The soccer fan will be entertained in this month of August that has just started. And is that This August is synonymous with the UEFA matches marathon as there will only be 9 days in the whole month in which no match will be played... of UEFA, of course. And it should not be forgotten that in Spain there is still pending the end of LaLiga Smartbank (if the controversial Deportivo-Fuenlabrada ends up being played) and the playoff dispute for promotion to First Division.
But focusing on European competitions, this intense and atypical August due to the coronavirus pandemic will end define the champions of the Champions League (male and female), from the Europa League and the Youth League, 22 days of European football at the highest level to decide all the champions.
To start between this Wednesday and Thursday they settle, in a single match, the eighth finals of the Europa League. Of the LaLiga teams, Getafe meet Inter on Wednesday, while Sevilla do the same on Thursday against Roma.
This Friday is the turn for the Champions League. Between Friday and Saturday of this week, four games will be played corresponding to the return of the knockout stages of the Champions League, which were left in the air due to the breakdown of competitions due to the coronavirus. Manchester City-Real Madrid on Friday and Barcelona-Naples on Saturday stand out. There will be no European football on Sunday.
Already next week, which runs from 10 to 17 August, between Monday 10 and Tuesday the quarterfinals of the Europa League will be played.
Of the Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 the Champions League quarterfinals will be played, Atlético entered the scene on Thursday, Friday, Barcelona and Real Madrid on Saturday.
Already on Sunday the 16th and Monday, the semifinals of the Europa League will be held; while on Sunday the UEFA Youth League will enter the fray, playing that day the knockout stages.
On Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19, double portion. On the one hand, the semifinals of the Champions League will be played, and in parallel with those two days, the quarterfinals of the Youth League will be played.
On Thursday 20, the preliminary round of the Europa League and on Friday 21 the final of the Europa League, to be played at the Stadion Köln from Cologne. That same Friday the quarterfinals of the women's Champions League will also be played, with the presence of FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid.
Already on Saturday August 22, the quarterfinals of the Women's Champions League and the semifinals of the Youth League arrive.
On Sunday 23, the main dish of the month marked in red on the agenda of all fans: the final of the Champions League in Lisbon.
Already in the last week of August, the women's Champions League is resolved, playing the final on Sunday 30 in Anoeta. And the Youth League, whose final is played on Tuesday 25 in Nyon.
