Uefa chief threatens to strip Italy of Euro 2032 over stadiums | OneFootball

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin warned Italy, which is hosting Euro 2032 jointly with Turkey, that the country could lose the tournament if its stadiums are not modernized, in an interview with the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport published this Thursday (2).

Infrastructure could take the Euros away from Italy

“Euro 2032 is scheduled and it will happen, there is no doubt about that. I hope the [Italian] infrastructure will be ready. Otherwise, the tournament will not be held in Italy,” Ceferin told the sports daily.

“Italian political authorities should perhaps ask themselves why Italian football infrastructure is among the worst in Europe,” the executive added.

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Confidence in the Azzurra’s return

Asked about the Azzurra’s absence from the World Cup for a third straight edition, Ceferin said that “Italy is one of the most important countries in football and will return to the top.”

However, he warned that “the most important problem in Italian football is the relationship between football politics and ‘normal’ politics.”

Stadiums still without construction work worry Uefa

Next October, Italy is expected to designate the five stadiums that will host Euro 2032 matches, but the problem is that two of the 11 cities that submitted bids (Rome and Milan) have not even started building new stadiums.

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