I Ultimately, we could blame everything on Vladimir Putin. Indeed, it is because of the attack launched against Ukraine by Russia that the final of the Champions League was transferred to Saint-Denis, with the results that we know. The organizers had only three months to prepare, whereas these big meetings are usually assigned more than a year in advance.
This is one of the reasons unofficially given to explain the failures of the evening. In reality, at least two major outfits, Saint-Denis and Wembley, had assured UEFA that they could meet the deadline. Even bad, the excuse refers to a reality: the entanglement of skills complicates decision-making in our country in general, and at the Stade de France in particular.
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