JAKARTA - The 2020-2021 Champions League is almost entering the final round. Two English teams, Manchester City and Chelsea, will face each other in the top party.
Manchester City reached their first Champions League final after defeating Paris Saint-Germain, who again had to complete the match with 10 players, with a score of 2-0 in the semi-final second leg at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday local time.
Riyad Mahrez, who scored one goal in the first leg, again showed his sharpness by buying up two of City's winning goals in this second leg.
The result made City step into the Champions League final with a 4-1 aggregate victory over PSG.
One day later, Chelsea eliminated Real Madrid from the semi-finals of the Champions League to challenge Manchester City in the competition's third All-English Final.
In the second leg of the semi-final at Stamford Bridge, London, England, Wednesday local time, Chelsea won convincingly with a score of 2-0 over Zinedine Zidane's men.
Timo Werner and Mason Mount's goals saw Chelsea qualify for the final with a 3-1 aggregate win over Los Blancos.
The Champions League final is scheduled to take place at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, on May 29.
The 2021 #UCLfinal is set! 🏆
Manchester City 🆚 Chelsea #UCL pic.twitter.com/9WMV1GzbJu
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 5, 2021
Threatened with no supporters of both teams
There is unpleasant news for supporters of both camps. Local supporters of Manchester City and Chelsea are in danger of not being able to directly attend the match to determine the 2020-2021 Champions League winners.
The reason is, the British government is currently implementing a flight ban to Turkey because of the high risk of exposure to COVID-19 in Recep Tayyip Erdogan's country.
In recent weeks Turkey has been ranked as the fourth daily case of COVID-19, which saw the local government impose a nationwide lockdown until May 17, Antara reported.
Some beautiful touches in the #UCL this week 🥰#UCLshowcase | @Mastercard pic.twitter.com/XYV25YHXVJ
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 6, 2021
This measure is sufficient to reduce daily COVID-19 cases to below 27,000 on Wednesday, May 5, half less than the peak figure above 63,000 per day in mid-April.
From the Turkish government, there are no regulations that will make it difficult for British supporters to arrive there, after removing the requirement to have a negative COVID-19 test result for British citizens who have entered Turkey since May 15.
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However, British government regulations may hinder the departure of supporters to Turkey, because restrictions apply except for essential trips.
A week ago UEFA reiterated their belief that this season's Champions League final will still be held in Istanbul, with restrictions on the number of spectators.
Meanwhile, from within England, with the occurrence of the All-English Final in the Champions League, there has been a push for matches to be played only in England so that local supporters have no trouble attending directly.
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