UEFA official: 'We cannot exclude terrorism'

Baku. 23 March. REPORT.AZ/ Recent terrorist attacks brought up security issues during the European football championship, which will be held in France in summer.

Report informs, matches at the tournament could be played behind closed doors.

Assistant to the President of the European football organization Giancarlo Abete told to Radio24.

He said Euro 2016 is the kind of event that can’t be delayed or postponed: 'We can’t exclude the possibility of playing behind closed doors as we cannot exclude terrorism.'

Notably, matches of the European Championship, which will start on June 10 and last for a month, will be organized in Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse cities of France.