the Executive Committee of the European football Union, UEFA decided for the sake of Coronavirus-crisis interrupted the European Cup competitions on Wednesday. In the Europa League Eintracht Frankfurt must be after the 0:3 in the first leg of the eighth finals against FC Basel in a significant backlog to catch up. 21. August in Cologne’s Rhine energy stadium will be the first European Cup final in Germany since the Champions League final 2015 in Berlin. The Europa League tournament in North Rhine-Westphalia, starts at 10. August.
The remaining matches of the eighth finals will be played in the first week of August. Whether it is in Portugal and Germany or, as originally planned, and it is yet to be “decided in the coming weeks,” said UEFA Director of competitions Giorgio Marchetti.
dpa
