In August, Lisbon will be the scene of a modified version of the remaining UEFA Champions League competition which was suspended in March due to the new Corona virus, and the final match will be held on 22 or 23 of it, according to the website of the German newspaper "Bild".
The "Bild" that the same thing will be adopted in the European League competition "Europa League", provided that the German city of Cologne will be the host city for the remaining matches, with the adoption of a single elimination confrontation instead of going and forth from the quarter-finals in the two competitions.
The European Union (WIFA) announced yesterday, Thursday, that the Champions League system and calendar for this season will be on the agenda of its crucial meeting next Wednesday and Thursday.
The host cities of the 2020 European Cup, which have been postponed due to the "Covid-19" virus, will be approved until next year, during a video conference by the Executive Committee of the Continental Commission.
Istanbul is still officially, at least to date, the scene of the Champions League final this season, but the epidemic changed the situation and the media touched on the cities of Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid and Moscow as possible alternatives.
And the British Broadcasting Corporation "BBC" reported last Tuesday that the Portuguese capital seems to be the most favored to host the final.
According to the media, the game's European Union can envision an intense system of matches remaining in the competition by playing one field and one match system starting from the quarter-finals, with the eight teams qualified in one city.
And the moment the football activity stopped due to the epidemic "Covid-19" last March, the Champions League was in the final price round, with four teams reaching the quarter-finals being Atletico Madrid, Italian Atalanta, German Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain.
Four matches remain from the first leg of the final price: Juventus, Italian and Lyon (0-1 back), Barcelona, Barcelona and Napoli (1-1), Manchester City, Real Madrid (1-2), Bayern Munich and Chelsea (3-0) ).
On Friday, Bild expected to complete the second leg matches in the eighth and ninth of August.
Lisbon hosts the "modified version" of the remainder of the Champions League
2020-06-12T12:35:10.203Z
In August, Lisbon will be the scene of a modified version of the remaining UEFA Champions League competition which was suspended in March due to the new Corona virus, with the final match being held on 22 or 23 of it, according to the website of the German newspaper Bild. Bild
Source: emara