The Champions League has a Spanish flavor this year despite the fact that only Barcelona still aspires to win the tournament, since Madrid will host the final that will be played on Saturday, June 1, 2019.
It will be the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium , the home of Atlético de Madrid , the venue chosen to host the final of the maximum continental competition at the club level. This was announced by UEFA in September 2017, highlighting that it was built on the grounds of the former Olympic Stadium in Madrid.
In this way, the Spanish capital will become the second city to celebrate five or more finals of the European Cup after London. And it is that the Santiago Bernabéu had been headquarters in the finals of the European Cup / Champions League of 1957, 1969, 1980 and 2010. At the same time, Madrid will be the fourth city to celebrate this event in different stadiums after Amsterdam, Paris and Munich.
Atlético opened the new Metropolitan Wanda in LaLiga's game against Málaga on September 16, at 8:45 p.m., with the opening of doors at 7:00 p.m. There was a previous ceremony that counted with the invaluable help of the Air Force, always linked to the history of Atlético since 1939 and 1946 was momentarily rechristened to the club as Atlético Aviación.
A part of the stadium bleachers, which is on the side, was released in 1994 as a stadium for athletics of the Community of Madrid and future Olympic stadium in the capital in its failed attempts to host the Olympic Games. From 2002 it became the property of the City Council. This area of the stadium has been conserved, the new infrastructure work being carried out on the other elements.
On September 20, 2017 it was announced that it would host the Champions League final of the 2018-19 season. The Wanda Metropolitan Stadium competed with the Olympic Stadium of Baku.
In addition, he hosted the final of the Copa del Rey 2017-2018 that was played on April 21, 2018 between Barcelona and Sevilla, with a 5-0 victory for Barça.
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