The Champions League is an elite competition in which the best clubs in Europe participate. For the first time in history, the final will be played on another continent.

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The final of the Champions League can be held in the United States of America

The re-elected president of UEFA Oleksandr Ceferin announced in an interview that the final of the Champions League will be held in the United States of America at the continental forum.

Ceferin called the American continent “a promising and important market for the future.”

“Champions League Final in the USA? It is possible. We started talking about it, but it was the World Cup, in 2024 there will be the European Championship.

This year, the final will be held in Istanbul, in 2024 – in London, in 2025 – in Munich. We’ll see later. You can, you can.

People will say: “These bastards in Switzerland only think about money”, but, I repeat, we redistribute 97% of the money collected. Of course, our incomes are huge, but I would like them to be much, much higher.

I was shocked that the European Championship finals were watched more in the USA than the NBA finals. There were 30 matches at the European Championship, each of them was like a Super Cup in terms of the number of spectators.

Soccer is extremely popular in the United States. Americans are willing to pay for the best, so they watch European football. This is a very promising market and very important for the future.” – he said, according to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano.

“Manchester City”, “Real”, “Milan” and “Inter” are fighting for a place in the final in Istanbul.

The current edition of the Champions League reached the semi-finals.

In the first semi-final, “Real” and “Manchester City” will fight for a place in the final in Istanbul, and in the other semi-final, two episodes of the “Madonna’s Derby” await us.

The first legs of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals will take place on May 9 and 10, with the return legs scheduled for May 16 and 17, i.e. a week later. The final schedule must be determined by UEFA.

The grand final of this edition of the UEFA Champions League will take place on June 10.