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Updated: July 08, 2020

UCL: Pressure On UEFA As Barca, Juventus, Manchester City And Bayern Munich Wants To Play At Home

By Oladimeji Balogun
July 06, 2020
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Barcelona. Juventus, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich put pressure on UEFA to move the 2nd leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 matches at home.

The body regulating the tournament UEFA is under pressure as the European football powerhouses put pressure on them to move the remaining matches to their home turfs.

The matches were moved to Lisbon by the football body due to the coronavirus pandemic but could change their stance now as a result of the pressure on them.

If they did change their decision, it proves to a reasonable extent that these European giant clubs do have a measure of leverage or control over the UEFA.

The draws for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday 10 July. The draw ceremony will begin at midday CET.

There are four teams already qualified for the quarter-finals:

Atalanta (ITA)
Atlético (ESP)
Leipzig (GER)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

There are four round of 16 ties still to be concluded:

Chelsea (ENG) / Bayern München (GER)
Napoli (ITA) / Barcelona (ESP)
Real Madrid (ESP) / Manchester City (ENG)
Lyon (FRA) / Juventus (ITA)

How does Draw work?

There are three draws: for the quarter-finals; for the semi-finals, pitting together quarter-final ties; and then a third to determine the 'home' side in the final for administrative reasons.

There are no seedings and no country protection, so teams can face opposition from the same national association. Further restrictions will be confirmed before the draws.

Location for the Games

This season's quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight knockout tournament in Lisbon, Portugal in August. All these ties will be single-leg fixtures. The games will be split between Benfica's Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (which will host the final) and Sporting CP's Estádio José Alvalade.

What are the key dates?

7–8 August: Round of 16-second legs
12–15 August: Quarter-finals (Lisbon)
18–19 August: Semi-finals (Lisbon)
23 August: Final (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon)