WSHINGTON.- The FIFA criticized this Friday the increase in train fares since New York towards him MetLife Stadiumin the neighbor New Jerseyfor which fans will have to pay a value twelve times higher than the current one.
The local organizing committee and the transportation company announced earlier that the cost of a round-trip ticket will be $150 to the sports venue that will host eight matches, including the final on July 19.
“Arbitrarily setting high prices and requiring FIFA to absorb those costs is unprecedented,” soccer’s governing body said.
Lampard’s team returns to the Premier
He coventry This Friday he achieved promotion to the Premier League with a 1-1 draw against blackburnwhich serves the leader of the championship to end 25 years without belonging to the top flight of English football.
The team led by the legendary Frank Lampard he needed a point on his visit to Ewood Park to secure automatic promotion.
He achieved it the hard way, going behind on the scoreboard after a deflected shot by Ryoya Morishita in the 54th minute, before Bobby Thomas He scored the invaluable equalizer with a header in the 84th minute.
After leading the Championship (second division) for much of the season, the Sky Blues have certified their return to the elite of English football with three games still to play.
Surrounded by 7,500 noisy fans packed into the Darwen backfield, Coventry were below their best for long stretches of a nerve-wracking performance.
But his performance will soon be forgotten, replaced by the indelible memories of the promotion party that followed Thomas’s cross header into the center of Victor Torp.
Fans cried with joy when the final whistle announced their return to the Premier League.
Now Lampard’s men can set their sights on winning the Championship title, with the Ipswichsecond classified, 11 points away and with five games to play.
After being promoted to the top flight in 1967, Coventry remained there for 34 years, until relegation in 2001, which triggered a sharp decline.
It even sank to the fourth category for one season, in 2017-2018.
Eight years later its rebirth culminates.
