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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Football Update: UEFA Confirmed Straight Knockout Tournament in Lisbon Between 12 and 23 August 2020 For Champions League


According to the latest information gathered regarding 2019/2020 champions league, UEFA has confirmed that quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as the eight-team knockout tournament in Lisbon, all ties will be in single-leg fixtures.
This implies that eight teams remaining in the competition after the conclusion of the round of 16 will take part in a straight knockout tournament between August 12 and 23.
Meanwhile, the remaining last-16 second leg matches, including Manchester City v Real Madrid, Bayer munch v Chelsea, Barcelona v Napoli and Juventus v Lyon will take place on August 7 and 8.
As for the time being, Paris St Germain, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig are the four clubs who have already guaranteed their respective places in the last eight champions league fixtures.

 

 
Though, UEFA is yet to confirm if those matches will take place at the respective host stadiums, or in Lisbon. According to UEFA, the decision on whether the outstanding Champions League last 16 second legs will be played in host stadiums or Portugal will be made before July 10.
As we all know, Manchester City’s will have to face Madrid, Chelsea as well will face Bayern Munich in their second leg, having lost 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Juventus v Lyon and Barcelona v Napoli fixtures also have to be played to get the last eight.
At the same time, the Europa League will take place across four venues in Germany between August 10 and 21 from the last eight games onwards.
If you could recall, about Six fixtures – including Manchester United’s versus LASK and Wolves versus Espanyol – are already at their second leg stage.
While the remaining fixtures match between Sevilla and Roma and Inter and Getafe are yet to play their first leg fixtures.
According to UEFA, the was a medical protocol approved in regards to this decision and detailed guidelines will be finalised in the next few weeks to ensure that a thorough sanitary plan is being put in place to protect the health of all participants to UEFA matches when the competitions resume.
The spokesperson went further to state that, they will have regular assessments on the situation across the continent and they will liaise with local authorities to see when spectators could gradually return.
A decision has also been reached regarding the women champions league game. According to UEFA, all remaining matches in the Women’s Champions League will be played as a knockout tournament in Bilbao and San Sebastian between August 21 and 30.
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