End of the Europa League 2018-19: when is it, where and possible teams

Baku National Stadium

The Europa League faces the semifinals with a single Spanish team as a candidate for the title as is Valencia after the eliminations of Sevilla, Real Betis and Villarreal.

Semifinals

The tournament is already in the semifinal round with direct round-the-clock heats. The crosses are:

May 2: Arsenal - Valencia (3-1 for the Gunners in London, one way)

May 2: Eintracht - Chelsea (1-1 in Germany, one way)

May 9: semifinals, second leg

The final is played this season at the Olympic Stadium, Baku , the capital of Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, May 29 . The stadium is one of the most modern in Eastern Europe, was inaugurated in 2015 and has a capacity of 69,700 spectators.

The new Camp Nou, the perfect storm

Josep Maria Bartomeu not find eighteen million euros to bring Agudo Nolito in January, as it was the wish of first team coach, but says he will find six hundred to redraw comprehensively all club facilities. Last Wednesday the president guaranteed that "the new stadium will not jeopardize the sports project". However, there was also guaranteed that it would submit two proposals shirt sponsorship for the club in the Assembly last October and did not bring even a partner to the elector.

"I'm worried zero" Luis Enrique Martinez said today when asked about the possible impact in the short and medium term that can have such a work, whose investment equals total revenue for the club for a whole year. In the same line as the president, the coach said that "this project will have no effect on the playing field" and only regretted "having to wait so long before seeing it completed" in 2022, according to markings between the club and studies plan Nikken Sekkei architecture and Pascual-Ausió.

A boat soon, the dance numbers has already begun. Initially the new Camp Nou was budgeted at 420 million euros, serving as the jewel in the crown called Espai Barça, which will also include a new Palau Blaugrana and the Campus, with catering and hospitality, a project that in total amounted to 600 million. However, the budget of the new stadium has mysteriously reduced to 360 million.

It is not unreasonable to think that the lack of sponsor, and the freezing of negotiations with the supplier of sports equipment, may have had a direct impact in the form of some slowdown in reducing debt, and may complicate life the first team in the financial chapter, limiting the capacity and robustness pay when paid clauses of new players, and these circumstances, in turn, end up having a negative impact on results. Normal powerpoints that are increasingly austere, if you can use this buzzword when these astronomical figures are discussed.

Naturally it is a situation that nobody wants but hanging in the air like the goal at the Santiago Bernabeu match against Borussia Dortmund almost twenty years ago. That is, the future hangs by a thread, virtually, and can fall apart at the slightest. The only financial plan there is to sell the name of the stadium 200 million, without specifying for how many years, take a credit of 200 and put 200 out of pocket. In other words, Bartomeu already has 200 million and faces not yet have an increase of 400 million in debt, which would be multiplied by two. All this if there is no additional cost of any kind, which is also seen.

Given that the salary cap imposed by the FIFA prevents the club making transfers unless the budget is extended or financial margin designed to chips of the players is reduced, it is feared what might happen if Barcelona still can not find sponsor, unrenovated one of its stars and embarking on a huge project without having tied an admittedly optimistic in their forecasts financing. The foregoing, however, do not make me optimistic about the storm that you can find the Catalan club if something does not go well. And the president 's words are not especially reassuring.

That was the suicide bombing at a soccer stadium in Baghdad

At least 30 people were killed and 95 wounded in a suicide bombing on Friday in a soccer stadium south of Baghdad, which was claimed by the Islamic terrorist group State (EI), according to the latest data provided Efe by medical sources . among the dead include the mayor of the city of Alexandria , where the stadium is located attacked Ahmed al Khafayi, while among the wounded Shiite militia commanders and officers Popular Crowd security services. The suicide bomber infiltrated among the spectators and detonated his explosives belt attached to the body inside the field, where a football match between local teams was played.

Momento de la explosión en Bagdad impidió que se disfrutara del fútbol: pic.twitter.com/wBFmo2dXR7

— A LA CANCHA ECUADOR (@alacanchaEC) March 25, 2016

The Amaq agency, linked to EI, announced that the group had made ​​"a martyrdom operation (suicide) with a belt of explosives at a concentration of militants in Alexandria." The term militia Amaq refers to Shiite fighters fighting EI, as cited in the People Crowd. According to the press agency of the terrorist group, the explosion caused at least 65 dead and dozens injured.

Alexandria is located 50 kilometers south of Baghdad, and in the province of Babel, where last March 6 another suicide attack EI was recorded. Some 50 people were killed and 70 wounded in the attack against a police checkpoint in the city of Hillah, the bloodiest attack in recent years in the province of Babel. The Iraqi authorities are waging a bloody war against EI, who proclaimed a caliphate in areas under its control in Iraq and Syria in June 2014. Two days ago, the Iraqi army launched Operation "Fatah" to liberate the northern province of Nineveh, whose capital Mosul is the main stronghold of EI in Iraq.

Stadiums Untold Details

A stadium is a construction which surrounds a stage or central area the place a sure occasion or sport takes place. The construction will maintain seating for spectators to view the occasion, whether or not sitting or standing. Basically, each seat will give a spectator an entire view of the sector, no matter the place she or he is sitting.

Before, stadiums have been used for gladiator fights in addition to for public executions. Intricate underground tunnels normally had holding areas for animals and slaves.

A Basic Stadium Designs Today

1. Oval - This permits seating all the way in which spherical the sector. Because of the size of the soccer discipline it surrounds, it's oval in form.
2. Horseshoe - This stadium has a gap on one finish.
3. Open - This has a gap at each ends.

Although a stadium is normally designed to be open-air, newer designs right now embrace sliding or roofs or doom roofs to be able to defend the spectators, discipline, and gamers from inclement climate.

The seating in a stadium typically consists of fold-down seats on terraced rows, starting at discipline degree, and rising to what's generally known as the nostril-bleed part regularly. Others have standing areas and bleachers for seating. Huge stadiums can accommodate one hundred,000 people whereas some speedways can seat as much as 250,000 individuals.

These days, this facility can already be used for various occasions. These embrace any out of doors or indoor sporting occasions like basketball, baseball, soccer, soccer, and monitor. Some may even be used for job festivals, commerce exhibits, soccer video games, and live shows.

Commercialism is a rising development within the sporting trade. Among company sponsors, a scorching commodity is stadium naming rights. Corporations at this time are keen to shell out masses of cash simply to call a stadium. In truth, many have undergone a number of title adjustments over time.

Current Trends In Building A New Stadium

This is all the time an enormous endeavor which requires hundreds of thousands of dollars, an enormous quantity of electrical energy, and a considerable bodily labor for it to be operational. Here are a number of the present developments in doing such:

• Designing it as a multipurpose facility so it may well generate extra earnings
• Covering it with a retractable roof so it doesn't matter what the climate is throughout a sure occasion, it may well nonetheless be held on this facility.
• Make it very sustainable
• Integration of dependable anti-terrorism and safety measures
• Providing amenities for everybody, most particularly for disable people

Apart from that, extra significance should even be given to public data and leisure companies, catering amenities, retail gross sales, non-public viewing services, exhibitions, and bathroom amenities.

Uruguay aims to renovate the Centenary planning to host the 2030 World Cup

Name: Centenario Stadium

Address: Kilometer 1 Way to Airport El Eden (La Tebaida)

Opened: February 2, 1987

Capacity: 26,000 spectators

Surface: Natural grass

Distance to airport: 5 km

Distance to the hotel zone: 5 km

Uruguay today issued an appeal for international scope for remodeling the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo with the intention of aspiring to organise the World Cup in 2030, date that marks 100 years first World Cup FIFA, conquered by the Celeste.

The basis of this "National and International Competition for architectural and urban ideas for remodeling the Centenario Stadium and its surroundings" are already being discussed by the competent authorities, he said during his speech Mario Romano, director of the Administrative Committee of Official Field (CAFO ), responsible for managing the site.

Thus, the call is already in the hands of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and the Municipality of Montevideo, explained Romano, who explained that during the next four months, and once the bases are established, the call for participation national and international architects could occur in a period of one year.

"We are what the authorities can transform, correct and change, and from there be absolutely equipped to make the call next year and go a very difficult road but hopefully have a significant return," he said.

In this context, the president of the AUF and interim president of CONMEBOL, Wilmar Valdez, said that the renovation of the Centenary will be "a key driver" to fulfill the dream with all Uruguayans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first World 2030 organisation.

"Hopefully that might be holding the World Cup together with our friends from Argentina , with whom we have been talking for a while on this issue. There is no doubt that there will be a very important event organized by FIFA at this stage because will commemorate 100 years since the first World Cup, "he said.

Similarly, he added that beyond the renovations to be made in the primary enclosure must be to preserve their historical value.

"When the Centennial begin this transformation will surely get the attention not only of those who are accustomed to come to the stadium, but worldwide," said Valdez.

The Estadio Centenario was designed by architect Juan Antonio Scasso and opened for World Cup 1930, it was conceived according to the latest techniques of the time and executed in record time.

Beer will be sold again in Mineirão Stadium

Beer returned to Mineirão Stadium!  The sale of alcoholic beverages was released by the State of Minas Gerais and,  starting this Sunday (09 august),  when is the duel between Cruzeiro and Palmeiras, scheduled for 16h (GMT),  the fans may already consume beer.

However,  the marketing and consumption can only happen until the end of half time and only in the bars of the stadium (not allowed to sell nor drink in the stands).  Law 21737,  which allows the sale of alcohol in football stadiums in Minas Gerais was signed by the governor Fernando Pimentel last Wednesday and took effect on Thursday,  when he appeared in the State of Gazette.