Anger in Bilbao after UEFA ditches the city for soccer's summer Euros
CGTN Europe • 2m 32s
⚽ UEFA dropped Dublin and Bilbao as Euro 2020 hosts over a failure to guarantee fans' attendance, with matches destined for the Irish capital switched to St Petersburg and London while Seville steps in for the Basque town.
Bilbao's impressive stadium could only hold matches while empty, instead of with thousands of fans. UEFA had told the 12 original host cities they had to confirm that at least 25% of their stadium capacity could be filled for the group games in June – a promise Bilbao could not keep due to the coronavirus restrictions currently in force in the Basque region.
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