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The fears in Bavaria apparently have an end.
Munich remains the venue for the European Championship and does not lose a game.
According to information from "Bild" and the dpa news agency, the Uefa executive committee in Nyon (Switzerland) decided at its meeting that the city will keep the games as originally planned and both the planned German group games in the FC Bayern arena National team as well as the quarter-final match.
The decisive factor for this was that a positive signal came from Munich before the current UEFA meeting. At the last minute, the government of the Free State of Bavaria gave its approval to the “EM lead scenario”, which requires a “minimum capacity of 14,500 spectators”. According to information from "Bild", a solution was fought well into the night.
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Uefa boss Aleksander Ceferin rejects ghost games at the EM.
He had demanded from all venues that the cities should make commitments for at least partial admission of viewers despite the corona pandemic.
Therefore, Dublin and Bilbao were deleted as venues, as Uefa executive member Zbigniew Boniek announced on Twitter.
The games would be moved to Seville and St. Petersburg.
In Bilbao, the local organizers announced on Wednesday evening that Uefa had withdrawn the games planned there.
The teams from Poland, Sweden and Slovakia therefore have to commute between Russia and Spain in the group stage.
"Responsible monitoring of the development of the pandemic"
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For Munich this means specifically: The German group stage games against France (June 15), Portugal (June 19) and Hungary (June 23) can be played in front of 14,500 spectators. The quarter-finals scheduled for July 2nd will also take place. This knockout game had been on the brink until recently, as Uefa had hoped for more spectators at another venue. According to the schedule, the DFB-Elf would only return to a quarter-finals in Munich as third in the group.
The DFB announced that “despite the currently negative pandemic situation in Germany, it is expected that the situation will improve by June.
Therefore, a lead scenario with a minimum capacity of 14,500 spectators at the Munich location is considered realistic for Euro 2020.
The basic support for the tournament will be maintained and combined with the responsible monitoring of the development of the pandemic. "
But it is also clear that the corona situation must not worsen.
An adjustment "of the lead scenario by the national and / or local authorities would be necessary if public health is endangered due to a very negative development of Covid-19," said the DFB.
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The Uefa postponed the decision on the Munich question on Monday to give the German hosts another chance to make improvements. The Bavarian state capital had so far refused a firm acceptance for the public and published three possible scenarios. These ranged from ghost games to a maximum of 27,000 spectators. At the end of last week, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Bavarian State Chancellery confirmed in letters to the DFB that there would be no guarantees for EM games in front of spectators for this summer.
Uefa had already listed London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Budapest, Bucharest, St. Petersburg, Baku and Rome with various information on the possible occupancy rates of the stadiums. The Munich partner host Hungary even wants to make it possible for full ranks to play in Budapest. The British capital London is also hoping to host the final on July 11th in a full Wembley stadium.