The Portuguese city of Porto, which hosts the Champions League final tonight, has witnessed a battle in every sense of the word, in which both Manchester City and Chelsea fans have used hands, sticks, chairs and whatever possessed their faith.
Masses on both sides of the final match were not happy with the clash, but the clash shifted between a group of them and the Portuguese riot police.
Photos and videos showed dozens of fans throwing flags and chairs at each other, and then the situation turned into conflict with fists.
And tonight’s match will bring together around 16,500 people (33% of the grandstands capacity), with each team awarding 6,000 tickets and 2,000 more to representatives of the European Football Association (UEFA) and sponsors, the remaining tickets being sold in Portugal. .
But there are a lot of English fans – who don’t have tickets – who have traveled to Portugal in the hope of finding a ticket at the “black market” or being close to the venue of the event. and to celebrate the coronation of their team.
However, these supporters cannot follow the match in bars because it closes at 10:30 p.m. local time (the match starts at 10:00 a.m.) due to the sanitary measures imposed by Portugal to fight the epidemic of the Corona virus.
All supporters must present a medical certificate proving that they are Corona free to allow them to enter the “Dragao” stadium in Porto. On the 17th of this month, Britain added Portugal to the green list of its list, which is exempt from hotel quarantine for a period of 10 days.
As was the case last year, this time the Champions League final was also affected by the Corona pandemic, and the final match was moved from Istanbul to Porto due to restrictions on trip imposed in light of the Corona crisis.
Turkey has been added to Britain’s “red list” for travel due to the high number of new cases of the “Corona” virus, which means returnees from any country on the Red List must be quarantined in a hotel for a period of 10 days from the date of their return to Britain.