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The 2019/2020 season of UEFA Champions League will be forever remembered but not because of great football or some amazing football records, but because of break in the middle of the season because of virus Covid 19 that stopped the whole world for a while and the football stopped everywhere as everything else. There were some European domestic leagues that canceled the season (France, Netherlands, Belgium) but many of the leagues have decided to finish the season under special rules for the sake of health of everyone. Also, the finish of the season in UEFA’s competitions was under question, but fortunately the people from UEFA and clubs have found solution to finish the season.
The Champions League will be played in a special format in Lisbon. The matches of the Champions League will be played on two stadiums in Lisbon, and only one match will be played in the quarterfinals and semifinals. The final is scheduled for August 23, and the tournament will start eleven days earlier. In the quarterfinals, one match will be played on August 12, 13, 14, 15, and then the semifinals will be on the program on August 18 and 19.
The round of sixteen second matches will be played in the host team’s countries. Barcelona will play against Napoli. First match finished 1:1 and although Barcelona will play at home, it will be strange to see empty Camp Nou. Manchester City will face Real Madrid, the result of first match is 2:1 and before the break Manchester City was in better form than Real Madrid. Many are predicting that it will be easy for Manchester City to defend the result on home ground. Bayern Munich after huge win against Chelsea on Stamford Bridge 3:0 should have easy job at home ground. Meanwhile Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga and will have more time to concentrate and to prepare for Champions League. Juventus will have to show much more than in the first leg against Lyon. The French club won in first leg 1:0. Ligue 1 is cancelled so this will be only competition for Lyon this season. Round of sixteen second legs will be played on 7 and 8 August. The draw for the quarterfinals and semifinals will take place in mid-July.
Following this decision, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced that there is a chance that there will be fans in these matches, if conditions are created for such a thing.
The current decision is that all matches in the Champions League and Europa League will be played in front of empty stands, but that may change by August. There is a chance that the fans will be in the stands if conditions are created for that. It is unclear whether they will be just local fans or club fans who will be able to attend their teams' matches. “We will follow the situation with Kovid-19 and we will be very happy if we have the conditions to play the matches with the fans in the stands. But I will repeat that for now, the decision to have no fans applies,” said Ceferin.