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Italy to withdraw Champions League final from Turkey

10/16/2019, 5:44:24 PM


ROME - SANA - Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora has called on UEFA to reconsider

Rome-Sana

Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora has called on UEFA to reconsider the decision to host the Turkish city of Istanbul for the final of the Champions League after the military aggression launched by the Turkish regime on Syrian soil.

Spadafora has appealed to UEFA President Alexander Schwerin, saying: "Please think if it is appropriate to keep the final of the Champions League in Istanbul after the dangerous actions of Turkey." “Make the most courageous choice and prove once again that football is a tool for peace.”

The Turkish regime forces are launching an aggression on Syrian territory in Hasakah and Raqqa villages with aerial and artillery shelling that targeted many villages and towns in them, focusing on infrastructure and vital facilities such as water and electricity stations, dams, oil installations and residential neighborhoods, causing the death of a number of civilians and causing extensive damage and destruction of infrastructure.