While football is currently stopped, due to the epidemic of Coronavirus, a decisive meeting of UEFA will take place on Tuesday to dictate the end of the season whether in the various championships and also for the European competitions. Pending this summit, a project would be under study concerning the Champions League where PSG qualified for the quarterfinals after overthrowing Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday evening.
Firstly, one thing is certain, UEFA is currently excluding the cancellation of C1 and C3 and wishes to go ahead with their completion. A new formula would thus be studied according to the English press. The last four round of 16, where Olympique Lyonnais finds himself in favorable ballot after his success in the first leg against Juventus would already be rescheduled and contested when the sanitary situation will allow it. Then it could change.
Quarter-finals and semi-finals on a match?
In UEFA’s reflection, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals of the Champions League could be played … on a single direct confrontation and not on a return leg as usual. A case in which the only match would then be played on neutral ground or on the lawn of the first club released during the draw. A formula that would allow UEFA to maintain the date of the final, scheduled for May 30 in Istanbul.
Euro postponed for a year?
Secondly, in order to allow the different championships to also end where there are notably 11 days of the League to play for PSG, the big probability is to postpone Euro 2020 for a year in order to allow to have a calendar which is built until June 30, deadline for loan purposes and professional players at the end of the contract. In this case, the LFP already announces that the regulations allow it to schedule matches that would be played every three days.
All of which shows that the future of the end of the football season in Europe is now in the hands of UEFA and the summit meeting on Tuesday will dictate the procedure for the Ligue 1 championship and the Ligue of Champions.
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