Uefa has said its aim is to complete the Champions League season by 30 June this year amid the chaos that coronavirus has caused the footballing calendar.
Earlier on Tuesday, Euro 2020 was postponed until 2021 in order to free up space this summer to ensure club football campaigns around Europe can be finished.
In a statement, Uefa said it had convened and “unanimously agreed” on a commitment “to complete all domestic and European club competitions by the end of the current sporting season, i.e. 30 June 2020 at the latest, should the situation improve and resuming playing be appropriate and prudent enough”.
Uefa also agreed upon the “possible adaptations of the 2020/21 Uefa Champions League and Uefa Europa League qualifying rounds," however, "in case of late completion of the 2019/20 sporting season, i.e. after 30 June 2020.”
Manchester City were originally scheduled to take on Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium this evening in the second leg of the teams’ Champions League last-16 tie. Meanwhile, Juventus were set to face Lyon.
Both fixtures were postponed indefinitely last week, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak, as were Wednesday’s previously planned fixtures: Barcelona vs Napoli and Bayern Munich vs Chelsea.
Meanwhile, the Premier League has been postponed until 4 April at the earliest, with La Liga in Spain, Ligue 1 in France and Germany’s Bundesliga all suspending their fixtures, too.
Lower-league football has also been affected in the majority of European countries.
