{"id":410,"date":"2026-08-05T05:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=410"},"modified":"2026-08-05T05:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:17:43","slug":"uefa-announces-major-change-to-champions-league-final-that-will-be-implemented-for-the-first-time-in-2025-26-showpiece-at-puskas-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"UEFA announces major change to Champions League final that will be implemented for the first time in 2025-26 showpiece at Puskas Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said, with younger viewers also being catered to: \u201cWith this change, we are placing the fans&#8217; experience at the heart of our planning. The Uefa Champions League final is the highlight of the football season, and the new kick-off time will make it even more accessible, inclusive, and impactful for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile a 21:00CET kick-off is well suited for midweek matches, an earlier kick-off on a Saturday for the final means an earlier finish &#8211; regardless of extra time or penalties &#8211; and offers fans the opportunity to enjoy the rest of the evening with friends and family, reflecting on the game of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-ng\/lists\/uefa-major-change-champions-league-final-first-time-2025-26-puskas-arena\/bltec55e38b84009921\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said, with younger viewers also being catered to: \u201cWith this change,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}