UEFA plans to play a final 8 to finish this Champions League

The coronavirus has forced to stop completely the football in almost all Europe and still does not know when will be able to restart the competitions. In each country is speaking of distinct dates to go back to play the national championships, but the Champions League could go by free. it is speaking That the League of Champions and the Europe League could play in his whole in August and reserve June and July for the domestic leagues​.

This stage seems more than possible to day of today, as it has informed this last week, but still there is not at all confirmed. What himself is sure is that the Champions will play sometime of this summer whatever happens. The clubs and the UEFA play too money by the television rights as to pose another option. August is the marked month in red in the calendar, but everything will depend on how advance the pandemia.

Also it is necessary to see how it restarts the competition, since it is not of the all clear that can follow with the usual format. In addition to the chambers, the semifinals and the final, also were missing several parties for contesting of the eighth. Barça and Real Madrid still had to play his turns in front of Naples and City, the same that Juventus and Bayern against Lyon and Chelsea. Whatever happens, these commitments will have to play so that there are four teams more in chambers.

Once there are eight groups in chambers, the UEFA and the ECA will have to determine how proceed. In 'Sportive World' affirm that they contemplate distinct stages in function of how go the epidemic by the COVID-19. One of them would be to play a final to 8 with these classified clubs. It would be to an only meeting, as if it was one 'final four' and in an only headquarters. This would consider in the case that there are countries that still are affected by the coronavirus.

Play in a same zone that can control and protect in front of the virus could be the solution so that the Champions can play and finish. The big problem for this, in addition to the fact that there are teams that can not agreeing, would be the television agreements. When having less split that in a League of normal Champions, it would be necessary to renegotiate the agreements and ingresaría less money. This is the big but and what throws for backwards to the UEFA.

Play to a party the chambers and the 'semis', another option

Also it contemplates the idea to play fourth and semifinals to an alone crash in a neutral field. Of this way would do shorter the competition and the final could play in the Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium of Istanbul. Nevertheless, of this form also there would be fewer parties and like consequence less money. As they are the economies of all the clubs, lose part of this income could be very hurtful for his future to short and half term. It will be necessary to expect to see how advances the pandemia and which decisions take in this regard.