The question of the million: When and where will begin the football?

Who went it to say, truth? The grave pandemia that suffers the world has affected to all the estamentos of the society, something that seemed unthinkable when the chimes brought us a year 2020 loaded of illusion and new challenges. The coronavirus, of course, has mellado the economy of all the countries affected and also to the world of the sport, where the football keeps in 'stand-by' waiting for that it remit the wave of contagions.

It was a bat? It created in a laboratory? American conspiracy? A lot of questions for very few answers with certainty, even on the nature and the effects of the virus. Little by little we go it knowing, works in cientos of medical procedures in search of several vaccines and are testing medicines already created years backwards, with results for now incongruous.

Everything changes minute-by-minute, and the world of the football does not remain excluded of this chaotic panorama. The general uncertainty that reigns in the society has done that the balompié remain in a second flat, prioritising other appearances of relief like the reflation of the economy, the desescalada progressive of the measures of confinement and the suitable protection of our surroundings, was familiar or social.

Test of coronavirus made in the aledaños of the Camp Nou

Today, more than ever, we darse that many of us have enjoyed during long time of things that before did not value, and that now does us tremendously difficult not having. A simple dinner with the couple, a borrachera with friends in a bar of alternate, embrace to our beings wanted in the good and bad moments, fill the terracings of a stadium to jump, dance and encourage to the unísono to our team...

For this last still is missing time, although the situation is different in each country. Through this article will detail how is the situation of the national and international competitions of the world futbolístico: which will reactivate próximamente, in which follows reigning the mystery and what others have cancelled his seasons definitively, so much in Europe as in the rest of the world. You are smart? Prepare you for a review exhaustive!

National competitions

LaLiga Santander (Spain)

The clubs of LaLiga Santander already have returned to the trainings, for the moment individual, to prepare of face to the resumption of the championship, foreseen for the weekend of the 12 or of 19 June. They are the two dates that take more strength to day of today, although any is official. The FC Barcelona aspires to conquer the 27º title suspender belt of his history, and for this will have to surpass a year more to a Real Madrid that has hit to two points.

The ones of Quique Setién lead the table clasificatoria with a light advantage that expect to do cost -or increase- to the end. To fault of 11 days for the closing of the championship, culés and madridistas will have to surpass several proofs of fire. If the order of the days keeps , the Barcelona will play in order against RCD Mallorca, Leganés, Seville, Athletic Club, Celtic of Vigo, Athletic, Villarreal, Espanyol, Valladolid, Osasuna and Alavés. In general it does not seem an excessively demanding calendar, although true is that the Barça is not showing reliable out of house this season 2019-20. The parties in front of Athletic, Athletic, Espanyol, Osasuna and Leganés will be in the Camp Nou, whereas the rest will be far of the sanctuary culé.

Regarding the Real Madrid, the ones of Zinedine Zidane would have to play by order in front of Eibar, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Mallorca, Espanyol, Getafe, Athletic, Alavés, Granada, Villarreal and Leganés. The parties in Santiago Bernabéu would be in front of Eibar, Valencia, Mallorca, Getafe, Alavés and Villarreal; the rest, will touch to play them far of the stadium merengue. Two calendars with some resemblance, in definite, since both have challenges complicated against rivals of entity and other meetings 'cheat', in front of teams of the low zone of the table. LaLiga Will carry it to him the one who fail less, this is clear.

Regarding the rest of places in the classification, for now Seville and Real Sociedad keep third and fourth, respectively, although the 'txuri urdin' are level on points with the Getafe, fifth. The Athletic of Madrid is sixth with a point less, whereas Valencia is seventh and also has possibilities to struggle to the end by the European places when it restart the championship.

In the low zone Mallorca, Leganés and Espanyol will have to struggle of the beautiful if they wish to abandon the places of descent. The Celtic of Vigo marks the salvation with his 26 points, that serve him to leave fourth by the tail. With 11 days for contesting , however, there is very few teams that are not in danger to fall to the empty in case to trust .

If they fulfil the forecasts and LaLiga 2019-20 restarts the weekend of the 12 or 19 June, on the other hand, the 11 remaining days will remain englobadas in a period of month and half, until finals of July. This will cause that they play split each three days, with day intersemanal, and that increase the risk of injuries between the players. A problem added, definitely, that can generate a lot of headaches at the beginning of the summer.

Premier League (England)

Although it still is not official, stirs that the Premier League return the same weekend that LaLiga. This could be the 12 or 19 June, something to what the British government of Boris Johnson already has given green light. For the time being, the main escollo is the agreement between the clubs, since it follows on of the table if the 9 remaining days will contest in the stadiums that touch, without public, or in neutral fields. On the other hand, some players would deny to go back to play this season because of the fear by possible contagions. The Liverpool, with 25 points more than the classified second, the Manchester City, wait patiently to celebrate the title of mathematical form.

Series To (Italy)

To the equal that LaLiga and Premier League, the Series To has foreseen to return around the middle of June if they fulfil the prognoses. The distinct clubs already are training and, from 18 May , foresees that the players can exercise in group to advance in the preparation. The Juventus commands in the table clasificatoria to fault of 12 days, although clubs like Lazio and Inter of Milan no will put it to him easy.

Bundesliga (Germany)

The Bundesliga is one of the few competitions that already have date ofturn . Germany has known paliar better that other countries the effects of the coronavirus, thing that has allowed that the teams carry already some weeks exercising. In this sense, is foreseen that the league germana restart the weekend of the 15-16 May, with 11 days for contesting . The Bayern Munich commands with four points more than the Borussia Dortmund.

It tie 1 (France)

In a decision that many considered precipitated, Tie it 1 decided to close his doors and hang the poster of 'cancelled' does some days. Paris Saint-Germain was declared champion, whereas they descended the Toulouse and the Amiens and rose the Lorient and the Lens. The Olympique of Marseilles obtains beside the PSG his classification to contest the phase of groups of the Champions League 2020-21. The Rennes, that would play like this the previous round of the League of Champions, could still opt to the direct classification for liguilla.

Major League Soccer MLS (U.S.)

Still without concrete date for the turn of the MLS, has known that the teams will concentrate in the city of Florida to prepare a safe return of the competition. The chaotic situation that crosses United States, the most affected country by the pandemia, does unpredictable to know with accuracy when will be able to restart the competitions futbolísticas and of the rest of collective sports. In any case, will be to enclosed door. Hardly they have contested two days this season 2019-20, that leave leaders to the Atlanta United in the Conference This and to the Sporting Kansas City in the West.

American leagues

• It ties MX (Mexico): it Wishes to go back on 5 June with parties to enclosed door (is not official).
• Costa Rica: The First Division of said country will restart the next 20 May, although without public until further notice.
• Superliga Argentina: The AFA (Association of the Argentinian Football) has done official the cancellation of the season. There will be descents in any of the categories, at least until the year 2022. The promotions, instead, will define when they restart the competitions.
• Brasileirao: There was not die begin the current season before the shoot of coronavirus, by what the tournaments estaduales have braked in dry. Further that there is not official date for the turn of the trainings and of the parties, the return would not give of the same way in all the states.
• Chile: The National Championship of Chile 2020 handles to day of today five options of calendars to concretise the return of the football. The idea that takes more strength by part of the National Association of Professional Football is that it restart the football from mediated of June.
• Colombia: The Ministry of the Sport has confirmed recently that until 31 May will not be able to have any sportive event in territory cafetero. The clubs keep waiting for being able to restart his activity.
• Paraguay: The Paraguayan Government has announced that will go flexibilizándose the quarantine of progressive form, by what expect to restart the trainings in the sportive fields in the weeks to come. There is not concrete date of return.
• Bolivia: The Federation already has showed to the clubs the protocol of security that will have to testear to all the players and members of the technical body before going back to the activity, still without concrete date.
• Uruguay: they Remained braked all the tournaments and there is not official information of return to the trainings. The competitions is possible that do not restart in the country charrúa this campaign, and give by cancelled.
• Ecuador: they Remained braked all the tournaments and there is not official information of return to the trainings. The competitions is possible that do not restart in the ecuadorian country this campaign, and give by cancelled.
• Venezuela: they Remained braked all the tournaments and there is not official information of return to the trainings. The competitions is possible that do not restart in the Venezuelan country this campaign, and give by cancelled.
• Peru: they Remained braked all the tournaments and there is not official information of return to the trainings. The competitions is possible that do not restart in the Peruvian country this campaign, and give by cancelled.

Rest of Leagues

• Eredivisie: The authorities of the Dutch league announced in the last weeks the cancellation of the season 2019-20 in Holland, without that there is a champion neither neither promotions neither descents. The Dutch Federation has chosen already to his European representatives for the next edition of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europe League.
• Belgian league: The Government of Belgium announced that, in the frame of the measures to contain the coronavirus, will not be able to contest any sportive competition until the next 31 July. The season 2019-20 has remained cancelled, and the Belgian Federation will choose to his European representatives.
• Portuguese league: On 4 June it is foreseen that it restart the competition in Portugal.
• Turkish league: On 12 June it is foreseen that it restart the competition in Turkey.
• Czech league: Already there is date for the return of the Czech League. After the meeting of the clubs, agreed that it go back the weekend of 23 May .
• Russian league: The majority of Russian clubs oponen to the resumption of the league because of the risk of contagion, by what still there is not date of turn.
• Chinese league: Although the virus already began to be controlled in the Chinese territory from does weeks, still there is not date programmed of return.
• Japanese league: Although the pandemia of coronavirus has not affected gravely to the daily life in Japan, still there is not date programmed for the turn.
• Australian league: The To-League suspended to finals of March, and to day of today there is not concrete date of return. It stirs that the football can return in Australian earths from August.
• Superliga Switzerland: The Superliga suspended in the earth of the gold and the chocolate of indefinite form and until further notice.
• Bundesliga Austrian: it Is foreseen that the Bundesliga of Austria restart at the beginning of June, according to the last informations.
• Superliga Greek: The Greek football already has gone back to the activity with the trainings of his respective clubs, although still there is not date for the resumption of the parties in the country.

International competitions

Champions League And Europe League

Although it is true that the UEFA still has not pronounced officially, is foreseen that the competitions of Champions League and UEFA Europe League restart during the month of August. The League of Champions can restart from the next 7 August, that would go allocated to resolve the turn of the eliminatory of eighth of final between Juventus-Olympique and Manchester City-Real Madrid, whereas a day afterwards, on 8 August, would play the FC Barcelona-Naples and the Bayern-Chelsea. So only some days afterwards would contest the quarter-finals.

The 11 and on 12 August would play the parties of gone, whereas the turn would be comprised between the 14 and the 15. Some days afterwards, the 18 and the 19, would take place the gone of the semifinals of the Champions, whereas the turn would be the 21 and the 22, without hardly time to digest the results. If these forecasts fulfil , the big final of the Champions League 2019-20 will play in Istanbul in the stadium Ataturk the 26 or 29 August.

Regarding the UEFA Europe League, foresees that the competition return around the same dates that the Champions League, in the same weeks although playing the Thursdays and Sundays instead of Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturdays, that are the days devoted to the Glass of Europe.

In Spain, this yes, so that viable finish the Champions and the Europe League this season will be necessary that the Government modify his last rule, since it demands a quarantine of 14 days to the foreigners that arrive to Spain. Irene Lozano trusts that it change the stage so that said law do not apply to the foreign teams that arrive to Spain to play his respective European parties.

Glass Libertadores and Glass Sudamericana

The managerial council of the CONMEBOL has foreseen to gather próximamente, by videoconference, to analyse the next stages of the competitions sudamericanas because of the pandemia of the coronavirus. The Glass Libertadores 2020 has to complete still the phase of groups, since only they have contested two days. These meetings, if possible, would move to the last months of the year, from October. In this sense, the phase of eliminatory would play during the first quarter of 2021, and the only final would keep as up to now in the stadium Maracaná.

Regarding the Glass Sudamericana, will have to restart in the round of dieciseisavos of final and the idea is resembled the one of the Glass Libertadores: go back to play in the last months of this year and finish it in 2021. The final, if there are not modifications of last hour, will contest such as it was foreseen in the stadium Mario Alberto Kempes of the province of Córdoba (Argentina).

Eurocopa And Glass America

The UEFA, the CONMEBOL and the FIFA agreed does some months the postponement of the Eurocopa and the Glass America, foreseen to play during the months of June and July of 2020, to a year seen. Of this form, the idea is that they play such as it was foreseen a year afterwards, in June-July of 2021.

African glass of Nations

If all pass as the planned and there are not more delays by the coronavirus, the African Glass of Nations 2021 will play in Cameroon of 9 January to 6 February 2021. Although the calendar, as we say, can suffer variations.

World-wide 2022 and Eliminatory

For now, the date of the World-wide of Qatar 2022 keeps , although they have postponed the dates of the two first parties of Eliminatory. The double day of the 26 and on 31 March has remained postponed, and foresees that it can play before finishing the year 2020.

Prizes

The FIFA already has taken the decision to suspend the edition of the FIFA The Best 2020, by what Leo Messi will continue being the valid winning until it celebrate the edition of 2021. Everything aims to that France Football will do the same with the Balloon of Gold 2020. Regarding the Boot of Gold, yes will deliver to the maximum goleador of the European competitions once finish the leagues that are not cancelled definitively, of the same forms that the Pichichis.