Yesterday, Gossips24.com reported on UEFA considering the postponement of all competitions under its supervision. Well, the football body has come up with a decision in the quest to combat the deadly Coronavirus.
UEFA through a press statement have announced that all Champions League and Europa League matches set for next week have now been postponed amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Manchester City’s match with Real Madrid and Juventus’ clash with Lyon had already been suspended, but Wednesday and Thursday’s ties have all now been affected.
That means Bayern Munich vs Chelsea and Barcelona vs Napoli will no longer go ahead behind closed doors as planned, while Man Utd, Wolves, Inter, Roma and many others will see their games rescheduled.
In a statement released on Friday morning, UEFA said:
“In the light of developments due to the spread of Covid-19 in Europe and related decisions made by different governments, all UEFA club competitions matches scheduled next week are postponed.
“This includes the remaining UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled on 17 and 18 March 2020; all UEFA Europa League, Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled on 19 March 2020; all UEFA Youth League, quarter-final matches scheduled on 17 and 18 March 2020.
“Further decisions on when these matches take place will be communicated in due course.
“As a consequence of the postponements, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League quarter-final draws scheduled for 20 March have also been postponed.
“UEFA yesterday invited representatives of its 55 member associations, together with the boards of the European Club Association and the European Leagues and a representative of FIFPro, to a videoconference meeting on Tuesday 17 March to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.”
