It's official! Serbia and Albania will co-host U21-EURO: Here's how that benefits Serbian football!

It's now official, Serbia and Albania will co-host the European Football Championship for players under 21, U21-EURO! During the day, UEFA will confirm the information on its official website.

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The opening of the competition will be in Serbia at the Karadjordje Stadium, and the final will be played in Tirana at the national stadium there, because according to UEFA criteria, Serbia's National Stadium that is to be built in Belgrade cannot be the venue, because the UEFA rule is for a stadium to be in use for at least one year in order to host a final.

As far as Serbia is concerned, in addition to the Karadjordje Stadium in Novi Sad, games will be played at three new stadiums, in Loznica, Zajecar, and Leskovac.

This is a great opportunity for additional development of Serbian football when it comes to infrastructure, organization, as well as for further development of relations with UEFA, because if this tournament is organized well, it could be a springboard to host some bigger competitions - especially once the National Stadium has been

There has already been speculation that Serbia could host the Europa League final there in the next few years.

Also, the youth national team is given the chance to play a major competition without going through qualification and to use the qualification cycle to train and form a new generation of footballers.

This is an opportunity to offer a hand of reconciliation through sport and to reduce tensions between nations and fans, which will be especially important because Serbia and Albania are in the same group in the World Cup 2026 qualifiers, and UEFA will certainly be watching what happens during these matches, with the risk of incidents likely becoming lower.

(Telegraf.rs)