it is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the release of the press service of the Ministry of sport of the Russian Federation. “The participants had to look further to 2022, the year when Saint-Petersburg is waiting for another major football event – the final of the UEFA Champions League. The right to host the home match of European club football is also entrusted to the organizing Committee of EURO-2020”, – stated in the release.
Originally St. Petersburg was to take the final match of the Champions League in 2021. However, due to the pandemic coronavirus UEFA took the decision to postpone the match in the city on the Neva for 2022.
