UEFA warns Italy on 'infrastructure' for EURO 2032
Aleksander Ceferin, President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), said that the infrastructure for this organization must be ready on time in Italy, which will host the 2032 European Football Championship (EURO 2032) together with Turkey, otherwise the championship cannot be played in Italy.
Italy, who suffered the shock of failing to qualify for the World Cup for the third consecutive time after being eliminated by Bosnia and Herzegovina in a penalty shootout on March 31 in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifying play-off round, received a warning from the top name of European football about EURO 2032 preparations.
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Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport, one of Italy's leading sports newspapers, Ceferin, when asked about the status of the stadiums in Italy for EURO 2032, said, "EURO 2032 will be held as planned. I hope the infrastructure will be ready. Otherwise, the tournament will not be played in Italy."
Ceferin stated that Italy is a great football country and he thinks that it will overcome its recent troubles and return to the top, "The biggest problem in Italian football is the relationship between football policy and 'normal' politics. If everyone acts in the same line, you can become European and world champions again in a short time. But if people who think negatively all the time continue like this, then things will get really bad in Italian football."
