The EURO 2016 Tournament which is the biggest football tournament for European nations, will be held across 10 stadiums in 10 cities in France with the capacity of the smallest stadium being 33,000 while the largest being 81,000 (Stade de France) making it an easy target for terrorists attack.
With the tournament barely 3 months away, UEFA executive committee vice-president Giancarlo Abete has admitted the best option could be to play the matches behind closed doors.
'Euro 2016 is the kind of event we can't delay or postpone.' Abete told French radio station Radio 24. We can't exclude the possibility of playing behind closed doors as we cannot exclude terrorism.'In a statement, UEFA said:
'We will continue their joint work and will regularly monitor the level of risk for the tournament and their respective organisational plans. 'For over three years now, EURO 2016 SAS has been working closely with the relevant authorities to develop the most appropriate mechanisms in order to guarantee a safe and secure tournament and all necessary measures are being taken to ensure that is the case for all involved.' France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve was keen to stress adequate security measures have been put in place.
'The events in Brussels remind us of the very high level of security which is necessary to ensure Euro 2016 is successful,' said Cazeneuve, who at a press conference said the government would contribute £1.5million for CCTV projects to cover fan zones during the tournament.
'Euro 2016 must combine sportsmanship, festivity and security for the teams, coaches and fan. It is 80 days to the start of Euro 2016 and the organisers, cities and state services are fully mobilised. 'Euro 2016 should be a celebration but collective security is an obligation for everyone alongside the government.'
20 comments:
A football match without spectators?????..... gon b boring as fuuck
It's well
Na wa o.. May God show us the end of all these terrorist soon.
~glo rule your world~ cos I do.
Good for them. Prevention is better than cure.
A stadium with only footballers doesn't sound like fun
PEPSI ADDICT
All becos of isis...na wah oh
it will be boring
hmmmmm.
Hope it helps
Huh?
Okbye.
It is well! Linda take note!
The best option is to adopt Buhari's method. According to Buhari, the reason why Nigeria will join Islamic coalition against terrorism is because terrorists have always claimed to be Muslims. Ban all Muslims from football tournaments because of the same reason adduced by Buhari. That's the only way to guarantee a terror-free competition.
Football will be boring.simply stop Muslims from entering the stadium.
Good one...
Terrorist everywhere may God help us...
Wonder how it'd be
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Serious matter
Even training will be lively than the matches
NO..NO an No.dt means w are succumbing to dere threats and activiities.wht we need 2 do is 2 b xtra vigilante and kip people on dere toes.
The match will be so boring
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