Last year Eintracht Frankfurt bowled favorite Benfica Lisbon from the Europa League. However, according to BILD on Sunday, the Portuguese are now winning the race for the blitz tournament in the Champions League.
On June 17, Uefa will announce the host of the Champions League blitz tournament planned due to the corona pandemic. The German Football Association (DFB) entered the race with Frankfurt, Portugal with Lisbon and Russia with Moscow. Russia was quickly out of the UEFA bosses around President Aleksander Ceferin because of the high number of Corona cases.
In the fight between Frankfurt and Lisbon, the Portuguese have obviously prevailed.
The reasons: Firstly, there is no longer any Portuguese club in the competition, the German teams have a home advantage in their quarter-finals. On the other hand, Portugal fulfills Uefa’s political demands for tax exemption and the number of stadiums required. The Corona case numbers are also manageable in Lisbon.
Annoying for Frankfurt, who had shown great interest in holding the blitz tournament. DFB President Fritz Keller also explicitly supported the Frankfurt application. However, the Frankfurt bosses had reservations when last week Uefa’s massive catalog of requirements for the Champions League blitz tournament arrived at the DFB.
However, the association has not yet given up its efforts at Uefa according to BamS information – and is now hoping for the Europa League blitz tournament, which is also planned.
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