Will Moscow do it again three years after the 2018 World Cup?
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Three years after the World Cup won by the Blues in Moscow, will Russia host a second major competition in a row with Euro 2021?
According to information from the Parisian, UEFA would seriously consider a plan B for this Euro to 12 countries, imagined by Michel Platini but not at all adapted to the epidemic context.
A second wave is affecting all of Europe, and there is no reason to believe that a vaccine will be ready in time for a quiet summer.
Euro 2021: UEFA is studying fallback solutions to maintain the competition
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The idea of a Euro with 12 countries almost abandoned?
In this context, Platini's project would be practically buried in Nyon, even if UEFA refuses to officially abandon the idea of this atypical Euro.
Russia is said to have offered its assistance, arguing that all the infrastructure was ready and the stages operational.
A fallback solution that would limit the risk of contagion, even if the possible reception of supporters remains largely hypothetical at this stage.
The Kremlin has closed its borders since March, and official pandemic figures are widely discussed by the few independent media outlets, which accuse the regime of grossly underestimating the number of people infected.
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