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France will require Madrid and Chelsea to be vaccinated in the Champions League

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The French government through its president Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frederic Macron has put a heavy hand on restrictions for people who have not been inoculated against the coronavirus, and that responsibility falls directly on the foreign teams that will play this season the Champions in Gallic lands.

“I do not seek to annoy the French people,” the French president said in an interview on The Parisian on Tuesday. “But for those who have not been vaccinated, yes. We will continue like this, that is our strategy.”

These statements by the French president come just at the time that a permanent debate is taking place in the parliament of that country to approve a law that requires carrying the vaccination card against Covid-19, If this were to happen, it would be left behind to present a negative test to be able to access theaters, restaurants and even France.

The Spanish Real Madrid and English Chelsea are the clubs that will set foot on French soil in the following month to play the Champions League in front of PSG and Lille. The Madrid squad plans to be in France on February 15, while the English will do so on March 16.

On his side the UEFA He announced that the teams that arrive in a country other than their own must abide by the rules that exist in the territory. The highest body in European football is updating its own regulations on the Covid-19. Meanwhile, the rules still remain that indicate that the local team must propose an alternative neutral venue in case the government restrictions affect the visiting team.

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