UEFA move games in Turkey to neutral venues

THE recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul have prompted UEFA to announce that neutral venues outside of Turkey would stage Chelsea’s Champions League match with Besiktas and Juventus’ away fixture against Galatasaray.
UEFA move games in Turkey to neutral venues

The UEFA Cup game between Maccabi Haifa and Valencia, which had originally been switched from Israel to Izmir in a bid to avoid trouble in Haifa, will also be switched outside of Turkey to a new venue.

UEFA did not announce where the matches would now be played. Almost 60 people have been killed in terror attacks in Istanbul since November 15.

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