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THE MATCH WON'T CHANGE OF PLACE

The Real Madrid, an exception: Won't do quarantine and will play in Manchester

Published:26/07/2020 - 17:03h

Updated:26/07/2020 - 17:03h

After hours of uncertainty after the last measure adopted by the British government, the Real Madrid knows that won't have to do quarantine when landing in Manchester

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If in the last hours informed of the possibility that the Manchester City-Real Madrid of eighth of final of the Champions League, corresponding to the party of turn of the eliminatory, ran the risk to change of headquarters and play in Portugal, finally seems that it will not be like this. And it is that the club merengue would turn into the exception of the last measure adopted by the British government.

And it is that in England have decided that, from the next hours, all citizen that travel to the pertinent British islands of Spain will have to happen a quarantine of 14 days before being able to move freely. In first instance seemed that the norm did not admit exceptions, and that therefore the Real Madrid could not travel to Manchester to contest there, the next 7 August, the party that has slope of League of Champions.

Now, however, it has cleared that the British government will do an exception with said situation, and that the party will be able to play as it was foreseen in the Etihad Stadium, without need that the two teams have to move to Port wine or Guimaraes. This is what has commented the Ministry of culture and Sport to 'Sky Sports', by what will not be necessary to look for alternative solutions.

It fits to remember that the Real Madrid will travel to Manchester with a disadvantage of 1-2 of the party contested in Santiago Bernabéu, where the ones of Pep Guardiola imposed clearly in the second half, with traced back included, and caused besides the expulsion of Sergio Bouquets that will not be able to be available for the party in the Etihad Stadium.

Four pending parties of eighth

The eliminatory is very slope up for the whites, although they arrive with the illusion to give the surprise after having conquered already the title of LaLiga Santander 2019-20, and without pressure when knowing that the 'normal' would be that they went deleted. The Manchester City, instead, has not showed his best game in the last weeks and will have to sweat of the beautiful to ensure the pass.

In addition to the Manchester City-Real Madrid, also are slopes three parties more than the round of eighth of final: the Bayern-Chelsea, the Juventus-Lyon and the FC Barcelona-Naples, that will play on 8 August in the Camp Nou. The culés will look for to take advantage of the light advantage of the 1-1 in Saint Paolo to sentence definitively the pass in the sanctuary culé.

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