Champions League and Europa League: several matches on neutral ground due to covid-19 – International Football – Sports

Uefa is having problems these days to schedule the matches of the Champions League and the European League and several games have changed venues, due to restrictions due to covid-19.

This Tuesday it was known that the first leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League between the Benfica and Arsenal, set for Thursday February 18, will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

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Health restrictions due to covid-19 have led to a change in the scene of the meeting, initially planned in Lisbon. The clash between the Portuguese and the English is the third match to change venue.

UEFA has already reported the transfer of the stage in the meetings between the Real Sociedad and Manchester United, which will be played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, and that of Mold against Hoffenheim, which will be at the La Cerámica de Villarreal stadium, due to the sanitary restrictions stipulated by current regulations in Norway to access the country.

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Venue changes also affect the Champions League. The round of 16 matches between the Borussia Monchengladbach and Manchester City and Leipzig against Liverpool Both will be played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.

The confrontation between Atlético Madrid and Chelsea It is also pending a stadium transfer, due to restrictions in Spain on flights from the United Kingdom to alleviate the spread of the British variant of covid-19.

EFE