UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin instructed AFP on Friday that the groups would have to take care of “a particular scenario” to complete Euro 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It’s not the usual Euro because it’s in 11 countries and on top of it there’s a pandemic which makes travelling even more difficult,” Ceferin stated in Rome.
“So each staff may have to adapt to a particular scenario to end this Euro.”
A year after being postponed due to the pandemic, the 24-team tournament spread across 11 venues throughout Europe gets underway on Friday with Italy facing Turkey in front of an estimated 16,000 fans in a Stadio Olimpico filled to around a quarter of capacity.
Despite positive Covid-19 tests for players in the Spain, Sweden and Russia squads in the days building up to the kickoff, Ceferin remains confident the competition will continue without disruption until the final at Wembley on July 11.
“I don’t think matches will be postponed,” stated the 53-year-old Slovenian.
“I feel the ‘bubbles’ can be very strict, our well being protocol may be very strict.
“Even the officers who’re vaccinated have to be examined earlier than each single match.
“We are all very a lot protected, the gamers much more, I feel it’s fairly secure event.
“Of course you by no means know if a case occurs, however I’m fairly assured that every thing can be advantageous.”
The decision to postpone last year was the right one, he believes, given that last year the tournament would have had to be played in empty stadiums.
“Now we’ve realised, it was good to postpone because last year we would have had Euro without fans and now at least we have a number of fans which is very important for the Euro because it’s a festival of football.
“I believed from the beginning that the Euro would be on the way this year.”
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