After lots of hard work, Wembley gets the rights to host the finals of 2020 European Championship which would be the 60th anniversary of the mega European soccer event. Though, the news was rather expected since German FA had withdrawn its bid making Wembley the only option for the UEFA to choose from. Actually, 2020 event is going to be a landmark one in many senses, like it would be the first time this is going to be placed across Europe rather just one location, and secondly, UEFA has promised that they will make it a memorable one and thanks to English FA who has already made several tempting promises to organize best till date finals of the event. There is no prize for guessing why Germans stayed out of the bidding process as everyone knows there is a mutual agreement between English and German FA whereby Germans are going to help Wembley organizes the finals in return of English help for Germans for hosting Euro 2024.
It has been eighteen years, Euro held on English soil and that year too England national side was ousted by the Germans via penalty in the semifinal hence both these sides enjoy their showdowns in and outside of the ground. According to initial reports coming from the Euro den, UEFA has decided to organize 2020 matches in 13 Euro cities which should be exciting but exhaustive for the teams who would have to travel across the miles, if required. For now, idea is being appreciated by everyone but whether it is feasible to hold a big event across multiple locations is yet to be seen.
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said announcing their entitlement for the 2020 Euro finals, “We are delighted — it’s nice to win one! Wembley is a great stadium and we are delighted to be holding the finals of this tournament. Wembley has been completely rebuilt since 1996 and is it a wonderful stadium.”
DFB general secretary Helmut Sandrock further added, “We have always said that Wembley is the perfect place for the final games of the pan-European European Championships. We therefore congratulate our colleagues from the English FA and are looking ahead to the three games in Wembley.
“We continue to follow our goal of hosting the 2024 European Championships. I am optimistic that we can reach that goal. But it’s not be taken for granted that we will win the bid. We, in cooperation with politicians, the cities and stadiums, have to do a lot of homework until the decision in 2017.”