They will need to be a little more patient Panathinaikos to find out where they will play the first game Vikingur Reykjavik for the Conference League playoffs. As is known, the team from Iceland cannot use no stadium of her country, on the one hand because of the special weather conditions that prevail there in February, on the other hand because they do not meet UEFA’s conditions.
Vikingour, therefore, is looking for a seat and its first choice was the Faroe Islands. However, the possibility of the first match with the “cloverleaf” taking place there is removed due to unreliable air connections. This means that the Icelanders continue their search in other northern countries, with the main criterion is to have synthetic turf.
“We are now in a more advanced phase of the competition and UEFA’s requirements are stricter. The main problem concerns the lighting in the stadium and in general in the area of ​​Kopavögsvöllur. UEFA has sold the rights to all matches and to start a match at 13:00 or 14:00 in February, under these weather conditions, is unrealistic or even impossible. Synthetic turf is our first choice. We want a location with easy commuting from Iceland, such as around Copenhagen, Stockholm or Oslo” said the team’s manager, Haraldur Haraldson, in “visir.is”.
Source: Sport Fm
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