NEW UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes London is the perfect choice to stage the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 other cities across the continent host earlier matches, he said Wednesday.

    Under the controversial format being used for the tournament’s 60th anniversary, those cities will stage four games each with the semifinals and final at Wembley in the English capital.

    Before being elected last week, Ceferin had said the plan was a risk and would be difficult for travelling fans.

    In his first official engagement since the election, at the launch of the London logo in a ceremony that will be replicated in the other host cities, the Slovenian lawyer suggested the format would be for one tournament only.

    “I’m delighted to be in England, the home of football, the country that gave football to the world,” Ceferin told an audience including delegates from all 13 hosting football associations.

    England hosted the 1996 European Championship.

    “Twenty-four years after Euro 96, football will once again return to its mythical cradle,” Ceferin said. (SD-Agencies)