Final venues won't be moved for same-country UEFA clashes
Posted: Wednesday December 16, 1998 05:17 PM
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- UEFA said Wednesday it won't change the venues for
this season's UEFA Cup and Champions Cup finals even if both
finalists come from the same country.
The two Italian teams left in the Champions Cup - Juventus and
Inter Milan - avoided each other in the draw for the quarterfinals.
Teams from only three countries - Italy, France and Spain - make
up the quarterfinal field of the UEFA Cup, and Wednesday's draw
produced no same-country pairings.
Whichever teams make the finals, they will play the match as
scheduled at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on May 12, UEFA said in
a statement.
It said it wanted "to avoid any speculation at any time that,
should the two finalists belong to one of the three national
associations which still have participants in the UEFA Cup, the
final would be moved to that country."
The same goes for the Champions Cup final, which will take place
May 26 at Barcelona's Camp Nou, UEFA said.
Last season's UEFA Cup final, in which Inter Milan beat fellow
Italian team Lazio 3-0, was played in Paris.
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