UCL final between Man City vs Chelsea: last minute change of venue

Recall that Man City and Chelsea made it to the final of the Uefa Champions League after defeating Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid in the semi-finals respectively.

While the final match is expected to be played later this month in Istanbul Turkey, there are now indications that there could be a last-minute change of venue.

This comes as the UK government made move for UEFA to consider a change of venue for the final owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and Turkey being on the UK Red travel list.

The UK had told football fans not to travel to Turkey for the final while in talks with UEFA to consider a change venue since it’s an all English final.

The UK were hoping that UEFA would consider changing the venue to England but the latest report has revealed the football body is considering changing the venue to Portugal instead.

UEFA is set to confirm that this year’s Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City will be moved from Istanbul to Porto’s Estadio do Dragao, according to Sky Sports.

Unlike Turkey, Portugal is on the UK travel green list, however, fans would be required to do a COVID test before embarking on the trip and after.