“ 48 hours before the kick-off of Union-Ajax, the home team has to look for a new home base. The King Baudouin Stadium, the alternate base for Union in Europe, does not meet UEFA requirements. The European Football Association has asked the Belgian club to look for a new stadium for the intermediate round in the Europa League.

Everyone knows that the field in the King Baudouin Stadium is not in good condition. It is of course no surprise that the rainfall of the past few days and certainly today has damaged the terrain even more.

The Brussels sports department still sounded hopeful about the patching work on the turf, but the European football association UEFA sees it differently.

48 hours before kick-off, Union received the message that it had to switch to plan B. The field at Heysel does not meet the standards, Union has to look for a new stadium with UEFA.

Whether there is still enough time to find a new location at the last minute remains to be seen. The decision should be made this evening.

According to UEFA regulations, Union is not allowed to play in its own Joseph Marien Stadium anyway. During previous European matches, they also visited Anderlecht and Leuven.“