[Sport] Uefa has 'concrete plan' to finish European football season

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Liverpool's defeat by Atletico Madrid in the last 16 in March was one of the last sets of
fixtures played in the Champions League

Uefa president Aleksander Cerefin says it has a "concrete plan" for finishing the European season "in August".

BBC Sport reported last month that the Champions League and Europa League are
likely to be played in that month.

The quarter-finals and semi-finals are expected to be played over two legs.

The head of European football's governing body told BeIN Sports: "As things look now, I'm sure that we can finish
the European season and this means Uefa competition

Cerefin said the games will "have to be played without spectators" but hopes the "majority"
of domestic leagues will complete the season.

The Champions League, Europa League and Premier League were suspended on
13 March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Premier League has nine rounds of fixtures remaining, while Paris St-Germain were awarded the Ligue 1 title after
the French government cancelled the 2019-20 sporting season.

The German Bundesliga returned behind closed doors on 16 May and Spain's La Liga hopes to
do the same in June after players returned to training.

Cerefin said leagues which do not complete the season "will still have to play qualifiers if
they want to participate in Uefa competition" next season.

He added: "Only sporting reasons can be the formula for qualifying for the Champions
League and Europa League."

Euro 2020, due to take place from 12 June to 12 July this summer, will now run from 11 June to
11 July next year after a decision to postpone in March.

Both semi-finals and the final are due to be held at London's Wembley Stadium with 11 other host cities: Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao,
Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Munich, Rome and St Petersburg.

Cerefin said the idea is to "stay in the same cities" for the tournament in 2021 and Uefa has had
"conversations with nine" of those host cities.

"With three cities, we have some issues. So we will discuss further, and in principle, we will do it in 12 cities. But
if not, we are ready to do it in 10, nine or eight," he added
 

Edited May 18, 2020 by YaKuZa--BoSs
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