Lisbon to host rest of CL?
The final stages of this season's interrupted Champions League will be played in Lisbon, with the final on August 22 or 23, German newspaper Bild reported on Friday.
The assertion by Bild follows reports by several other European media in recent days. An official announcement is expected when UEFA's Executive Committee meets by videoconference next Wednesday, June 17. Bild also reported that the Europa League is set to be moved to Germany, with matches being played in the region around Cologne.
This season's Champions League final was scheduled to take place in Istanbul at the end of May before the competition was suspended in mid-March in the last-16 stage because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Europa League final was scheduled for the Polish city of Gdansk.
In both competitions, all ties will be played as one-off matches from the quarterfinals onwards. Usually the quarter-finals and semi-finals are staged over two legs.
Four second-leg matches in the Champions League round of 16 are still to be played. According to Bild, those matches could be played on the weekend of August 8 and 9 before the quarterfinalists move to the Portuguese capital.
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