Chapter 5 UNION

in the past, if you have a ticket to an event, the probability is very high that you attend the event.

so if someone asks you 'what is your next event?' and you have a ticket, you can give an answer with high certainty.

At the EURO 2020 in 2021, the only certainty I have is 'I do not know what my next live game is?

I have an idea but with so many variables, even when I am sitting in my seat in a stadium, I cannot be sure that the event will take place and if it takes place, it will finish.

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What I can tell you with absolute certainty is that I am in London now.

London is the city where England has their 3 matches of the Group Phase.

Then London will host 2 Round of 16 games

Then London will host 2 Semifinals

And then London will host the FINAL on July 11.

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The organization that organizes the Euro 2020 in 2021 has 4 letters in their initials and one of them is U. U stands for Union.

The EU also has the letter U and it also stands for Union.

It never stops to amaze me the the FINAL of the most important football tournament in Europe this year will take place in the capital of a country that does not want to be a part of the Union.

For all the rhetoric about not belong to the same group or the same country, it is still important for these countries or clubs to win a trophy of football over the other members or other clubs.

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There has been non-stop Euro games every day for almost a week now.

Every day, there are 2 or 3 games.

Almost every day, I have tickets for one or 2 games somewhere.

I had a lot of tickets and when COVID-19 came, I was offered a chance to return the tickets.

I returned a few but I kept most of the tickets.

I figured someone out there wants a ticket so may be I can help.

For some matches, it was very easy to find fans to use my tickets.

For a few games, it was very hard.

Croatia vs Czech Republic in Glasgow today is a match nobody wants to go.

All the Scottish football fans are focused on the England vs Scotland game which is played also today in London.

Foreign fans living outside the UK do not want to come to Glasgow due to quarantine rules.

I have tickets to both games.

I prefer the game in Glasgow because a friend of mine is on the field.

But I am in London.

and all my friends, including the friend that is on the field in Glasgow, told me

'Sebastian, England vs Scotland at Wembley! You have a ticket and you prefer to go to Glasgow?'

to be continued..... .