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European football governing body could be forced to abandon Champions League and Europa League this season due to the coronavirus crisis.
All games in both competitions have been suspended ‘until further notice’ by Uefa because of the global pandemic.
All games in both competitions have been suspended ‘until further notice’ by Uefa because of the global pandemic.
Both the domestic European the UEFA competitions have been suspended and with no feasible return dates for them. But if the domestic leagues across Europe cannot restart before the end of June, the chances of fitting in the remaining Champions League and Europa League games will become highly unlikely.
And if the competitions are scrapped then it gives Liverpool the chance to retain the title they won in Madrid last season
The prospect of winning UEFA calling off it’s major club competitions for the first time in history would be a huge blow to Uefa and cost them millions in lost revenue
The decision to postpone the competitions indefinitely was made yesterday following a teleconference meeting with Uefa’s 55 member associations.
The Premier League is suspended until at least 30 April, but this deadline is expected to be pushed back even further in the coming weeks – with Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin admitting the season could be lost if play does not start by the end of June.
Though Uefa remain committed to complete both competitions, but are there are grown fears over when when this might be and what impact it will have on the structure of next season.
Uefa said in a statement: “Following our video conference meeting with the general secretaries of all 55 UEFA member associations and recommendations made by the working groups created on 17 March, the UEFA Executive Committee took a series of decisions, as follows:
“All national team matches for men and women due to be played in June 2020 are postponed until further notice. This includes the play-off matches for Euro 2020 and qualifying matches for Women’s Euro 2021
“All other Uefa competition matches, including the centralised international friendly matches, remain postponed until further notice.”