Man United’s Europa clash with Sociedad moved to Juventus stadium Benfica-Arsenal to Rome

Manchester United‘s first-leg round-of-32 Europa League match towards Real Sociedad has been switched to Juventus‘ Allianz Enviornment whereas Arsenal‘s tilt towards Benfica will probably be held at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico because of the ongoing troubles brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK has strict quarantine guidelines for worldwide journey, whereas Spain and Portugal have barred arrivals from the UK. The date of the matches is unchanged from Feb. 18, whereas the second leg on Feb. 25 will probably be held at Outdated Trafford.

Nonetheless, the second leg of the Arsenal-Benfica conflict will probably be moved from London’s Emirates Stadium to the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens on Feb. 25.

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A press release mentioned: “UEFA can verify that the UEFA Europa League Spherical of 32 first leg match between Actual Sociedad and Manchester United FC will now happen on the Juventus Stadium in Turin.

“UEFA wish to thank Actual Sociedad and Manchester United FC for his or her shut cooperation and help to find an answer to the difficulty at hand, in addition to the Italian Soccer Federation and Juventus for his or her assist and agreeing to host the match in query.”

UEFA’s assertion on the Benfica-Arsenal match was related, expressing gratitude to the golf equipment in addition to to the Italian FA and AS Roma for his or her help to stage the match. Roma shares the stadium with rivals Lazio.

United’s match needed to be moved on account of Spain’s ban on arrivals from Britain, apart from passengers who’re residents or residents of Spain or Andorra.

The journey ban is in impact till March 2, which may even jepordise Atletico Madrid‘s Champions League round-of-16 first leg at dwelling to Chelsea. That match is because of happen on the Wanda Metropolitano stadium on Feb. 23 however can now not be held in Spain.

Atletico Madrid didn’t want to touch upon how the ban affected the match, whereas Spanish newspaper Marca mentioned the sport may very well be moved to Bucharest, greater than 3,000 kilometres from Madrid.

The fixture can not happen in France, Germany, Belgium, or Portugal as these international locations are additionally proscribing journey to and from the UK.

Also in the Champions League, Manchester City‘s first leg round-of-16 tie towards Borussia Monchengladbach has been moved from Germany to Budapest on account of COVID-19 protocols, UEFA have introduced. The date of the match will stay the identical with Pep Guardiola’s facet set to satisfy the Bundesliga membership on Feb. 24.

The announcement comes after Liverpool‘s Champions League tie towards RB Leipzig subsequent week was moved on Sunday from Germany to impartial Budapest.

Data from Reuters was used on this report.