Champions final from Saint Petersburg to Paris

The European Football Association decided to move the Champions League final scheduled for May 28 from the Russian city of Saint Petersburg to the French capital, Paris, and decided to hold the continental matches of Russia and Ukraine on neutral ground, after pressure from Western countries, especially Britain, in protest against the crisis in Ukraine.

The Kremlin described Wifa’s decision as “regrettable”, and Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “St Petersburg would have provided ideal conditions for a similar football festival.”
The Champions League final was held in Russia for the last time in 2008, when Manchester United beat his compatriot Chelsea on penalties at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
And Russia, where the last World Cup was held in 2018, was scheduled to host the Champions League final at the Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg, which also hosted matches during the last European Cup last summer. It is reported that the Confederation of the game has a major sponsorship deal with the Russian energy giant Gazprom.

neutral territory
And “UEFA” decided to hold the European home international matches for Russian and Ukrainian clubs and teams on neutral ground “until further notice.” “The UEFA Executive Committee has decided to hold the home matches of Russian and Ukrainian clubs and teams in European competitions on neutral ground until further notice,” the federation said in a statement. This is related to the Spartak Moscow club, which qualified for the round of 16 in the European League (European League), but it is not related, so far, to the qualifying match for the World Cup Qatar 2022 against Poland scheduled in Moscow on March 24, because the fate of this match It is linked to a decision by the International Football Association Board (FIFA).

(AFP)

“FIFA will continue to monitor the situation and developments related to the World Cup qualifiers and will be announced in due course,” FIFA warned in a statement. Last Thursday, the football federations in Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic demanded, in a joint statement, the transfer of matches scheduled for them in Russia within the qualifying addendum to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scheduled for March 24 and 29.
Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic were drawn in the second track with Russia, where the latter will host the first in the semi-finals, and if they win, they will meet Sweden or Czechs in the final.