{"id":46493,"date":"2021-07-10T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T10:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/euro-2020-format-unfair-wont-be-repeated-uefa-president-ceferin"},"modified":"2021-07-10T11:29:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T10:29:40","slug":"euro-2020-format-unfair-wont-be-repeated-uefa-president-ceferin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/euro-2020-format-unfair-wont-be-repeated-uefa-president-ceferin","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2020 format \u2018unfair\u2019, won\u2019t be repeated \u2013 UEFA president, Ceferin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, has made it clear he would not support another pan-continental tournament like Euro 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ceferin cited the big differences in the distances that teams and fans have had to travel.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s tournament has been held in 11 host cities in total.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was originally championed by Ceferin\u2019s predecessor, Michel Platini.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ceferin feels he would no longer support a continent-wide tournament on the basis that it has been \u201ctoo challenging\u201d for players and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would not support it anymore. In a way, it is not correct that some teams have to travel more than 10,000km while others have to only travel 1,000km.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not fair to fans, who had to be in Rome one day and in Baku over the next few days, which is a four and a half hour flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to travel a lot, into countries with different jurisdictions, different currencies, countries in the European Union and Non-EU, so it was not easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a format that was decided before I came and I respect it. It is an interesting idea but it is hard to implement and I don\u2019t think we will do it again,\u201d he told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA insists on punishing Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, others for joining Super League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, has made it clear he would not support another pan-continental tournament like Euro 2020. Ceferin cited the big differences in the distances that teams and fans have had to travel. This year\u2019s tournament has been held in 11 host cities in total. 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