Football match between the national teams of France and Ukraine in the selection for the World Cup will be held without spectators. The French authorities did not give permission for the fans to return to the stands, Channel 24 reports.

The match between the national teams of France and Ukraine will take place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (a suburb of Paris) on March 24. This will be the first match for both teams to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

The French Football Federation wanted this match to take place in the presence of fans - up to 30% of the stadium capacity. However, local authorities refused them due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the region..

The Ukrainian national team in 2020 played against France at this stadium without fans. It was a friendly game that ended in a humiliating 7: 1 defeat of the Ukrainians.. This defeat was the largest in the history of the Ukrainian national team..

After the match in France, the Ukrainian national team will play two more matches in March in the selection for the 2022 World Cup:

on March 28 against Finland, and on March 31 - against Kazakhstan. Both matches will take place in Lviv in the presence of spectators in the stands.

In order to prepare the Arena Lviv field for these matches, Rukh and Lvov were not allowed to host UPL matches here.. Rukh was supposed to play here on March 6 against the Desna (the game was postponed to March 8, but where is still unknown). And the match between these teams on March 13 was generally postponed indefinitely..