To pause the season in the European Cup because of the pandemic coronavirus in the quarter-finals of the Champions League managed to get four teams: Atalanta (Italy), “RB Leipzig” (Germany), “Paris Saint-Germain” (France) and club atlético de Madrid (Spain). Four of the club will be determined by the results of reciprocal meetings of the 1/8 finals, which will be held without spectators in pre-planned locations on August 7-8. Talking about pairs: “Barcelona” – “Napoli” (1:1 after the first game), “Bavaria” – “Chelsea” (3:0), Juventus – Lyon (0:1) and Manchester city – real Madrid (2:1).
Today will be just three of the draw: the quarter-finals, semi-finals (for the quarterfinal pairs), and finals in order to determine the nominal owners of the decisive match. Seed asiany and teams. Clubs from the same Association can be drawn against each other. About possible restrictions UEFA will announce shortly before the draw.
quarter-Finals (August 12-15), semi-finals (18-19 August) and the Champions League final (August 23) will be held in the format of the tournament according to the principle of the playoffs, which will take Lisbon. In all rounds, the teams will play one match.
the Same principles will be applied to the playoffs of the Europa League. In the drawings the quarterfinals and semifinals will be attended by the winners of the pairs of 1/8 finals, second leg which will be held in front of empty stands in prearranged locations. Talking about the following pairs: “Shakhtar” – “Wolfsburg” (2:1 after the first game), “Bayer” – “Rangers” (3:1), “Wolverhampton” – “Olympiakos” (1:1), “Copenhagen” – “Istanbul Basaksehir” (0:1), “Manchester United” – FOREPLAY (5:0), “Basel” – “Eintracht” (3:0). A pair of “inter” – “Getafe” and “Roma” – “Seville” will play among themselves only in one match since they managed to play the first matches of 1/8 finals.
As in the case of the Champions League when the draw for the playoffs of the Europa League and asiany seeded teams. Quarter-finals (10-11 Aug) and the semifinals (August 16-17) will be held in Germany in the format of the final tournament with a play-off. All pairs will be played one match. The final 21 Aug take Cologne.
an Important point: in case of a tie in regulation time in all quarterfinal and semifinal meetings in the Champions League and the Europa League will go to extra time and if necessary penalties.
Another point: in both tournaments, the teams will spend five substitutions per match. But in order to do this, the club will be able to stop the game three times. You can also change the players in between the two main halves between the primary and secondary time between the two complementary halves. In overtime, the team is given another replacement. In addition, the increased bench: instead of the standard 18 athletes in the application can make 23 players, as is usually done only in the final.
Meanwhile in the championship of Russia took place the match of the 27th round.
Another defeat after the resumption of the season suffered a “Dynamic��”. The Muscovites have lost on a visit “Ural” (1:2) and actually lost real chances for Eurocups zone. At the same time, the club from Ekaterinburg was overtaken in standings “Spartak” and “white-blue”. A victory for the hosts in yesterday’s match brought the exact kick in the stoppage time the former striker “Dynamo” Pavel Pogrebnyak. Ural’s also scored Othman El Kabir, and the Muscovites scored thanks to a deflection from Roman Yemelyanov.
but the Central match of the tour took place in Tushino, where “Spartak” accepted “the locomotive”. The hosts were 1:0 after the goal Ezequiel Ponce what the railwaymen answered with exact blow of the halfback of Russian national team Aleksey Miranchuk with a penalty. As a result – 1:1.
Meeting of principal rivals turned out fighting: there was a lot of yellow cards, as well as the removal of chief coach of “red-white” Domenico Tedesco. Specialist reacted angrily to the decision of the judge Sergey Lapochkina on the appointment of a penalty kick in favor of “Locomotive”.
we’ll Add that immediately after the Derby, the owner of “Spartak” Leonid Fedun said that the new CEO of the club is Thomas Zorn will be Shamil Gazizov, who worked in the “Ufa”.
