Aug 28, 2025, 06:08 AM ET<\/p>\n
The final of the men’s Champions League<\/a> is moving forward three hours to a 6 p.m. kickoff in central Europe (noon ET).<\/p>\n UEFA said the new time is better for families and children to attend and watch on television, use public transport after the game, and for fans to party post-match in host cities. The earlier start will be used at the next final on May 30 at Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n The 9 p.m. local kickoff time in recent years meant a game going to extra time and a penalty shootout finished barely before midnight.<\/p>\n – Champions League draw: a reminder of how the new format works<\/a> “The new kickoff time also aligns with a more accessible broadcasting window, helping the final reach an even broader television and digital audience worldwide, with a particular focus on engaging younger viewers,” UEFA said in a statement.<\/p>\n The decision was reached after talks with the Football Supporters Europe group that is UEFA’s official liaison on fan issues.<\/p>\n “An earlier kickoff makes day trips more feasible, reduces travel stress and allows fans to enjoy the occasion without worrying about late-night logistics,” FSE executive director Ronan Evain said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug 28, 2025, 06:08 AM ET The final of the men’s Champions League is moving forward three hours…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-116310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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