JP/10/UEFA2

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 | Source: RTRS

JP/10/UEFA2

Separately, UEFA said on Thursday that Galatasaray's Champions League Group D match against Juventus will be held in the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany on Dec. 2.

The game, initially scheduled to be played on Nov. 25, was switched from Istanbul following last week's attacks on the Turkish capital.

European soccer's ruling body said on Tuesday that the fixture would be one of three moved away from Turkey to neutral venues for safety reasons. It will kick off in Dortmund at 1945 GMT.

Two suicide bomb attacks on the British consulate and HSBC bank headquarters in Istanbul last week killed 31 people and injured hundreds more.

The attacks followed bombings at two Istanbul synagogues this month that killed 25 people.

Besiktas's home Champions League game against Chelsea on Dec. 9 will be played outside Turkey as will Israeli side Maccabi Haifa's UEFA Cup tie with Valencia, which was due to take place in Izmir.

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