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Sunday, 21 September 2014

SPORT NEWS: Wembley to stage UEFA EURO 2020 final

The UEFA Executive Committee has appointed the 13 associations that will stage UEFA EURO 2020, with England hosting the semi-finals and final in London.

The 13 host associations, selected from 19 applications, are:

England/London – semi-finals and final

Azerbaijan/Baku – three group games, one quarter-final

Belgium/Brussels – three group games, one round of 16 game

Denmark/Copenhagen – three group games, one round of 16 game

Germany/Munich – three group games, one quarter-final

Hungary/Budapest – three group games, one round of 16 game

Italy/Rome – three group games, one quarter-final

Netherlands/Amsterdam – three group games, one round of 16 game

Republic of Ireland/Dublin – three group games, one round of 16 game

Romania/Bucharest – three group games, one round of 16 game

Russia/Saint Petersburg – three group games, one quarter-final

Scotland/Glasgow – three group games, one round of 16 game

Spain/Bilbao – three group games, one round of 16 game

Voting breakdown

England previously staged EURO '96, with Germany beating the Czech Republic 2-1 in the final at Wembley. Of the other host cities announced in Geneva today, Munich (1988), Rome (1968, 1980) and Brussels (1972) have all held UEFA European Championship final matches in the past.

UEFA's Executive Committee decided in Lausanne on 6 December 2012 to organise a "EURO for Europe" in 2020, rather than a tournament in one or two host countries. The move followed an initial idea revealed by UEFA President Michel Platini at the end of UEFA EURO 2012.

The Executive Committee also took its decision in the wake of positive feedback from its member national associations as part of a consultation process lasting several months. Then, on 25 January 2013, the Executive Committee decided that the UEFA EURO 2020 final round would be staged in 13 cities around Europe.

Source: UEFA.com

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SPORT NEWS: UEFA.com's team of the week

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UEFA.com had reporters at every game on UEFA Champions League matchday one and they have all put their heads together to pick their team of the week in the first instalment of a new feature that will be running throughout the season.

GK: Davy Roef (RSC Anderlecht)
The 20-year-old marked his debut in the competition with a fine display at Galatasaray AŞ, denying Goran Pandev and Bruma although he was finally beaten by Aurélien Chedjou in added time.

DF: Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München)
Not known for his goalscoring, the defender picked the perfect time to open his UEFA Champions League account – in the 90th minute against former club Manchester City FC with the score locked at 0-0, his deflected volley finally beating Joe Hart.

DF: Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
Another goalscoring defender, the Barça centre-back nodded the only goal of an unexpectedly tight game against APOEL FC from Lionel Messi's free-kick in the 28th minute.

DF: Alberto Moreno (Liverpool FC)
Liverpool's new left-back has already made an impression as an attacking force in the Premier League and repeated the trick on his competition debut, supplying the cross from which Mario Balotelli scored the opening goal.

DF: Carlão (APOEL FC)
His team may have been beaten at the Camp Nou, but the APOEL central defender was the orchestrator of a disciplined effort that largely held Barcelona in check and might even have earned a point.

MF: Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund)
His probing passing and boundless energy has long been a key asset for Dortmund and the midfielder was at it again against Arsenal FC, supplying the pass for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's clinching second goal.

MF: Yacine Brahimi (FC Porto)
A summer signing from Granada CF, the midfielder became the seventh player to mark his UEFA Champions League debut with a hat-trick as his new club overran FC BATE Borisov. "I'm very happy to have scored the three goals as it's the first hat-trick of my career," the Algerian international said.

MF: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid CF)
The Welshman scored in last year's final and started this season in a similar vein with Madrid's second goal in a 5-1 win against FC Basel 1893. He also set up Cristiano Ronaldo's strike 60 seconds later.

FW: Gervinho (AS Roma)
His team are in the group stage for the first time since 2010/11 and the Ivorian forward made it look as if they had never been away with two goals and an assist against PFC CSKA Moskva. "I don't think anyone could object to Gervinho being man of the match," said Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis.

FW: Alejandro Domínguez (Olympiacos FC)
The 33-year-old midfielder played a role in the first two goals as the Greek champions toppled last year's runners-up Club Atlético de Madrid, providing the corner that led to Arthur Masuaku's first goal and sparking Ibrahim Afellay's second with a lung-busting run and cross.

FW: Carlos Tévez (Juventus)
The Argentinian ended a five-year scoring drought in the UEFA Champions League with both goals against Malmö FF, the first an accurate low shot after a brilliant one-two with Kwadwo Asamoah and the second a superlative free-kick.

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FLASHBACK NEWS: Kucharczyk: Victorious Legia aiming at Warsaw

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• Michał Kucharczyk says Legia are aiming for the Warsaw final
• Tomasz Jodłowiec pleased with Legia's display
• Hans Vanaken disappointed Lokoren could not create chances
• Mbaye Leyedetermined to bounce back in Group K
• Next games: Trabzonspor v Legia, Lokeren v Metalist (2 October)

Michał Kucharczyk, Legia winger
I am glad I delivered a good ball to Miroslav Radović who scored the winner for us. Of course, it was not our best match in recent months, but we were still able to win the game against strong opponents.

After one match we have three points, the same number we collected in six games last season. Our goal is not only to qualify from this group, but to reach the final. We all know it will be played in our city and we would like to take part in it. I am not joking: why not have dreams and try to realise them?

Every year we get more and more experience in European competitions and it will help us to win important games. Now, there is a kind of marathon ahead of us, in the Polish Ekstraklasa and Europa League, but we are prepared for this. Tiredness? It can only come after the last game in December. Now, we feel strong and well prepared.

Tomasz Jodłowiec, Legia midfielder
We are very glad because we realised our plan by taking three points. OK, maybe it was not our best match, but what matters most is victory against a very solid Belgian team.

We know it is not possible to score four goals in every match, like we did against Celtic at home. Everybody would love to repeat that as often as possible, but let's be realistic. We did not make many mistakes against Lokeren, just a few. A good start gives us more confidence and will help us to show our class in coming games.

Hans Vanaken, Lokeren midfielder
We are disappointed because we could have got a point here. Legia are a good team but they were not so much better than us in this match. We had a very good game, we were well organised but maybe did not create enough chances.

We lost the game because of one counterattack, one long ball which started Legia's winning move. Definitely, we should watch the video of this moment to avoid such mistakes in the future. We have lost, but it is not over. We still have our dreams. We qualified for the group stage thanks to victory over Hull City. That was a great moment and we want more unique moments like it. I hope that in two weeks, after the home game against Metalist, we will be much happier.

Mbaye Leye, Lokeren midfielder
We played against a team which were well organised and very quick in recovering the ball, but we are disappointed because we were not inferior to them. Unfortunately for us, we did not create as many chances as we normally do. To lose in such a way is really frustrating.

We learnt a lot about Legia before the game, we knew that Miroslav Radović is extremely dangerous so it is our mistake that we did not stop him.

The good thing is that we still have five matches to play. Our group has not clear favourites so anything could happen. It is that kind of tournament and the last thing we want is to be out of the competition after just two matches. It means we must get better a result in our next game. Our goal is the same – to qualify, no matter whether it is through being first or second in the group.

SPORT UPDATE: Wembley welcomed as 2020 final venue

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UEFA President Michel Platini and the president of the English Football Association (FA) Greg Dyke are confident that London – a football stronghold with such a proud history in the game – will stage a final phase to remember at UEFA EURO 2020.

The UEFA Executive Committee unanimously chose the English capital to stage the semi-finals and final of European national team football's flagship competition in six years' time. The setting of Wembley Stadium is considered as a special venue for what will doubtless be a unforgettable climax to the 'EURO for Europe' in 13 cities across the continent.

"[UEFA EURO 2020] is an idea that I put in place some years ago," Michel Platini told media in Geneva. "I absolutely wanted the last week to be a week of national team football. I also wanted this competition to take place throughout Europe, and you saw today that it will go from east to west.

"There will be a week of football in a great capital, London. I know the festive aspect there, and how the English welcome [people]. I hope London will be equal to the task, so that all those who love football will spend a magnificent week there, and see three exceptional matches in a very fine stadium – [Wembley] is a marvellous stadium. We know it well, because we have staged two recent UEFA Champions League finals there [in 2011 and 2013]."

"We're obviously delighted; I'd like to thank the government and the mayor of London who have helped us to put this together," added Greg Dyke. "Wembley is a great stadium – you go back to EURO 96 [in England], and Wembley has been completely rebuilt since then.

"I'd like to congratulate UEFA," he added. "You look at all these capital cities across Europe, and you think to yourself: 'What a good idea [UEFA EURO 2020] is'."

The choice of Wembley Stadium was unanimous after Munich decided to withdraw its candidature just prior to the vote. Mr Platini explained why the 13 cities in question had been chosen. "We now have the time to put things in place so that the fans can participate in this great adventure," he said. "Here you have cities with major international airports. The vote wasn't based on national teams and the beauty of the country – there were criteria linked to airports, transport, and accommodation.

"When you look at the quarter-finals, two are in the east and two are in the west," he added. "I think the Executive Committee members tried to find a balance: the [south] with Rome and Bilbao, while up north, there is Copenhagen and Saint Petersburg."

"The European map [for 2020] looks great," added UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino. "It will be easy to make up the groups in a way to meet the objective, which is that even for those matches where fans have to travel away, the distances will not be that big."

SPORT NEWS: Europa League matchday one facts and figures

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• With their 6-0 victory at home to Aalborg BK, FC Steaua Bucureşti became the first team in the history of the UEFA Europa League to score six goals in a game. Their achievement was swiftly matched by PAOK FC, who ran out 6-1 winners at home to FC Dinamo Minsk. There had been 1,037 matches played in the competition before Steaua and PAOK kicked off.

• While 6-0 and 6-1 are now the two biggest winning scorelines in UEFA Europa League history, BSC Young Boys managed to match the old record of 5-0 with their home victory against ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

• Steaua set another competition record as Claudiu Keşerü registered the UEFA Europa League's fastest hat-trick. His three goals between the 61st and 72nd minutes took the record away from Liverpool FC's Steven Gerrard, who struck a 13-minute treble against SSC Napoli in 2010/11.

• Matchday one was a night for quickfire hat-tricks as PAOK's Stefanos Athanasiadis (18 minutes) claimed the third fastest in UEFA Europa League history and GNK Dinamo Zagreb's El Arbi Hilal Soudani (29) the fifth fastest.

• Fourteen teams made their group stage debut on matchday one and only one managed a victory, FC Dinamo Moskva prevailing 2-1 at Panathinaikos FC. It was a sobering night generally for the newcomers, with eight of them losing and the 14 sides between them managing just six goals while conceding 31.

• Only one nation has a representative in the group stage for the first time, Finland and HJK Helsinki (who lost 2-0 at FC København). That means 36 of UEFA's 54 member associations have now supplied at least one team to the competition during its six years of existence.

• PSV Eindhoven are the sole club to have been involved in all six UEFA Europa League campaigns, and have also played more games in the competition than any other side, the 1-0 home success over Estoril-Praia being their 43rd. It was their 23rd victory, which puts them joint second in the all-time listings alongside Club Atlético de Madrid, two wins behind SL Benfica.

• Luuk de Jong, who converted PSV's winning penalty against Estoril, became the first player with a UEFA Europa League goal tally in double figures to score for three different clubs. His first goal for PSV followed eight for FC Twente and two with VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach.

• FC Salzburg's Jonatan Soriano, the competition's top marksman in 2013/14, got off the mark with his team's second equaliser in the 2-2 draw with Celtic FC – the competition's 2,700th goal.

• Ante Ćorić became, at 17 years and 157 days, the UEFA Europa League's fourth youngest goalscorer in Dinamo Zagreb's 5-1 win at home to FC Astra Giurgiu. The youngest scorer is still Romelu Lukaku, who netted for RSC Anderlecht against AFC Ajax in the inaugural 2009/10 competition aged 16 years and 218 days.

• There are ten national title holders in this season's UEFA Europa League field, but just three of them – Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb, Poland's Legia Warszawa and Romania's Steaua – mustered an opening win. There were defeats for the champions of the Czech Republic (AC Sparta Praha), Denmark (AaB), Finland (HJK) and Slovakia (Slovan), while those from Azerbaijan (Qarabağ FK), Austria (Salzburg) and Scotland (Celtic) all drew, the latter two against each other.

• Of the six sides that qualified automatically for the group stage, the three playing at home – Everton FC, ACF Fiorentina and holders Sevilla FC – all won and the three playing away – EA Guingamp, VfL Wolfsburg and Estoril – all lost.

• There were no victories for any of the four teams who began the campaign in the second qualifying round. While Dinamo Minsk and HNK Rijeka were both beaten away from home, FC Krasnodar (1-1 at LOSC Lille) and Asteras Tripolis FC (1-1 at Beşiktaş JK) picked up a point on their travels.

• Italy, with four clubs, have the largest number of representatives in this term's group stage, and the Serie A contingent got off to an excellent start, with Fiorentina, Napoli and FC Internazionale all winning and debutants Torino FC drawing away. The next best represented countries are Belgium, France, Greece and Ukraine with three teams apiece.

SPORT NEWS: Belhanda and Lens on Dynamo Kyiv superiority

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• Younes Belhanda says the visitors captialised on Rio Ave's defensive weakness

• Jeremain Lens believes Dynamo Kyiv's extra quality showed through
• Renan Bressan hails Dynamo as the strongest club in Group J

• Diego Lopes: Rio Ave deserved a goal for their efforts

• Next games: AaB v Rio Ave, Dynamo Kyiv v Steaua (2 October )

Younes Belhanda, Dynamo Kyiv midfielder
We played very well and made a good start. We knew they played good football, like all Portuguese teams, and the main thing was to win here. I played a crucial role and we were good in the first half. We controlled things in the second period and pressed them high up the pitch.

The pitch was difficult and there was wind as well as rain, yet despite all that we managed to keep the ball on the ground and play quick football so they couldn't counter us. We knew they had weaknesses at the back and we took advantage of them.

Before thinking about how far it's possible for us to go in this competition, though, we have to get out of the group and that won't be easy because there are good sides in the group. Rio Ave will want revenge when we play them again but I think we're well set up to qualify.

Jeremain Lens, Dynamo Kyiv forward
Our experience counted this evening but I think there was also a big difference in quality between us. We used our qualities and the likes of myself, Younes Belhanda and Andriy Yarmolenko had some space that we used well. The most important thing is to win your first game, and we did, so that's a good start for us. I think we can make it through the group stage with the quality we have.

Renan Bressan, Rio Ave midfielder
Dynamo scored two goals very quickly and that meant the game was more complicated for us. Maybe if Marcelo had scored the header early in the second half then the game would have been different. Congratulations to Dynamo, who for me are the strongest team in the group. They are a big club. They managed to thwart our attacks and score three goals. We have to continue to work hard.

Diego Lopes, Rio Ave midfielder
It's a tough scoreline to take. They were clinical and scored three goals. We had to take risks and that left a lot of space in our defence and they profited from that. This was a good learning experience for us. Dynamo are a good team. The two goals in the first half were tough on us and I think we deserved to score too.

SPORT UPDATE: London to host UEFA EURO 2020 final

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046 - Thirteen countries to stage matches across Europe

Today in Geneva, the UEFA Executive Committee selected the thirteen host cities that will stage matches at UEFA EURO 2020, when the competition will celebrate its 60th anniversary in six years' time.

The semi-finals and finals of UEFA EURO 2020 will be hosted at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Three group matches and a quarter-final each will be staged in Azerbaijan/Baku, Germany/Munich, Italy/Rome, Russia/St. Petersburg.

Three group matches and a round of 16 match each will be played in Belgium/Brussels, Denmark/Copenhagen, Hungary/Budapest, Netherlands/Amsterdam, Republic of Ireland/Dublin, Romania/Bucharest, Scotland/Glasgow and Spain/Bilbao.

Commenting on the bidding process UEFA President Michel Platini said:

"I would like to thank all bidders for their efforts and dedication in submitting their candidature.

"UEFA EURO 2020 will be an historic occasion, with matches of our flagship national team competition taking place in every corner of our continent.

"It is truly, therefore, a EURO for Europe, where fans will have the unique opportunity to be part of the UEFA European Football Championship right on their doorstep."

The voting process was split into four separate phases, starting with the selection of the association hosting the semi-finals and final. The selection of London's Wembley Stadium was made by acclamation after Munich had withdrawn its candidature prior to the vote.

The second phase of voting consisted of the selection of the four venues which will each stage one quarter-final and three group matches. Each of the bidders which complied with the requirements set, namely a minimum stadium capacity of 60,000, were ranked by the UEFA Executive Committee members in order of preference, with the first-ranked bidder receiving four points; the second-ranked three points; the third-ranked two points; and the fourth-ranked one point. The points of all votes entered by the Executive Committee members were then added up, and produced the following result, with the four bidders with the highest number of points selected:

Germany/Munich: 38 points

Azerbaijan/Baku: 37 points

Russia/St. Petersburg: 29 points

Italy/Rome: 20 points

Belgium/Brussels: 11 points

Wales/Cardiff: 3 points

Hungary/Budapest: 2 points

The third phase of voting determined one association/city to host one round of 16 match and three group matches, in each geographical zone that had not yet been selected in the first two phases. For this ballot, the Executive Committee members had to give their vote to one of the venues from a particular geographical zone. The bidder with most votes was selected.

The six geographical zones, as decided by the UEFA Executive members whose associations had not presented a bid, were:

Zone 1: North-West: England, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Zone 2: Scandinavia: Denmark, Sweden

Zone 3: East: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia

Zone 4: Centre-East: Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Romania

Zone 5: Centre: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands

Zone 6: South-Mediterranean: Italy, Israel, Spain

As the candidatures of Belarus/Minsk, Bulgaria/Sofia, FYR Macedonia/Skopje and Israel/Jerusalem were adjudged not to have fulfilled the bid requirements by the UEFA administration, these candidatures did not participate at all in the selection phases for which they would otherwise have been eligible, in accordance with article 1.3 of the annex of the bid regulations.

The first vote, concerning Zone 2, produced the following result:

Denmark/Copenhagen: 13 votes

Sweden/Stockholm: 3 votes

The procedure was then repeated for Zone 4, and produced the following result:

Romania/Bucharest: 12 votes

Hungary/Budapest: 3 votes

The fourth phase of voting determined the remaining six associations/cities that will each host one round of 16 match and three group matches. Here again, all remaining associations were ranked by order of preference, with the first-ranked bidder receiving 6 points, the second-ranked bidder 5 points, the third-ranked bidder 4 points, and so forth.

Voting in this final phase produced the following result:

Netherlands/Amsterdam: 58 points

Republic of Ireland/Dublin: 55 points

Spain/Bilbao: 50 points

Hungary/Budapest: 48 points

Belgium/Brussels: 43 points

Scotland/Glasgow: 22 points

Wales/Cardiff: 21 points

Sweden/Stockholm: 18 points

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