Where does your heartbeat finale take place?

The special European Championship finals will be the football highlight of 2021. But German European Cup successes are still waiting for them in three competitions. An outlook.

IN When the continental title fights are the highlight of the year 2021 in summer, but the competition is still officially called EURO 2020, it becomes clear what special times we live in. As of now it is still planned that this EM will take place in twelve countries. The scenarios range from sold out stadiums to ghost games. If the game is kicked, Portugal’s goal is to defend the title. Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. have to prove themselves in a preliminary group with Germany, France and Hungary. The DFB selection can play all three matches in Munich. The tournament will open on June 11 in the Olimpico in Rome between Italy and Turkey, Germany will intervene against France on June 15, followed by duels with Portugal (June 19) and Hungary (June 23). The final is set to take place on July 11 at Wembley.

DFB-Pokal There is also something special here in 2021: For the first time since 1985, the finals in Berlin will not take place on a Saturday. Back then Bayer 05 Uerdingen dethroned FC Bayern Munich as the reigning cup winners 2-1 on a Sunday. The tight schedule now requires moving to a Thursday, in the case of Ascension Day on May 13th. Nine days later, the Bundesliga finish is due.

Champions League Will there be another final tournament like last year in Lisbon? Or is everything going according to plan? In the second case, Istanbul, originally planned as the final location in 2020, would now come into its own on May 29th. Will FC Bayern Munich manage to be there again until the showdown? How far do BVB, Borussia Mönchengladbach and RB Leipzig get? Is there maybe even another German-German heart-stopping final?

Europa League Exactly three days earlier, on May 26th, a European Cup winner will also be crowned in Gdansk, Poland, albeit in the lower house. With Leverkusen and Hoffenheim, two German teams are still in the running. Bayer 04 can definitely be counted among the favorites, although the English quartet with ManUnited, Tottenham, Leicester and Arsenal are just as demanding as Milan. One thing is clear: there will be a different winner than 2020, because record champion FC Sevilla winters in the premier class, where they will meet Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16.

Women’s Champions League On May 16, the round of European finals will be: Ladies first! In Gothenburg the question will be answered whether Olympique Lyon will secure the sixth title in a row. The French around DFB star Dzsenifer Marozsán are already in the round of 16, as are double winners VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich. But Paris with Sara Däbritz and Charlotte Voll, Atletico Madrid with Turid Knaak, Chelsea with Ann-Katrin Berger, Melanie Leupolz, Lillestrøm with Isabell Bachor and AC Florence with Stephanie Breitner are still in the running.

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