UEFA has defended its decision to decline a request to illuminate the Munich Euro 2020 stadium in rainbow colours for Wednesday night’s match between Germany and Hungary. Reiter described UEFA’s decision to block the request as “shameful” on Tuesday and said other city landmarks would display rainbow colours instead. UEFA’s Twitter avatar was altered to rainbow colours on Wednesday, and it released a statement which read: “Today, UEFA is proud to wear the colours of the rainbow. “Some people have interpreted UEFA’s decision to turn down the city of Munich’s request to illuminate the Munich stadium in rainbow colours for a Euro 2020 match as ‘political’. On the contrary, the request itself was political, linked to the Hungarian football team’s presence in the stadium for this evening’s match with Germany.

Source: Express June 23, 2021 12:11 UTC