For the moment, Euro 2020-2021 is maintained in its current form.

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Olga MALTSEVA / AFP

Coincidentally, it was just as Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, announced that England were volunteering to host all Euro matches that UEFA decided to send its Covid advisor to say. pretty much the opposite.

To know that UEFA remains on its guideline from the beginning: to play the Euro in twelve cities of twelve different countries, and this despite the epidemic of coronavirus which still strikes everywhere on the continent.

If he almost 100% excludes a new postponement of the competition, Daniel Koch, the former "Mr. Covid" of Switzerland who has since become the UEFA health adviser, is even optimistic about the evolution of the health situation by next summer.

“In almost all countries, the situation is much better than a few weeks ago: contamination is decreasing and the overloading of hospitals as well.

I am convinced that in the summer, the epidemic situation will be without comparison with that of this winter, ”he told AFP on Tuesday.

What about the reception of the public in the different countries?

For him, this unprecedented format for twelve countries represents both “a great difficulty, but also an opportunity”.

Why ?

Because “on the one hand, we have to discuss with all these countries, with all the cities as well, because it is the governments which will decide what will be possible and what will not be.

There will likely be differences from place to place.

But that's not just a problem: if nothing more can be done in one country, there are eleven others in which preparations are already underway.

Whereas if we are fixed on a country and nothing works, it is lost.

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Regarding the reception conditions of the public in the different countries, Daniel Koch is very cautious.

“The heart of the discussions is no longer the bubbles for the players or for the press, because they are already defined and operational in all the competitions that have resumed [except when it comes to the XV of France obviously] .

For professionals, there will be no big changes, he warned.

For the supporters, we will not make any decisions before April.

But going to see shows, not only of sport but also of culture, it is a legitimate need: that is why we are looking for ways to allow it, without taking irresponsible risks.

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