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PARIS, Oct 4: The 2008 and 2009 Champions League finals will be played in Moscow and Rome respectively, European football's governing body said on Wednesday.
The UEFA Cup finals of those same years will be held in Manchester (2008) and Istanbul (2009), UEFA's executive committee said from their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, adding the 2009 European under-21 championships would be hosted by Sweden.
The stadiums used in those finals will be Spartak's Luzhniki stadium, which uses an artificial playing surface, Roma and
Lazio's Olympic stadium,
Manchester City's City of Manchester stadium, and Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu ground.—AFP
