Petersburg may be deprived of the right to accept Euro-2020 matches, the tabloid The Sun said

UEFA can reduce the list of cities from coronavirus where in the summer of 2021 matches of the European Football Championship will be held, writes The Sun. The general director of the organizing committee of the Russian unit Alexei Sorokin called such rumors baseless.

According to the British tabloid, the number of cities of Euro 2020 can be reduced to reduce the number of movements. The first in the list of exception - Baku and St. Petersburg, writes The Sun with reference to his own source. Also, due to poor ticket sales, Bilbao is at risk, the publication notes.

The General Director of the Organizing Committee of the Russian part of the European Championship Alexei Sorokin said that there is no reason to believe the rumors about the exclusion of St. Petersburg from Euro 2020. According to him, the organizers in the prescribed manner are prepared for the championship and are in constant contact with UEFA.

UEFA President Aleksander Cheferin confirmed that the organization is considering the option of reducing the list of cities-Euro 2020 participants. This was reported by Sport-Express with reference to Movistar+.

Cheferin said that they intend to hold the European Championship as planned in UEFA, but noted that the organization can hold the tournament "not at twelve, but at eleven, eight, five or one country."

Updated 15:49. A confirmation of a possible reduction in the list of participating cities has been added.

Previously, UEFA transferred the European Championship to 2021 due to coronavirus. The games will accept 12 cities - Petersburg, Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao, Budapest, Bucharest, Glasgow, Dublin, Copenhagen, London, Munich and Rome.

On October 13, the fan passports began to overreach to visit the Petersburg matches of the European Championship, the Ministry of Digital Development said.