The UEFA won't modify the calendar of the Champions neither of the UEFA Euro

In spite of the backstitch of cases of covid-19, the authorities of the UEFA have descartado the possibility to modify the calendars of the Champions League or of the Eurocopa to celebrate this year. "Regarding the Eurocopa", initially foreseen for the summer of 2020 and reprogramada between 11 June and on 11 July next, "at all has changed", as it affirmed a spokesman of the UEFA to the AFP.

As a result of said statement, remains clear that the UEFA plans to keep the appointment of the Eurocopa in 12 cities of 12 countries. The president of the Swiss Federation of Football, Dominique Blanc, considered that it is "difficult" to keep the appointments futbolísticas "given the restrictions of trip" and because of the measures adopted by different countries to avoid the backstitch of the pandemia.

Blanc Discerned in an interview two feasible stages: "play the euro in an alone country, in Russia or in Germany for example" or "in an alone big city" with sufficient stadiums, like London. Besides, the Swiss leader does not imagine to the viewers going back to the stadiums próximamente because of the time that can take vacunar to the population against the covid. "In my opinion, go to a Eurocopa different, probably without public", said.

The Champions is still in February

According to the French agency, the source ensured that "of now to 5 March", the UEFA will decide "city by city" between four options: "100% of viewers in the stadium, of 50 to 100%, of 20 to 30% or to enclosed door", but with different sanitary cautions in each case and according to the number of cases confirmed of covid-19 in the same.

The competitions of clubs, included the Champions League, whose eliminatory of eighth of final will contest the 16 and 17 February, neither see loomed immediately, thing that has not occurred with the European tournaments of rugby. While they multiply the voices that ask vacunar to the sportsmen, the civil servants of the UEFA explained that this appearance "will form part of the reflection" on the medical protocol of his competitions, "but is very soon to take a decision", add.

Cancellation of the past year

In the course of the month of March of the past year, the authorities of the UEFA saw in the need to postpone the parties afterwards that it arrived the pandemia to Europe and began to increase the positive cases. "All the parties of competitions of clubs of the UEFA programmed for the next week have postponed ", signalled the directors of said entity in a communiqué.

In his moment, the parties that saw affected were the ones of the turn of the eighth of final of the Champions League, which were programmed for the 17 and 18 March of the past year, all the parties of turn of the eighth of final of the Europe League programmed for 19 March 2020 and all the parties of the quarter-finals of the Youth League. Even they postponed the draws of the quarter-finals of Champions and UEFA Europe League.