The Champions League already has dates and headquarters. It will be Lisbon , the capital of one of the European countries with the least incidence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the format, a ' final to eight ', starting from the fourths, to a single match. The final will be on August 23 , a week before what was scheduled in Istanbul. Before, the return of the round of 16 matches that were pending, and that involve Real Madrid and Barcelona, in the planned stadiums , will be played, which will force Madrid to travel to the Manchester City field and Naples to the Camp Nou, made that generate some concern in the templates.

UEFA, which telematically assembled its Executive Committee, understands that the risks are controlled and that equality of the competition prevails, regardless of the presence of the public, on which the health authorities must rule. The matches will be played in the two main stadiums in the Portuguese city, Da Luz and José Alvalade .

The second leg matches , four pending, will be played the week of August 3 to 9 , since the Italian league, which ends later than all the European ones, does not do so until August 2. The next one would be played in the rooms , already in Lisbon, from 12 to 15 , and the next one, the semifinals and final (23). In the case of Spanish soccer players, the period until the start of the next League , scheduled for September 12 , would be three weeks. The necessary preparation would therefore reduce vacations to a minimum.

UEFA always refers to what the health authorities have, so it is not in a position, today, to ensure that spectators will not be able to enter, a possibility, however remote. The rota sheet is to work with parties behind closed doors, pending the provisions of the Portuguese authorities.

The same will happen in the rest of the UEFA competitions that were suspended, such as the Europa League or the women's Champions League . For the first, once the pending playoffs are resolved, the venues will be several German cities. The women's Champions League will be played in Bilbao and San Sebastián .

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