Chelsea will play Villarreal in the UEFA Super Cup final in Belfast, the Irish FA has confirmed today, even though a Turkish government minister had insisted the match would be moved to Istanbul.
There had been speculation the game may be moved to the Ataturk Stadium in Turkey even before the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mehmet Kasapoglu's, intervention last week.
When Kasapoglu' stated the Super Cup and the 2023 Champions League final. was heading to Istanbul after the Turkish venue was deprived of hosting the Champions League final for the second year in a row, it looked like Northern Ireland was destined to miss out.