Published on: Thursday, May 27, 2021
By: AFP
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Last season’s final between Bayern Munich and PSG was played behind closed doors in Lisbon having also been moved from Istanbul.
LISBON: After Lisbon last year, now it is the turn of Porto. Once again Portugal has stepped in to save Uefa by offering to host the final of the Champions League, which for the second year running was forced to move away from Istanbul due to the ongoing pandemic.
With its Covid-19 crisis receding, a proven ability to organise the biggest match in European club football and a good relationship between its national federation the FPF, and the European game’s governing body, Portugal turned out to be the only real option to stage Saturday’s clash between Manchester City and Chelsea.