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The postponed European Championship is unlikely to be held across the continent, as planned, and options could be for it to be staged in one country or one major city with enough stadium capacity, Switzerland’s soccer chief Dominique Blanc said.
The 24-nation, month-long showpiece, a major revenue generator for the continent’s soccer governing body UEFA and the national federations across Europe, was postponed by 12 months after last year’s Covid-19 outbreak. It is set to start on June 11.
“We should not be dreaming,” Blanc told Switzerland’s 24 Heures newspaper. “In the best case it could be the second half of the year that we could lead a normal life again.”
“At the moment I cannot imagine the (Swiss) national team to be playing in Baku,” he said.
The postponed European Championship is unlikely to be held across the continent, as planned, and options could be for it to be staged in one country or one major city with enough stadium capacity, Switzerland’s soccer chief Dominique Blanc said.
The 24-nation, month-long showpiece, a major revenue generator for the continent’s soccer governing body UEFA and the national federations across Europe, was postponed by 12 months after last year’s Covid-19 outbreak. It is set to start on June 11.
“We should not be dreaming,” Blanc told Switzerland’s 24 Heures newspaper. “In the best case it could be the second half of the year that we could lead a normal life again.”
“At the moment I cannot imagine the (Swiss) national team to be playing in Baku,” he said.
