The Barça-Naples, second leg of the Champions League round of 16, will not be played at the Camp Nou, according to the German newspaper Bild, but in Lisbon. And the same will happen with the pending matches of that round, such as the Bayern-Chelsea, the Manchester City-Real Madrid and the Juventus-Lyon. The explanation is that the Portuguese city will not only be the venue for the Final at 8, as we have been talking about, but also of those pending matches so that the entire competition is played on the same stage with the appropriate sanitary measures.
The news, without official confirmation yet, would be surprising, since the Barca competed in San Paolo with the environmental factor against before the break due to the coronavirus pandemic in a match that ended 1-1. Naples not only would not have the pressure of Barça fans, because even if it was played at the Camp Nou it would possibly be behind closed doors, but it would also have the advantage that Barça would not play on a playing field in which feel more comfortable.
The matches Manchester City-Real Madrid (1-2 in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu), Bayern-Chelsea (0-3 at Stamford Bridge) and Juventus-Lyon (1-0 at Groupama Stadium in Turin) would also be played in Lisbon. ). They are already classified for the quarterfinals on Athletic, who eliminated Liverpool; the PSG, who knocked down Borussia Dortmund; the Atalanta, which ended the illusions of Valencia; and the RB Leipzig, who knocked out Tottenham Hotspur.
Frankfurt ruled out, but Istanbul still dreams
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Bild would have had access to this information once the German city had been discarded Frankfurt as headquarters. Istanbul still aspires to be the headquarters. Anyway, it will be on June 17 when the UEFA Executive Committee made the decision on what will happen, not only with the final, but with the dispute of the rest of the format.
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