosen as the venue for the "Big Eight" Champions League. Lisbon is said to be the preference of UEFA, the European football association, rather than Frankfurt, Moscow and Istanbul.
UEFA sees these cities based on several criteria, two of which are the number of corona virus pandemic cases in the country concerned and all state representatives. According to Bild, UEFA chose Lisbon because the case of the corona virus in Portugal was still better than in Germany, Russia and Turkey.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University on Sunday (6/7/2020) evening local time, there were 467,073 positive cases of Covid-19 in Russia; 169,218 positive cases in Turkey; 185,696 cases in Germany, and "only" 34,351 cases in Portugal. Apart from that, there were no Portuguese strongholds left in the competition. This is important so as not to make contestants have an advantage in the quarter-finals. Frankfurt is seen as one of the favorites in terms of health.
However, Germany is still represented in the Champions League. RB Leipzig is certain to advance to the stronghold after beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in aggregate. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich have a great chance to qualify after beating Chelsea 0-3 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg.
As well as not having the remaining representatives, Portugal also meets UEFA criteria for tax exemptions and the number of stadiums available. There are two UEFA Category 4 stadiums in Lisbon: Benfica Headquarters, Estadio Da Luz and Cristiano Ronaldo's first home, Sporting CP, the Jose Alvalade Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo assumes football education at the Sporting CP academy.
He also became the first player to strengthen the first team U16, U17, U18, Team B and Sporting in one season. This news also reinforces the opinion that UEFA has more agreed to leave Istanbul, the place designated before the pandemic even though there is no certainty until now.
The final decision of UEFA will be determined on 17 June 2020. As a result, Ronaldo opens the possibility of winning the sixth Champions League title in his hometown with Juventus. Before this, CR7 had won once with Manchester United and four times with Real Madrid. However, Juventus must be able to return from 0-1 from the first leg match against Lyon.
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