UEFA sticking with Euro plan despite Johnson's offer

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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - European soccer's governing body says they are confident they will not need to take up UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's offer of hosting more Euro 2020 matches, insisting the venues in place across the continent will be sufficient for the delayed event.

The 12-nation tournament was postponed by a year to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there remain questions over UEFA's plan to host the tournament across the continent.

"We are hosting the Euros. We are hosting the semis and the final. If they want any other matches that they want hosted, we're certainly on for that but at the moment that's where we are with UEFA," said Johnson. Koch said UEFA would keep the option in place to allow for fan numbers to be scaled up should the situation allow.

UEFA executive committee member Zbigniew Boniek, president of the Polish FA, said suggestions the body was considering switching to one nation hosting were wide of the mark.

 

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