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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Monday that he believed the Euro 2020 final should not be held in Wembley, given the new wave of coronavirus cases in England.
“I support ensuring that the finals are not held in a country where the risk of infection is, of course, very high,” he told reporters at a press conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Draghi, whose national team has been impressive in the tournament so far, is the latest leader to have expressed doubts about Wembley’s location.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that his priority was to keep “the country safe from Covid”, as the source confirmed AFP UEFA considered the possibility of postponing the Euro 2020 final and the final from Wembley to Budapest.
The highly contagious Delta variant, first observed in India, has accelerated the number of new Covid-19 cases in the UK and forced the government there to delay planned reopenings.
German Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron last week expressed concern that fans were getting crowds into Euro 2020 stadiums, and Merkel said caution must still be exercised at “big events”.
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Macron said “we need to keep an eye on things” for teams and fans, especially given the rapid spread of the Delta variant in Britain.
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