Champions: fans and politicians ask for the final in England

Not only the fans of the two teams, but also British politicians and health authorities have asked UEFA to move the Champions League final, between Manchester City and Chelsea, from Istanbul to England. The fear - writes the Daily Telegraph today - is that the restrictive measures currently in force prevent many British supporters from being present in Turkey on Saturday 29 May. At the moment, however, Uefa does not seem willing to comply with the requests coming from the island, after the move last year, when the Champions League final, originally assigned to the Ataturk Stadium, was played at the Stadio da Luz in Lisbon. "Yet it would be a logical change to have this final played at Wembley, and to offer next year's final in Istanbul," said Clive Efford.member of the parliamentary committee for sport.