After decades of being banned, the fan curves in particular are once once more allowed to cheer on their clubs from standing areas.
After decades, the European Football Union will once once more allow standing room tickets to be sold in the coming European Cup season. In Germany, France and England, fans are allowed to watch Champions League, Europa League and Conference League matches “in accordance with national and local legislation”, UEFA said on Wednesday. Excluded are the respective finals, which are not held in the three countries anyway.
The decision of the UEFA Executive Committee is initially valid for one season. UEFA’s standing room ban was imposed in the 1990s. “UEFA will commission independent experts to analyze the use of standing room at domestic and international club matches in these countries in order to assess the different dynamics between domestic and international fans and the associated safety implications,” UEFA said With. At the end of the 2022/23 season, the test phase will be evaluated.
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