“I don’t like this apocalyptic view that we have to wait for the second and third waves or even a fifth wave.”
Domestic and continental club competitions were halted across Europe in mid-March due to the Covid-19 crisis and Euro 2020 was postponed.
Asked whether he was sure that Euro 2020 would be played in 2021, the chief of European football’s governing body told The Guardian: “Yes. I don’t know why it wouldn’t be. “I’m absolutely sure, personally, that good old football with fans will come back very soon,” he said.“Football didn’t change after the Second World War or First World War, and it will not change because of a virus either,” he said.
“There is so much information [to take in] and so many calendar issues. So many millions and millions, dozens of millions of dollars, that we will lose,” he said.
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