According to the organization’s press service, such a recommendation was created in order to avoid unnecessary health risks and to avoid unfair results, as FIFA also decided that the rules that usually oblige clubs to let players out for matches of national teams will not be applied during pauses in March and April, due to the situation with the spread of coronavirus.

Earlier it was reported that UEFA on March 17 will announce the postponement of Euro 2020 to 2021.

On March 11, the World Health Organization announced a pandemic of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the world.