Juventus coach Marcello Lippi says his team's Champions League match against Turkish club Galatasaray should be moved to a neutral venue following Thursday's bomb attacks in Istanbul.
European soccer's governing body UEFA have ruled that the fixture, due to be played on Tuesday, will be put back a week to December 2 but Lippi said that was not enough.
"People in Istanbul are fleeing and we are going to play there? It has no sense," said Lippi in comments reported by the Italian news agency ANSA.
"The postponement decided by UEFA is right and I believe that the inclination is towards playing at a neutral ground.
"It is not a question of fear but of awareness. It is a question of logic," he added.
The fixture has little meaning for Italian champions Juventus who have already qualified from group D, but their Turkish opponents must win the match to keep their hopes alive of making the knock-out stage.
Two truck bombs exploded in Istanbul on Thursday, killing 27 people.
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