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Champions League Final Is Moving to Portugal
Istanbul is in lockdown and England wouldn’t bend on coronavirus travel restrictions, so European soccer’s governing body will take its showcase game to Porto, Portugal.
The Estádio do Dragão, the home of F.C. Porto, will host the final on May 29.Credit.Miguel Vidal/Reuters
May 12, 2021Updated 2:00 p.m. ET
This month’s all-English Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea will be played in Porto, Portugal, a shift of one of soccer’s showcase events to one of the few countries where Britons can travel without restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.