The European football association Uefa is advising on Tuesday about the European Football Championship 2020. According to reports, the tournament will be played later because of the corona pandemic.
The European Football Championship 2020 is apparently postponed due to the coronavirus crisis. The Financial Times reports on this. In the report, the renowned business newspaper cites several unknown sources who are familiar with the subject.
According to this, the European football association Uefa will decide on Tuesday that the tournament will be played later than the planned period from June 12 to July 12, 2020, so that the national league of Uefa members can be played to the end. Immense financial losses should also be avoided. According to information from “Sport1” and the ZDF, the umbrella organization wants to plead for the tournament planned for summer 2020 to be held at a later date. So far, however, there is no official confirmation of a delayed play.
The European Football Union will decide on the future of the European Championship after a conference call on Tuesday, so far it was said from official sources. Laying in the coming winter or summer 2021 are considered options.
DFL boss: Low probability of “perfect EM” in summer
DFL boss Christian Seifert (50) also expects the European Football Championship 2020 to be postponed. “I assume that (UEFA President Aleksander) Ceferin and his team have gone through all of the options and will have something to decide tomorrow, on 17 March 2020 looks like the right decision, “said Seifert.
“The likelihood that we will play a perfect European Championship in summer is probably not a number before the decimal point. Everyone knows that,” said the managing director of the German Football League after the DFL general meeting on Monday in Frankfurt / Main. “It is important that the decision-makers now also have time to explain their decisions.”
Should the EM be postponed, this would give national leagues more time to complete the season despite the coronavirus crisis. “I assume that the national leagues will have more flexibility tomorrow,” said Seifert.
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