Champions picks Spain: Metropolitano, Camp Nou... and the Bernabéu? | OneFootball

Although its teams are increasingly losing ground to the English on the international stage, European football is turning its attention to Spain. UEFA has entrusted the Metropolitano and Camp Nou, two of the country’s most modern stadiums, with hosting two of the next three finals. The question inevitably arises: will the Santiago Bernabéu also get its reward?

It has already been sixteen years since Real Madrid last made its stadium available for the Champions League. And at least nineteen will have passed before it does so again. Nearly two decades. In that time, the club has renovated its home with some of the most innovative technology on the continent and, although the first years of the revamped venue have been full of setbacks and legal battles unrelated to the sporting side, it remains an attractive candidate for the biggest nights in world football.

The Bernabéu is also in the running to host the final of the next World Cup, although for now that seems to be leaning more toward Morocco. UEFA therefore has the opportunity to make use of a stadium that will, one way or another, have to be in peak condition by the summer of 2030.

Never in this century have three stadiums from the same country hosted the Champions League final within a four-year span. So far this century, there have only been two instances of two venues from the same country doing so within three years; the Metropolitano and Camp Nou will be the third case. But if there is one country with strong enough arguments to break that unwritten rule, in terms of logistics, culture, and prestige, it is Spain.

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