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Aleksander Ceferin should currently be satisfied.
Finally, the Uefa President's call for a spectator guarantee at the European Football Championship in the summer is having an effect.
More and more host cities are announcing plans to let fans into the stadiums.
As the newest association, this has now been announced by the Italian - despite the pandemic situation.
FIGC President Gabriele Gravina said he was "certain that we will open the European Championship in Rome and that we will do that with a crowd in the stadium".
The tournament is scheduled to open in Italy on June 11th.
"I don't know how many people there will be, but it will definitely be a lot," Gravina said.
Concrete plans had already been announced in Copenhagen and St. Petersburg beforehand.
According to the Danish government, up to 12,000 spectators should be admitted to the four planned games, the Russian metropolis is even aiming for a capacity of 50 percent of the arena with 61,000 fans.
The Dutch are also hoping for a two-thirds or three-quarters full stadium in Amsterdam, as association director Eric Gudde confirmed to the TV broadcaster NOS.
The Romanian authorities had also positioned themselves and agreed to a 25 percent capacity utilization of the stadium in Bucharest.
Otherwise there is a risk of being deleted, said Sports Minister Eduard Novak at Digisport.
And Munich?
There is no audience guarantee.
Upon request, the DFB once again referred to a message from January.
"In the interests of the fans, we would like to fulfill the vision that spectators - under the then applicable regulations - can also attend the EURO 2020 games in Munich," it said.
In further discussions it should be discussed "whether and how the implementation of these goals can succeed".
According to the city of Munich, for which withdrawal is »not an issue« according to the official language, »various scenarios« will continue to be planned.
At this point in time, Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter had already said: “It is clear that events of this kind will be included Spectators are not allowed under the current regulations. «In Munich, the group matches of the German national team against France, Portugal and Hungary as well as a quarter-finals are to be played.
Organizers have to explain themselves by April 7th
The fact that there is now momentum in the planning of other cities is mainly due to Ceferin's demands.
Each of the twelve organizers must guarantee "that fans are allowed to go to the games," the head of the European Football Union said the previous week: "The option of any match in the European Championship being played without fans is off the table." possibly the revenue from ticket sales will be saved.
The Uefa assured that no city that had to be played behind closed doors would automatically be eliminated.
However, it will be checked "whether it makes sense to play without fans or whether such games should be relocated to other locations," it said.
Rumors that a large part of the games could be played in Great Britain persist.
According to information from the sports information service, the host cities must declare themselves to Uefa with regard to the audience question by April 7th.
The decision on the format of the final round (June 11th to July 11th) will probably be made at the UEFA Congress on April 20th at the earliest.
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