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UEFA will trial secure standing with a view to reintroducing it on a everlasting foundation. Harold Cunningham/Getty Pictures for UEFA

Secure-standing areas might be allowed on a trial foundation at European membership video games involving groups from England, Germany and France this season, UEFA mentioned on Wednesday.

European soccer’s governing physique mentioned it could assess the findings of what it calls an “observer programme” on the finish of the season and resolve whether or not to proceed or increase the trial.

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The three international locations in query are already authorised to have secure standing at home stage. In England, Manchester Metropolis, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur all have safe-standing licenses.

Borussia Dortmund, whose stadium has an unlimited standing space referred to as the “Yellow Wall,” mentioned they’d be capable of host Champions League video games at their full 81,365 capability for the primary time.

The German membership use safe-standing areas for home video games however has needed to convert these sectors into seating for European video games. That reduces the stadium’s capability by about 15,000.

“That is nice information. Standing tickets are an essential a part of our soccer tradition. Borussia Dortmund have been working laborious behind the scenes in recent times to acquire permission for safe-standing areas in European competitions,” CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke mentioned. He referred to as on followers to “behave responsibly with this chance.”

UEFA is limiting the trial to the top-five associations in its rankings. Spain and Italy shouldn’t have safe-standing areas.

The ultimate of every of the three UEFA competitions might be excluded from the trial.

“The target,” UEFA mentioned, “is to evaluate if and underneath what circumstances standing could also be reintroduced in UEFA competitions in a secure method.”

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