The 5 most incredible stadiums from the Conference League Or rather five reasons to watch the new UEFA tournament

When I heard the announcement of a third UEFA club competition, I wrinkled my nose. What's the use of a Europa League reboot with teams that didn't make it to qualify? So I think about the stadiums. They have always been one of the great charms of football (as of any sport), and the possibility of discovering new ones in cities that we didn't know existed is genuinely stimulating. It's useless to make fun of: the quality of football played, at least in the group stage of the tournament, will not be very high. But think of the boring winter Thursdays: if the Europa League is obvious, the Conference League is the novelty that could change a night that you would otherwise have spent playing FIFA or watching a series on Netflix. It will be funny? Maybe not, but at least you will be able to admire one of the following stadiums as a stage of a game.

Maccabi Tel Aviv - Bloomfield Stadium

Let's start with one of the longest-running stadiums in the tournament, Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium. One of the most elegant of the competition, the stadium was inaugurated on October 13th, 1962. It was born on the ashes of the old "Basa Stadium", built thanks to funding from the Canadian Association of Labor Israel, an organization founded by the Bloomfield brothers, to whom the plant is named the same. Today it hosts the home games of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda, as well as Maccabi, who will compete for access to the second round of the Conference League in Group A with LASK, HJK, and Alashkert. What makes me appreciate it is its shape, so "open", which certainly favors the view from any point in the stadium, and of course the two bridges that connect the four opposite corners of the stadium.

In addition to a visual identity that continues along the lines of the Europa League - replacing orange with green - the Conference League is ready to give surprises even with the stadiums. From Holland to Israel, going through Gibraltar, and ending our trip to Denmark.