The propagation of the coronavirus forced to the world of the sport to suspend all his competitions during some months to avoid that the pandemia kept growing. With the step of the weeks, the competitions could go restarting with a strict protocol of security: first it touched him to the Bundesliga German and afterwards to LaLiga Santander, whereas próximamente will restart the Premier League English and the Series To Italian.
Of course, the pandemia has forced to contrive a very distinct calendar to the usual. If year after year, the domestic competitions and the international play interwoven, the new dates will put a new order: the Champions League and the Europe League will restart the next month of August, once have finished the national leagues of each country.
This Wednesday, the UEFA has decided the change of format of the League of Champions 2019-2020 in consequence of the pandemia. Finally, it will celebrate a final to eight in Lisbon that will determine the eliminatory to only party from the quarter-finals. The meetings will contest in José Alvalade (stadium of the Sporting of Lisbon) and Stadium gives Luz (field of the Benfica), whereas the big final will take place the next day 23 August in this second stadium.
To day of today, still are in the air the headquarters of the parties that are missing for playing of the round of eighth of final (Manchester City-Real Madrid; FC Barcelona-Naples; Bayern of Munich-Chelsea and Juventus of Turín-Olympique of Lyon). The most feasible alternative is that they play in the stadiums of the teams that would have to acojer the turn, but no descarta that also they play in Lisbon.
The Barça, to by the Champions
The FC Barcelona pretends to give the hit in the Champions League, although the team has to improve to be competitive against the biggest. The ones of Quique Setién already have played two parties after the pandemia -against the Mallorca and the Leganés- and the team has showed something irregular, with moments of good game and others in which it has noticed that is missing rhythm.
The big hope culé is the talent that has the staff, that has experience in big gestas. The technicians and the players know that this team has potential to face up to any rival, reason by which expects that the level of game showed until final of season go of less to more. Besides, the team seems that it has gone back very cool mentally, as it has showed in the two first parties.