Friday, September 19, 2014

Euro 2020, a quarter of final in Rome

The Capital also will host three races for the group stage, final in London

We will play in Rome one of the quarter finals of the European football championship in 2020. The italian capital was chosen as one of the 13 cities that will host the final stage of Euro 2020, the continental tournament for the first time will be traveling. In Rome there are also three races for the group stage. London, on the other hand, will be the scene of the finale. The announcement was made by Uefa president, Michel Platini, in Geneva.

The other three lots of quarters will be played in Baku (Azerbaijan), Munich (Germany) and St. Petersburg (Russia). The second round matches will be played in Glasgow (Scotland), Amsterdam (Holland), Bilbao (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary, Copenhagen (Denmark), Dublin (Ireland), which will host each also three group matches. London in addition to the final also will host the two semi-finals.

TAVECCHIO: "ITALY REFERENCE POINT"
"By choosing Rome between the cities that will host the European 2020, Uefa has recognized the value of Italy's candidacy proposal from the Figc. After the final in Europa League played in Turin a few months ago, Italy will be, with Euro 2020 and the Champions League final 2016 assigned to Milan, a point of reference for European football in the coming years," commented the Figc president, Carlo Tavecchio.

CONTE: "RECOGNITION FOR THE ITALIAN FOOTBALL"
"The choice of the Uefa represents a valuable recognition for the italian football, an opportunity for growth is an important showcase for our whole movement" this immediate comment of the ct of the italian national Antonio Conte. "My job as a commissioner technician and manager of the national youth may not that also be oriented to the future, with the aim of enhancing those boys that tomorrow we could be among the protagonists of Euro 2020. The opportunity to play at home some races of the European will certainly to all stimuli and additional reasons".