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Good news from Uefa. The European football body is helping Premier League to allow the postponement of midweek matches.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday (8/9) created a competition Premier League Short break. It was in honor of the queen and to participate in the 12-day national mourning period.
Match day the seventh last week has been postponed. This weekend some games have already been played but some are still postponed.
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The postponed matches are Brighton-Crystal Palace, MU-Leeds and Chelsea-Liverpool. The Queen’s funeral on Monday (19/9) tomorrow, causing police attention to focus there, hence the lack of security personnel in stadiums around the City of London.
Reported by Star of the day, parties Uefa I want to intervene to help the Premier League. The number of postponed matches will surely make the Premier League schedule even more congested!
In addition, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this year will be played at the end of the year. Therefore, the players will not have enough time to rest (remember that at the end of September there is a break for the national teams).
UEFA is considering giving the green light Premier League to be able to play matches on the nights of European club competitions (Champions League and Europa League).
Please note that the Memorandum of Understanding with the governing bodies of the European leagues states that no national competition will take place on the evenings of the European club competitions. This is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening.
Uefa he wants to make concessions. The Premier League could organize midweek matches to maximize the time available.
Furthermore, it was reported that the two sides will meet and discuss it further.
(aff / rin)
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