After Mario Draghi’s remarks, head of Italian football federation says they are not seeking to move match.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said he wants a European football final to be held in Rome rather than London, due to an increase in the number of British coronavirus infections.
Asked during a press conference in Berlin whether he agrees with the move, Draghi said: "Yes, I will try to stop the finals in a country where infection is growing rapidly."
However, the president of the Italian football association, Gabriel Gravina, later "extremely" denied that they wanted to move the game from Wembley to Rome.
The UK has recorded 10,633 new coronavirus cases and five ongoing deaths, according to a recent review in the state-run Covid dashboard.
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The total number of new cases in the past week is now 31.4% higher in total over the past week, with deaths rising by 12.1% per week.
In contrast, Italy recorded 495 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, with more than 21 deaths due to the virus, the Department of Health said on Monday, with the entire country Val Val''aosta entering Covid's low-19 accident. " white space ".
Munich has also offered itself as a separate venue for the Euro 2020 final, with Bavarian Premier Markus Söder saying the city was on the sidelines: "We can always be happy to host another match".
While the Wembley final is still a "plan A", said the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), "it would be wise for Uefa to have a B plan to raise the bar".
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