Tribuna Expresso: Great Games | The Champions League Final can have 16,500 fans in Estádio do Dragão

The initial announcement surprised for two reasons: for the second year in a row and the third time in history, it would be the UEFA Champions League Final in Portugal. And then, because UEFA was ready to reveal that the game could have fans on the Estádio do Dragão stands on May 29, another Saturday in 2021, the year in which not even a soccer match was played in mainland Portugal, Organized by national entities, with the presence of the public.

There will be 12,000 tickets available and divided among the Manchester City and Chelsea sisters, the two finalists from England, where, according to Action From the BBC on Monday, about 38 million people (the English population will be around 56 million) have already received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

But this Tuesday, UEFA revealed that “the Portuguese authorities Has been confirmed 33% Capacity ‘in Estádio do Dragão, equivalent to 16,500 people. Express Tribune The General Directorate of Health inquired about the reasons for declaring the existence of this number of supporters, and so far it has not received any answer.

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Of the 4,500 additional people, only 1,700 will be able to come from the common people and will be sold OnlineAccording to UEFA’s governing body – so 2,800 tickets will be reserved for UEFA for distribution to guests. Each of the finals’ clubs has 6,000 tickets to allocate to their fans.

All persons with a ticket to watch the Champions League Final, starting at 8 pm on Saturday, will be required to “provide evidence of a vaccine against covid-19 or a negative test”: in the case of PCR, the test must be done at 26, 27, 28 or May 29; To be a quick test, it should be for Friday or Saturday.