The decision to delay the Eurocup It was taken at an extraordinary summit in which all UEFA member associations, clubs, national leagues and footballers’ unions participated. The new dates indicate that the Eurocup 2021 will start on June 11 and will end on July 11, as reported Anton Meana.
The Eurocup was the key to the reorganization of European football calendars once the coronavirus crisis has happened. UEFA has been analyzing what to do with the calendars for days and in the last days the transfer of this tournament to the summer of 2021. Releasing this summer of 2020 there would be time, according to their plans, to finish all the domestic championships, as well as the Champions and the Europa League. All are suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis.
According to the information advanced in recent days by Javier Herráez, UEFA is clear about the need to move this Eurocup. And not only due to the calendar, but also due to the fact that the celebration of the tournament in 12 different venues throughout the continent could also be a risk factor related to the current crisis. Manu Carreño reported this Monday in The spar than FIFA wants to facilitate UEFA and already plans to change the dates of the Club World Cup this year.
On March 13, UEFA already announced the suspension of the Champions League before the pending matches of the second round of the second round were held. The same happened with the meetings of the Europa League and those of the Youth league.
Russia also cancels
The Russian Football Union (UFR) suspended the league championship until next Tuesday April 10th due to the threat of coronavirus, following the recommendations of the local authorities and UEFA.
Due to “the threat of the spread of the coronavirus in Russia COVID-19“The federation decided to suspend all competitions under its aegis, including regional and local ones, explains the statement. The Russian league was together with the Ukrainian, Turkish and Hungarian ones the only one on the European continent that played its matches at the weekend, even if it was with capacity limitation.
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