UEFA president Ceferin says he gained’t assist pan-continental Euros once more

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he is not going to assist the concept of a pan-continental European Championship once more as it’s unfair to the groups in addition to travelling followers to fly 1000’s of kilometres between matches.
Euro 2020 has been held throughout 11 cities, with London internet hosting the 2 semi-finals and Sunday’s closing between England and Italy.
Yet some groups and their followers had been pressured to fly to the far reaches of the continent, equivalent to Baku in Azerbaijan, which represented a logistical nightmare.
“If you ask me, I would not support it anymore. I think it’s too challenging, it’s in a way not correct that some teams have to travel more than 10,000 kilometres and the others 1,000 for example,” Ceferin informed BBC Sport.
“It’s not truthful to the followers. Some followers needed to be in Rome and in a few days they needed to be in Baku — a 4-1/2 hour flight.
“So it’s a difficult one, it’s an interesting idea but hard to implement. I don’t think we will do it again.”
Wales performed twice in Baku earlier than flying to Rome for his or her closing group recreation and Amsterdam for the last-16, and defender Chris Gunter criticised UEFA for the format after their exit, describing the event as a “joke set-up” on Instagram.
“Every nation had fans wherever they went, (Wales did not) apart from the 350 who broke government rules and bank accounts to be there, you and us deserved more from this joke set up of a tournament,” he mentioned after their last-16 exit to Denmark.
Germany had been chosen to host Euro 2024 after beating Turkey within the bidding course of, with matches to be held in 10 cities. The final time the nation hosted a serious event was the 2006 World Cup.