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Football news - Seville and St Petersburg handed Euro 2020 matches

ByReuters

Published 23/04/2021 at 10:36 GMT

Seville will replace Bilbao as a host city for Euro 2020 with St Petersburg in Russia taking the three games from Dublin, UEFA vice-president Zbigniew Boniek said on Friday. Boniek is an official of the Polish FA and Poland were due to play games in Dublin and Bilbao, meaning that both their venues have now been relocated.

Sevilla's stadium

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Seville and St Petersburg are replacing Dublin and Bilbao as Euro 2020 venues.
UEFA's executive committee was meeting on Friday to finalise plans after Bilbao and Dublin could not guarantee fan presence at matches.
"Seville and San Petersburg - officially" tweeted Boniek, "There is a bit of work ahead of us, we start over, camp, journeys, all logistics".
Boniek is an official of the Polish FA and Poland were due to play games in Dublin and Bilbao.
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