The decision by Lisbon Sporting instantly spread throughout the youth training circles in Europe.
They easily changed the venue of the European Youth Champions League, claiming the Alcochete Base's pitch required emergency maintenance and couldn't be used for the match.
Such behavior almost made UEFA... highly appreciative!
Just kidding!
Even for the final of the Youth Champions League, UEFA couldn't find a venue comparable to the high standards of Estádio Alvalade.
They only found a small stadium that could hold around ten thousand spectators.
After all, they had to sell tickets, and it was nearly impossible for this kind of youth game to attract more than ten thousand spectators to the venue; fifteen thousand would be more than enough.
Accustomed to the capacity of large stadiums, ten thousand might seem small to most people.
But the reality is that the home grounds of most teams in Portugal's top league also accommodate about ten thousand spectators.
