Champions League 'Final 8' set to get held in Lisbon?
UEFA are place to complete the Champions Little league with a good 'Final Eight' tournament held above 11 times in Lisbon, according to an idea which will be presented with their executive committee for ratification on Wednesday.
A source with understanding of discussions between clubs and European soccer's governing physique told Reuters that the proposal is expected to be agreed after after a consensus was reached on Mon.
UEFA did not react to a obtain comment.
Under the plan your competition, which was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, will resume with the second-leg of staying last 16 game titles played at the scheduled venues.
The single leg quarter-final games will be played in Lisbon on four straight days and nights from Aug. 12-15.
The semi-finals will need put on Aug. 18 and 19 and the ultimate on Aug. 23 in the Portuguese capital.
The plan allows for a quicker completion of the growing season than the traditional two-legged residence and away format but does mean your competition will have six fewer games that may cost UEFA broadcast revenue.
The games are likely to be shared between Lisbon's two main stadiums - Benfica's Estadio da Luz and Sporting Lisbon's Jose Alvalade stadium.
Organisers are actually proceeding on the basis that matches will be played behind closed-doors but UEFA is understood to have gone the entranceway open for possible changes should public health issues in Portugal allow.
The teams already qualified for the quarter-finals are France's Paris St Germain, Italy's Atalanta, Spain's Atletico Madrid and Germany's RB Leipzig.
The remaining previous 16 second-leg fixtures are Manchester City's house leg against Real Madrid, Chelsea's trip to Bayern Munich, Juventus's house video game against Olympique Lyonnais and Napoli's visit to Barcelona.
Istanbul was due to host the 2020 last but will now, instead come to be the venue for the 2021 edition, with all the scheduled hosts moving rear a year.
An identical format will be utilized to decide the Europa Little league competition at German venues from Aug. 10.
The rest of the last 16 game titles will be held at neutral venues in Germany with the 'Final Eight' held in Duisburg, Duesseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne.
Manchester United, AS Roma and Inter Milan are among the teams still mixed up in Europa League.
The original opener to the European season, the UEFA Super Cup, is likely to be held in Budapest on Sept. 24.
