Both teams must make their training session on the day before the match open to the media for at least 15 minutes, in accordance with the schedule agreed in advance with UEFA. These official training sessions must be arranged by the two teams and UEFA together, so that the media can attend both. In principle, these official training sessions take place at the match stadium, unless otherwise agreed in advance with UEFA. Each team may decide whether the entire training session or only the first 15 minutes are open to the media. If a team decides to open its training session for the minimum 15 minutes only, the team itself may film the entire training session and make the footage available to the host broadcaster, upon request. No other media activities are permitted during the closed part of the training session. Likewise, should a team allow its own photographer to attend the entire training session when only 15 minutes are open to the media, the team photographer must, upon request, provide UEFA with photos that it can make available to the international media. Teams are allowed to film the closed part of their training session for technical analysis purposes with no obligation to provide access to broadcasters. Such footage may not be published by the association or distributed to representatives of the media. Training sessions that start earlier than scheduled must nevertheless be open for the advertised period of 15 minutes. If a team does not intend to hold a training session on the day before the match, the training session held the previous day (two days before the match) must be open to the media and will be considered as the official pre-match training session. UEFA must be informed at least 24 hours in advance.
Each team must hold a pre-match press conference at the match stadium on the day before each match. Each MD-1 press conference must be attended by the head coach and at least one player. If the head coach is suspended for the match, the team has the option of making the assistant coach available for the pre-match press conference instead. These press conferences are coordinated by UEFA and the participating teams to avoid schedule clashes and to meet media deadlines. In principle, the official time slots defined by UEFA must be respected. If no agreement can be reached, UEFA’s decision is final. UEFA-provided backdrops must be used at all official UEFA press conferences.
Each team must make its head coach and at least one player available the day before each match for interviews with the host broadcaster and any live audiovisual rights holders from its own country and the country of the opposing team. The minimum numbers of such interviews per round of the competition are as follows:
-
Group stage: at least 6 interviews per team
-
Quarter-finals: at least 8 interviews per team
-
Semi-finals: at least 10 interviews per team
-
Final: at least 12 interviews per team
If the minimum number of interviews is not reached after servicing the above-mentioned audiovisual rights holders, the opportunity to interview the team passes to other audiovisual rights holder, as determined by UEFA.