Champions League: Juve-Lyon on August 8, PSG on track on 10, 11 or 12?

The Champions League in August? It's still the idea of ​​UEFA. As reported by RMC on Wednesday, the European body reminded club presidents by videoconference, reaffirming the need to end the championships in late July to make way for continental competitions.

Meeting during which it was a question of the calendar of the meetings, and in particular of the four round of 16 final remaining to play, of which that of Lyon. Recall that the players of President Aulas had dominated Juventus Turin (1-0) to go on February 26 at Groupama Stadium. To see if the return would take place in Italy. Also according to RMC , citing "several sources close to UEFA", the date of August 8 has been brought forward for the return match. In any case, it would have been proposed by UEFA. Manchester City-Real Madrid (2-1 first leg), Bayern Munich-Chelsea (3-0) and Barcelona-Naples (1-1) are also to be played.

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And for PSG, qualified for the quarter-finals at the expense of Dortmund (2-0 victory on the return)? We are talking about August 10, 11 or 12. However, the format of this end of the Champions League is not yet decided. Will UEFA have the leisure to organize double-confrontations, as usual, or will it be necessary to go through dry matches, in order to tighten the calendar? Recall that Atalanta Bergamo, Atlético Madrid and RB Leipzig also qualified for the quarter-finals of the Big Ears Cup.  

Traffic jam for French clubs?

We remember that Ligue 1 must, a priori, resume on August 22 and 23, with the idea of ​​playing the cup finals - PSG-ASSE and PSG-OL - in early August. There could therefore be a traffic jam in the calendar for the two French clubs entered in C1. Not to mention the differences in preparation in the event of a confrontation with clubs which, them, will have been at the end of their championship, like Germany.

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Note that six matches of the eighth first legs of the Europa League have been played. Not Inter Milan-Getafe, nor Sevilla FC-AS Rome. It will therefore also be necessary to find many dates to go to the end of the C3. Of course, no French club is concerned, Saint-Etienne, Rennes and Strasbourg having already taken the door.

Istanbul doesn't want to let go of its final

Regarding the C1 final, the date of August 29 is advanced here and there. A priori, it had in any case to take place in Turkey, at the Atatürk stadium in Istanbul. And this is still the plan of the Turkish federation. President Nihat Özdemi explained this on the sidelines of the announcement of the upcoming resumption of the championship, next May 12, 13 and 14: "I hope that we will finish our leagues in the best way at the end of the month of July, that we will present our trophies on the pitch and crown the season by hosting the UEFA Champions League final in our country in August. ” This is one of the many subjects to be decided.

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