Anitta is announced as the attraction of the opening show of the Champions League final

the brazilian singer Anita was announced this Wednesday by UEFA as the attraction for the opening show of the final of the Champions Leagueon the 10th of June, between manchester city x Inter Milan. She will share the stage with the Nigerian singer-songwriter Burna Boy. The decision of Europe’s main club tournament will take place at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

“I’m so excited that the news is finally out!” the singer said in a statement released by UEFA. “We are going to put on an unmissable show for fans at the stadium and around the world. You won’t want to miss this,” she concluded.

The opening ceremony of the Champions League final is sponsored by Pepsi and will be broadcast in over 200 countries and territories, as well as on uefa.com and the official UEFA channels on YouTube and UEFA Champions League TikTok. The attraction is in its seventh year and has already featured shows by Camila Cabello, Imagine Dragons, Dua Lipa, Black Eyed Peas and Now United.

A Botafogo fan, the carioca also performed in the 2021 Copa Libertadores finals, when Palmeiras beat Flamengo 2-1, in Montevideo, Uruguay, and 2019, when Fla defeated River Plate, also by 2 The 1 in Lima, Peru.

Anitta already has experience performing at sporting events. In addition to Libertadores, she was in the final of the Olympic Games in Rio, in 2016, sang the National Anthem minutes before the start of the GP of Brazil in Formula 1, in 2017, and at the premiere of the GP in Miami, last year. The singer also performed at the closing party of the Copa América, at the Maracanã stadium, in 2019.