City of Zurich does not open Letzi for FCZ women
City of Zurich gives FCZ a basket
Letzigrund will not be opened for Women’s Champions League
At the end of a memorable year, the FCZ wanted to compete with its women’s team in the Letzigrund. But the Champions League game against Arsenal will now take place in Schaffhausen.
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The FCZ women (Marion Rey, left) are playing against Lyon, Juventus and Arsenal in the group stage of the Champions League.
Matthew Dubachreporter sports
As with the FCZ men with their exile games in St. Gallen, the Zurich women also have a stadium problem in the European Cup this season. Because the Letzigrund is not available for several qualifying games and games in the Champions League group stage, the entire European campaign takes place in exile in Schaffhausen.
The whole campaign? FCZ boss Ancillo Canepa is now trying to play at least the last Champions League home game on December 21 against Arsenal in Zurich.
No Christmas party in the stadium
The Letzigrund would then be free, and Uefa would also wave the new venue through. And for the FCZ, the last game of the memorable year 2022 (women’s doubles and men’s champions) could have been a kind of stadium Christmas party with live football and thousands of spectators if the south stand was mobilized accordingly.
But opponents Arsenal with the two Nati stars Lia Wälti and Noelle Maritz will play in Schaffhausen three days before Christmas Eve. The city of Zurich gives the FCZ a basket to wake up the Letzigrund from hibernation (since the last Super League round on November 13) for the women’s premier class.
The reason: the costs. Above all, starting up the lawn heating is a financial factor. When asked by Blick, the sports department of the city of Zurich said: “In terms of costs and energy efficiency, it would have been disproportionate to ramp up stadium operations for a single game during the winter break, especially since Schaffhausen is a secure venue.”
Incidentally, the Wefox Arena in Schaffhausen is not in hibernation, since coach Hakan Yakin’s Challenge League team trains in December and the sessions take place on the stadium’s artificial turf.
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