Today Friday is celebrated the draw (12:00, Movistar Champions League and DAZN) of the Champions in Nyon and UEFA, just as advanced AS last Monday, confirmed yesterday that the return matches of the round of 16 of the Champions will not be played on neutral ground, as the organization wanted, but in the corresponding stadiums before the coronavirus pandemic broke out. He Real Madrid you will have to try the comeback (1-2 at the Bernabéu) in Manchester against City and Barca They will receive Naples at the Camp Nou after the 1-1 of San Paolo. The Juve will try turn Lyon 1-0 and the Bayern will defend a comfortable lead after win 0-3 at Chelsea in London.
For his part, Atalanta, Atlético, Leipzig and PSG are already classified for quarterfinals. The draw will in turn contain three different draws. The first will decide the quarter crosses in the end the following the semifinals, matching the playoffs to the quarterfinals, and the last will determine the 'local' team in the final for administrative reasons.
Likewise, there are no seeded No protection by country, so teams can face teams from the same federation. Will be confirmed other restrictions before the draws, including those derived from possible outbreaks of the virus, for which UEFA will wait for the last minute data that the WHO can offer.
The remaining four games of the return of the eighth final they will dispute the August 7 and 8. The rooms Champions League final will be played between the August 12 and 15, on a daily basis, semifinals the days 18 and 19 and the final will be played at the Da Luz stadium, in Lisbon, August 23. All Champions League games will kick off 9:00 p.m. and they will be door closed.
With this calendar, the Atleti, which right now is the only Spanish team already qualified for quarters for lack of what they can do the Madrid and Barça on the lap of the eighths, he will have a stop between 24 and 27 days between the end of LaLiga and the quarter finals of the Champions, which will be between August 12 and 15. He Madrid and Barça will be without competing for three weeks, those that go between July 19 and August 8, date of the return of the eighth. A big disadvantage of the spanish teams versus those of England (the Premier will end on July 26, two weeks after the return of the European Cup) and above all italian clubs, which will end Series A on August 2.