The 2020 edition of the European Football Championship kicks off on Friday.
\nPostponed a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be held, for
\nthe first time, in several cities members of UEFA. Overall, 11 cities will be
\nhosting matches, from Glasgow to Baku, from Saint Petersburg to Seville. The opening
\nmatch, hosted by Rome, will be pitting Italy against Turkey in Group A. Sunday,
\nJune 13, will see the first match hosted by Bucharest. Austria will be playing
\nNorth Macedonia in Group C, a group also including the Netherlands and Ukraine.
\nIn total, Bucharest will host 4 matches. Ukraine will play North Macedonia on
\nJune 17, then on June 21 Ukraine will take on Austria. The other matches in
\nGroup C will be played in Amsterdam. The last match hosted by Bucharest will be
\nin the round of 16, to be played on June 28. <\/p>\n
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All games will be played on
\nNational Arena Stadium, the largest in Romania, with a total capacity of 55,600
\nseats, of which a maximum of 13,000 will be made available for the match. For EURO
\n2020, the stadium has undergone certain changes. Several technical areas have
\nbeen modernized and the playing field was changed. The authorities also rennovated
\nthree stadiums in Bucharest where teams will be carrying out their pre-match
\ntraining sessions: Steaua stadium, a place of legend for Romanian football fans,
\nTriumphal Arch Stadium, which usually hosts matches of the Romanian national rugby
\nsquad, and finally, Valentin St\u0103nescu stadium, the home
\nstadium of Rapid Bucharest, which is still undergoing modernization works. North
\nMacedonia will train on Steaua Stadium, Austria on Triumphal Arch stadium and
\nUkraine will be training on Anghel Iord\u0103nescu Stadium in Voluntari, close to Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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Let us further note that had
\nit qualified to EURO 2020, Romania would have played at least two of its
\nmatches in front of its own fans. Romania failed to qualify after ranking 4th
\nin preliminary Group F. They were outranked by Spain, Sweden and Norway, but
\nfinished ahead of the Faeroe Islands and Malta. Following the results our team
\nobtained in Nations League, the new European inter-nation competition, Romania had
\nanother shot at securing qualification to EURO 2020 by playing a playoff match
\nagainst Iceland. Our team lost 2-1. Big-league football will come to Bucharest,
\nbut unfortunately, Romanians will be watching from the stands or in front of
\ntheir TVs. (VP)<\/p>\n
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