Champions
League knockout games are set to be played in an 12-day condensed tournament
in Lisbon in August.
The Portuguese capital will host the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final
between August 12-23.
All ties will be played as single legs across two different stadiums in
Lisbon - the Estadio da Luz and the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
UEFA's Executive Committee are expected to approve the new mini tournament
at a meeting on Wednesday.
Champions League quarter-finals: August 12-15
Champions League semi-finals: August 18/19
Champions League final: August 23
How the four outstanding last-16 matches should be completed has yet to be
decided. Manchester City were due to play a second-leg match against Real
Madrid on March 17 at the Etihad Stadium, leading 2-1 from the first leg in
Spain. Chelsea are 3-0 down from the home first leg of their tie against
Bayern Munich.
Original Champions League final hosts Istanbul are expected to be
compensated with the right to stage a future final.
As things stand all the matches would be behind closed doors, but if the
Portuguese government were to alter its guidance in time for ticketing to be
organised then there is the possibility of some supporters being able to
attend.
A decision has yet to be made on the remaining Europa League games this
season but it's likely to follow a similar format with the likely
destination a city in Germany - possibly Frankfurt or Dusseldorf.
The Women's Champions League may also follow a similar pattern, with reports
in Spain suggesting the final games could be split between the Basque cities
of Bilbao and San Sebastian.
UEFA is understood to be targeting a mid-October start for the group stages
of the 2020-21 Champions League, traditionally when you would expect
matchday three to start.
But how it reaches that point - and when the qualifying rounds take place -
is an extremely complex problem to solve with many leagues likely to still
be ongoing when the preliminaries are usually scheduled.
There are big decisions to be made on international football too.
The match schedule and host venues for Euro 2020 are set to be finalised,
with every indication being that the 12 original host cities will still be
able to fulfil their commitments in summer 2021.
The play-offs for that tournament are intended to be played before
Christmas, possibly in one of the international break 'triple-headers' in
October or November.
Sitting alongside those matches will be the 2020-21 Nations League, which
had originally been scheduled to be played over the September, October and
November international breaks.
It is understood UEFA remains fully committed to the competition, which
proved a big hit in its inaugural run in 2018-19.
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