A football party awaits in Helsinki on Wednesday. Champions League champions Real Madrid then face Eintracht Frankfurt, who won the Europa League, at the Olympic Stadium in the European Super Cup final.
Last year’s tie, between Chelsea and Villarreal, was watched by more than 25 million TV viewers around the world, according to Finnish EPN.
— I expect that there will be more now. Real Madrid will likely attract more interest than last year’s team, says Kalle Marttinen, who is event manager at the Finnish Football Association, to EPN.
Can be positive for the EM application
In the spring reported The soccer channel that the Nordic football associations have jointly submitted an application to organize the women’s football European Championship in 2025.
— If everything goes well during the Super Cup, Uefa will see that it works. Of course, it will have a positive effect on the application process for the EC, says Marttinen.
The European football confederation, Uefa, president Aleksander Ceferin notes, however, that the next EC host will have a tough task. Especially considering what a success and popular celebration the EC in England was. The tournament broke attendance records, among other things.
“The bar is very high and it’s tough for the next host. We still don’t know who the next host will be but matching these numbers will not be easy,” Ceferin said, according to Uefa’s official Twitter account, earlier this summer.
Possible final at Friends arena
If, after all, the championship is played in the Nordic countries, Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg as well as Tele2 and Friends arena in Stockholm and Solna are expected to become the Swedish EC arenas. In addition, the final is expected to take place at the Friends arena, as it is the largest arena in the Nordic region.
Around 10,000 supporters from Germany and Spain are expected to occupy Helsinki.
The renovated Olympic Stadium in Helsinki now has a capacity for 36,000 spectators.
“The Supercup is the biggest single event in football that can be organized here,” says Marttinen.