UEFA To Allow 20,000 Fans Attend Super Cup Final
Around 20,000 fans will be allowed into the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, for the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, Europe’s football governing body have announced.
The Coronavirus pandemic, which caused a disruption to the footballing calendar in March, has led to all UEFA games being contested behind closed doors.
UEFA recently announced that the restriction on fans will continue for next month’s Nations League games but the Super Cup later in the month will be used as a blanket test for fans to be eased back for games.
The Puskas Arena in Hungary has a capacity of 68,000 but only 30% of it will be filled.
An official statement on UEFA's official website reads: "The UEFA Executive Committee today decided to allow the 2020 UEFA Super Cup to be played on 24 September 2020 in Budapest with a reduced number of spectators – up to 30 per cent of the capacity of the stadium - in order to study precisely the impact of spectators on the UEFA Return to Play Protocol.
"It was confirmed that all other UEFA matches shall continue to be played behind closed doors until further notice, as initially decided by the UEFA Executive Committee on 9 July 2020.
"The UEFA Administration will keep monitoring the situation and advise the UEFA Executive Committee if any change is required or recommended in respect of either the 2020 UEFA Super Cup and/or the decision that UEFA matches shall be played behind closed doors until further notice.
"These decisions follow the consultative meeting that UEFA held with its 55 member associations and where such matters were discussed on 19 August 2020."
Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint Germain 1-0 last Sunday while Sevilla beat Inter Milan 3-2 two days prior.
