Italy to host Nations League finals next year-UEFA

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF THE ALLIANZ STADIUM IN TURIN AND THE SAN SIRO STADIUM IN MILAN, RECENT AND FILE FOOTAGE OF THE FRANCE NATIONAL TEAM, FILE FOOTAGE OF THE BELGIUM, ITALY AND SPAIN NATIONAL TEAMS

SHOWS:

TURIN, ITALY (FILE - OCTOBER 4, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. EXTERIOR OF ALLIANZ STADIUM - JUVENTUS' HOME GROUND - WITH ROAD LEADING UP TO ENTRANCE FOR TEAM BUSES

TURIN, ITALY (FILE - MARCH 12, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

2. EXTERIOR OF STADIUM

3. JUVENTUS SIGN

4. EXTERIOR OF STADIUM, SIGN FOR "JUVENTUS STORE" ON WALL

5. SIGN ON EXTERIOR OF STADIUM, READING (English): "END OF THE MATCH"

TURIN, ITALY (FILE - JUNE 12, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

6. PUDDLE OF WATER ON PATH NEAR TO THE ALLIANZ STADIUM

7. SIGN ON SIDE OF STADIUM, READING: "ALLIANZ STADIUM"

8. EXTERIOR OF STADIUM

9. ALLIANZ STADIUM LOGO ON SIDE OF STADIUM

10. EXTERIOR OF STADIUM

11. CLOSED TURNSTILES AND GATES OUTSIDE THE STADIUM

12. EXTERIOR OF STADIUM

MILAN, ITALY (FILE - MARCH 12, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

13. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE SAN SIRO

MILAN, ITALY (FILE - MARCH 8, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

14. TICKET OFFICE / EXTERIOR OF THE SAN SIRO

MILAN, ITALY (FILE - MARCH 1, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

15. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE SAN SIRO

MILAN, ITALY (FILE - MAY 27, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

16. VARIOUS REAL MADRID AND ATLETICO MADRID PLAYERS TRAINING IN THE SAN SIRO AHEAD OF THE 2016 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

ROISSY EN FRANCE, FRANCE (FILE - JULY 16, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

17. FRANCE CAPTAIN AND GOALKEEPER, HUGO LLORIS HOLDING WORLD CUP TROPHY AFTER RETURNING TO FRANCE FOLLOWING 2018 WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA / LLORIS AND TEAM MATES WALKING TO PODIUM

18. LLORIS, FRANCE COACH, DIDIER DESCHAMPS (LEFT) AND FRENCH FOOTBALL FEDERATION (FFF) PRESIDENT, NOEL (GRAET) ON THE PODIUM

19. VARIOUS OF FRANCE PLAYERS DANCING AND SINGING ON PODIUM

LISBON, PORTUGAL (FILE - NOVEMBER 13, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

20. DESCHAMPS, WALKING ON PITCH WEARING A MASK FOR A TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF THEIR UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST PORTUGAL

21. FRANCE STRIKER, KYLIAN MBAPPE, STANDING ON PITCH WEARING A MASK DURING A TEAM HUDDLE

22. TRAINING SESSION PROGRESS

23. FRANCE STRIKER, ANTOINE GRIEZMANN THROWING A BALL WHILE WARMING UP

24. FRANCE MIDFIELDER, PAUL POGBA AT TRAINING SESSION

25. MBAPPE JOGGING

26. POGBA JOGGING

SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 16, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

27. DESCHAMPS TALKING TO ASSISTANT COACH DURING TRAINING SESSION

28. MBAPPE DURING TRAINING HEADING BALL / PLAYERS TRAINING

29. FRANCE WINGER, KINGSLEY COMAN TRAINING / PLAYERS TRAINING

30. LLORIS TRAINING

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (FILE - JULY 15, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

31. BELGIAN FANS CHEERING AS THE 'RED DEVILS' SHOW UP AT BRUSSELS' CITY HALL BALCONY AT 'GRAND PLACE' SQUARE

32. FANS CHEERING, WAVING FLAG

33. BELGIUM CAPTAIN, EDEN HAZARD ARRIVING ON BALCONY, BELGIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM COACH ROBERTO MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT COACH THIERRY HENRY AND BRUSSELS MAYOR PHILIPPE CLOSE CLAPPING

TUBIZE, BELGIUM (FILE - JUNE 7, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

34. HAZARD ARRIVING ON TRAINING PITCH

35. HAZARD AT TRAINING

36. BELGIUM COACH ROBERTO MARTINEZ TALKING TO PLAYER

37. FORWARD ROMELU LUKAKU WALKING ON TRAINING PITCH

38. MIDFIELDER, KEVIN DE BRUYNE WARMING UP

39. GOALKEEPER, THIBAUT COURTOIS TRAINING

TUBIZE, BELGIUM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

40. A BELGIUM ASSISTANT COACH (GRAY JUMPER) JOGGING IN FRONT OF BELGIUM'S DRIES MERTENS, YARI VERSCHAEREN, THORGAN HAZARD, JEREMY DOKU DOKU, LEANDRO TROSSARD AND HANS VANAKEN

41. DOKU RUNNING

42. MARTINEZ WALKING ON PITCH AS PLAYERS JOG PAST HIM

43. PLAYERS JOGGING

COVERCIANO, ITALY (FILE - MAY 15, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

44. NEW ITALY COACH ROBERTO MANCINI SPEAKING WITH ITALIAN SOCCER FEDERATION (FIGC) OFFICIALS

LISBON, PORTUGAL (FILE- SEPTEMBER 9, 2018) (REUTERS ACCESS-ALL)

45. MANCINI ON PITCH AT ESTADIO DE LUZ LOOKING AT HIS PHONE

46. VARIOUS OF ITALY PLAYERS ON PITCH

ROME, ITALY (FILE - OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

47. MIDFIELDER, MARCO VERRATTI, PUTTING TRAINING SHIRT ON

48. MIDFIELDER, JORGINHO, RUNNING ON PITCH

49. GOALKEEPER, GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA, WALKING ON PITCH

50. FORWARD, LORENZO INSIGNE WALKING ON PITCH WITH VERRATTI / PLAYERS JOKING ON PITCH

51. MANCINI SPEAKING WITH PLAYERS / ITALY CAPTAIN, LEONARDO BONUCCI, SMILING NEXT TO VERRATTI, DEFENDER ARMANDO IZZO (LEFT) AND MIDFIELDER SANDRO TONALI AND DEFENDER GIOVANNI DI LORENZO (RIGHT)

52. PLAYERS ON PITCH

KYIV, UKRAINE (FILE - OCTOBER 12, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

53. SPAIN ON PITCH FOR TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST UKRAINE

54. SQUAD IN MIDDLE OF THE PITCH IN LARGE RONDO - A POSSESSION TRAINING DRILL

55. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS DOING THE RONDO

56. SPAIN DEFENDER, SERGIO RAMOS, KICKING BALL DURING TEAM TRAINING SESSION / RONDO

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 7, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

57. VARIOUS OF SPAIN CAPTAIN, SERGIO RAMOS TRAINING AT WEMBLEY

58. TRAINING IN PROGRESS

59. MIDFIELDER, SERGIO BUSQUETS, WATCHING ON

60. GOALKEEPERS, KEPA ARRIZABALAGA (LEFT) AND DAVID DE GEA AT TRAINING WITH DEFENDER, DANI CARVAJAL

61. FORWARD MARCO ASENSIO, TRAINING

62. MIDFIELDER, THIAGO ALACANTARA TRAINING

63. LUIS ENRIQUE WATCHING ON DURING TRAINING SESSION

64. STRIKER, ALVARO MORATA TRAINING

STORY: Italy will host the UEFA Nations League finals in October next year, European soccer's governing body said in a statement on Thursday (December 3).

The tournament will feature the host nation as well as Belgium, France and Spain with a draw scheduled later on Thursday to determine which teams will face each other in the semi-finals on October 6-7, 2021.

The final and the third-place playoff will be on October 10.

UEFA said in a statement following its Executive Committee meeting via video conference that the matches will be played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin and the San Siro in Milan.

UEFA also added that Tirana would host the first-ever final of its new third tier club competition - the UEFA Europa Conference League - in 2022, with the match to be played at the National Arena in the Albanian capital.

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