Munich is on a mission. This mission: to bring the Champions League final to Bavaria. In November 2018, the football associations of Russia and Germany indicated that they were interested in hosting the 2021 Champions League final, and on Friday, February 22, UEFA showed that both associations had submitted the documents to officially launch their hats in the ring.
Bayern’s 75,000-seat Colosseum and St. Petersburg Stadium are two of Europe’s largest, most productive and fashionable venues. According to UEFA’s stadium categories, they meet the criteria to be elite four-star stadiums – the highest score in the world.
Both pitches have also hosted several high-profile fixtures and will constitute their countries as hosts of the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. However, it’s hard to look any further than the Allianz Arena when it comes to hosting European club football’s biggest fixture.
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As well as hosting 17 Bundesliga matches, as well as several seasons of domestic and European cup matches, the Allianz Arena has a history of hosting the Champions League final. In 2012, thousands of Munich citizens watched their beloved team play the final against Chelsea. A year after its inauguration, the stadium also hosted six matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, adding the opening match (4-2 of Germany over Costa Rica) and the semifinal of France over Portugal by 1-0.
All of this has contributed to the sheer good fortune of the Allianz Arena for over a decade. The Arena replaced the Olympiastadion, built for the 1972 Summer Olympics, as Bayern’s home for the 2005/2006 season and has become a recognizable feature in the landscape. from the Bavarian capital.
The outer skin of the stadium can be illuminated with any combination of up to 16 million colors to reflect the moments taking place in and around the city. The second largest stadium in Germany.
This trend can prove decisive in UEFA’s decision-making process. In 2007, Michel Platini, then president of UEFA, said he liked that the final of the year was played on a pitch with an average capacity of 70,000 spectators, for the sake of security.
Interestingly, this is precisely the capacity of the Allianz Arena for foreign football and European competitions. While there have been exceptions to this rule (in 2014, 2017 and last year), Champions League final venues have been able to accommodate at least the prescribed 70,000. people. The St. Petersburg stadium has never noticed a crowd of even 65,000 people.
The last time Munich hosted the final, in May 2012, remains in the memory of Bayern fans for all reasons. Thomas Müller seemed to have won the attack late, but Didier Drogba equalized with two minutes to go and sent the game to extra time. and then to penalties, which the home team eventually lost 4-3. Bayern fans would no doubt be very happy with the prospect of avenging that 2012 defeat and capturing European glory at home.
The resolution will be made in September 2019, but the stadium’s ability to host thousands of foreign visitors for Champions League football will be highlighted when thousands fill the Allianz Arena for Bayern’s knockout level against Liverpool later this month.
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