Manchester City fans are being told to make their way to Ataturk Stadium for Saturday’s Champions League final NINE hours before kick off as UEFA work to avoid a repeat of the dangerous scenes that marred last year’s showpiece.
The Ataturk Stadium is more than an hour west of central Istanbul and, with public transport limited, officials are laying on hundreds of shuttle buses departing from 1pm with a fanzone selling food and beer outside the stadium for ticketholders open from 2pm.
Fans are being warned to arrive as early as possible but tensions remain between the governing body, organising committee and local police despite officers agreeing to relax a number of rules that apply to domestic fixtures – including a ban on rainbow flags and any clothing displaying the word “ultra.”
