Chelsea wants the match against Midlesbrough to take place without fans

The European champion and English team Chelsea has demanded that their match in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup against Midlesbrough be held without the presence of fans at the stadium.

Chelsea believes that this is the best solution to continue to have integrity in sports, as recent sanctions towards Roman Abramwich led the London team to fail to have access to ticket sales, Kosovo Presses follows.

London's “Blut” have been constantly in talks that allow them to operate as a football club to include selling more tickets, but that the deadline to solve this problem is now over.

This implies that about 500 French fans who managed to buy tickets to the match against Midlesbrough before sanctions were imposed will be present at the stadium.

As things stand, only fans who have bought tickets all season will have the opportunity to watch the games at the stadium for the rest of this edition.

It's important for this race against Midlesbrough to take place as it was before, but anyway, we ask the FA board to make the decision to play the game without fans in the stadium so that we can have integrity in the sport”, he wrote in the official Chelsea communique.

With sanctions imposed by the Government of Great Britain towards Roman Abramwich, Chelsea reportedly has a budget of 23,000 euros per match, which means that Chelsea will not be able to travel by plane.

On March 19th, European champion Chelsea will host matches as guests against Midlesbrough, confronting this valid for the quarterfinal phase of the FA Cup English.