Hungary, UEFA taking big risk having fans at Super Cup final says health expert


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 3 - Hungary v Russia - Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary - September 6, 2020 General view inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Organisers run a huge risk by allowing 20,000 fans to attend a major football match, Thursday's UEFA Super Cup final in Budapest, for the first time since the new coronavirus outbreak, a leading Hungarian epidemiologist has told Reuters.

European soccer's governing body UEFA normally kicks off the season with the Super Cup match between the Champions League and Europa League winners and said it would see how the game with spectators works in Hungary's capital..

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