Champions League: Manchester City - Chelsea final on 29/05/2021 moved from Istanbul to Porto

The 2021 Champions League final between Manchester City FC and Chelsea FC will take place at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto (POR) on 29/05/2021 (kick-off 21:00 CET) and not at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul (TUR) as planned, announced UEFA on 13/05/2021.

"Following the UK government’s decision to place Turkey on its 'red list' of Covid-19 travel destinations, staging the final there would have meant that none of the clubs' domestic fans would have been able to travel to the game. After a year of fans being locked out of stadiums, UEFA felt that everything needed to be done to ensure the supporters of the finalist teams could attend," said the European body.

"The stadium capacity for the match will be finalised and confirmed in due course in cooperation with the Portuguese authorities and the FPF. However, fans of the competing teams will be able to buy tickets through the clubs in the usual way, with the 6,000 tickets per club going on sale as soon as possible from today (13/05/2021). Arrangements for the sale of tickets to the general public will start on 24/05/2021 at 14:00…