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UEFA has confirmed that the culmination of this year\u2019s Champions League will be played out as an eight-team tournament in Lisbon.<\/p>\nUEFA has confirmed that the culmination of this year\u2019s Champions League will be played out as an eight-team tournament in Lisbon.<\/p>\n
The eight teams remaining in the competition will take part in a straight knockout tournament between August 12 and 23.<\/p>\n
The four remaining last 16 second leg matches, including Manchester City versus Real Madrid, will take place on August 7 and 8.<\/p>\n
UEFA is yet to determine whether those matches will take place at the respective host stadiums, or in Portugal.<\/p>\n
In addition, the culmination of this season\u2019s Europa League from the last eight onwards will take place across four venues in Germany between August 10 and 21.<\/p>\n
UEFA confirmed that all 12 original host cities will stage matches in the delayed Euro 2020 finals, which will start on June 11 next year.<\/p>\n
The outstanding play-off matches will be staged on October 8 and November 12 respectively.<\/p>\n
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: \u201cI am delighted that we are able to resume almost all of our competitions. I am confident that we will not have to endure the fans\u2019 absence for long and that they will be allowed into stadiums sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
\u201cUEFA took a bold decision when it decided to postpone EURO 2020. But in doing so, we created the space which has allowed domestic club competitions across the continent to resume, where possible, and play to a conclusion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the game has suffered huge difficulties as a result of the pandemic, those blows would have landed much harder if we had not shown leadership in those early days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ceferin said UEFA would decide by mid-July whether fans could be present at the respective Champions League and Europa League tournaments.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIf I would answer today, we don\u2019t think we could have spectators at the Champions League or Europa League finals, but things are changing rapidly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will assess the situation at the beginning of July and we will see what the situation will be. It would be incompetent from us if we were to decide in advance about the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n