Istanbul will finally get to stage the Champions League final in 2023, UEFA has announced.
The Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey was originally due to put on Europe s biggest club match in 2020, only for the coronavirus pandemic to mean the closing stages of the tournament were shifted to Lisbon.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were all played in Portugal s capital, with Istanbul awarded the 2021 final instead.
However, that too was taken away when UEFA moved the match between Chelsea and Manchester City to Porto, this time because Turkey was on the United Kingdom s travel red list amid the continuing COVID-19 health crisis.
Supporters of the two English clubs would have been unable to make the trip to Istanbul, but restrictions on travel to P…