Proposal would see second legs scrapped for quarter-finals
and semi-finals.
The winner of this season’s Uefa Champions League, European
club soccer’s premier competition, could be decided by a ‘Final Eight’
tournament format in Portugal, according to Mundo Deportivo.
The Spanish newspaper reports that European body Uefa is
drawing up a plan that would see second legs scrapped for the quarter-finals
and semi-finals, allowing for the Champions League to be completed at one
stadium by 22nd August.
Mundo Deportivo said that Lisbon’s Estadio da Luz is Uefa’s
preferred option to host the tournament because there are no Portuguese sides
left in the competition, although Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano and
Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena are reportedly also in the frame.
“Concrete plan” to finish Champions League by August, says
Čeferin
Uefa is planning to allow Europe’s domestic leagues to finish
their 2019/20 seasons before resuming the Champions League, although it was
previously reported that the new date for the final would be 29th August.
The 2020 Champions League final was due take place at the
Atatürk Olympic Stadium on 30th May, but the Associated Press reported
over the weekend that Uefa will move the game from Istanbul because it is ‘no
longer practical’ to stage the fixture in the Turkish city this year due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
The last Champions League fixtures took place on 11th March
and it is still unclear how the four outstanding last-16 ties will be
completed.
Mundo Deportivo added that Uefa is still considering how to
decide the winner of this season’s Europa League, with a final decision on its
two club competitions expected on 17th June.
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