Ceferin, from the eighth: "We think about security and we are talking with Barça"

Aleksander Ceferin, president of the UEFA, pronounced shortly after the official announcement of how will play what remains of Champions League. It will be one 'final to eight' to an alone party in Lisbon and the chambers will begin on 12 August. The final of the tournament will be the 23 of this same month, whereas the semifinals will contest the 18 and the 19. But the maximum organism of the European football has not left all clear and still there is a pending subject.

The UEFA still has not decided at all on the headquarters in which they will play the parties of turn of the eighth of final that remain. The FC Barcelona-Naples, the Manchester City-Real Madrid, the Bayern of Munich-Chelsea and the Juventus of Turín-Olympique of Lyon are the eliminatory slopes that still do not have headquarters. Ceferin Referred to this and tried to clear all this and recognised that it is having discussions with the clubs involved.

"It has not taken a decision on the parties of turn of the eighth of final, if they will play in the stadiums of the teams that have this right or in neutral field", began saying. Barça., City, Juve and Bayern are tightening so that they play in his fields and there are conversations in course with all they. "We are arguing with the teams, that logically want to exert his right to play like venues, in his stadiums", commented.

But the UEFA does not go to risk the most minimum with this subject and only will allow that the teams play in his houses if it is safe. For this, will expect to July to take a definite decision. "The UEFA has to think in the security and in the health of all, and therefore we are arguing with the clubs. They are different positions. We will take a decision in brief, but there is not at all decided. There will be a solution before 10 July", recognised.

On the other hand, the president of the maximum organism of the football in Europe left to fall that the League of Champions will keep on being to enclosed door in August. Nevertheless, it does not lose the hope and desveló that around the middle of July will know more on this. "To day of today do not know if it will be able to have public in the European finals. The risk still exists and it is necessary to be careful. I want to think that this sanitary crisis will happen and that everything will go back to the normality. Will have an answer around the middle of July", admitted.

The 'final to eight' only is a solution passenger

Finally, it left very clear that the change of format of this Champions League has to only to the circumstances generated by the pandemia of COVID-19. The idea is to go back to the format of always in what the normality go back and allow it. "The final to eight is an exception like answer to the crisis of the coronavirus, but is not an idea that think to keep in the future. We will see what such goes out this new final, that sure that it will be thrilling and interesting", finalised.