UEFA 'fully committed' to staging UCL in Lisbon despite local COVID-19 fears
UEFA said they remain "fully committed" to staging the remainder of the 2019-2020 Champions League tournament in Lisbon, Portugal in August, despite several suburbs of the city preparing to go back into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition will all be held as single-leg fixtures in Lisbon between 7th to 23 August, with matches split between Benfica's Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Stadium of Light) and Sporting CP's Estadio Jose Alvalade.
European football's governing body said in a statement on Tuesday that their president Aleksander Ceferin had held a video conference with Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa to discuss plans for the eight-team mini-tournament.
Last Thursday, the Portuguese government said that those people living in the affected areas of the capital - 19 parishes which do not include downtown Lisbon - would be allowed to leave home only to buy essential goods, or to travel to and from work. The measure will be in place from 1st to 14th July and will then be reviewed.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the competition will all be held as single-leg fixtures in Lisbon between 7th to 23 August, with matches split between Benfica's Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Stadium of Light) and Sporting CP's Estadio Jose Alvalade.
European football's governing body said in a statement on Tuesday that their president Aleksander Ceferin had held a video conference with Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa to discuss plans for the eight-team mini-tournament.
Last Thursday, the Portuguese government said that those people living in the affected areas of the capital - 19 parishes which do not include downtown Lisbon - would be allowed to leave home only to buy essential goods, or to travel to and from work. The measure will be in place from 1st to 14th July and will then be reviewed.