Clubs risk Champions League exclusion if seasons abandoned prematurely - MW

Uefa and European football leagues and top clubs have emphasized their determination to complete the 2019-20 season despite the coronavirus shutdown, with Uefa saying they may not accept the sentences. if the club fails to qualify in the Champions League next season.

In a joint letter sent Thursday night to 55 national FAs, top European leagues and clubs, Uefa Aleksander Ceferin president, president of European Club Association Andrea Agnelli, and Lars-Christer Olsson , the president of the European Union, still maintains club matches in national tournaments and the Champions League and Europa League can be completed by playing in July and August. However, they concede that the scale of the crisis means they don't expect a clear idea of ​​how that could be done until mid-May at the earliest.

According to The Guardian's report ahead of Uefa's video meeting with the national FAs on Wednesday, football agencies in the UK and across Europe are increasingly accepting that starting replay in June is optimistic, A revised version of the original hope that the season may end after June 30.

In the letter, Ceferin, Agnelli and Olsson wrote: Loi We are confident that football can restart in the coming months - provided that the authorities will announce it - and believe that every decision to give up the competition Domestic is at this stage, too early and unwarranted.

Since participating in the Uefa Club competitions as determined by the sports results achieved at the conclusion of a domestic competition, the early termination will raise doubts about the fulfillment of that condition. Uefa reserves the right to assess the right of clubs to participate in Uefa Club 2020-21 contests, in accordance with applicable competition regulations.

The joint letter was sent after the management of the Belgian Federation on Thursday became the first in a major European football competition to suggest elimination efforts to end the season, saying they would award the title. Champion for Club Brugge, who is second to Gent. Tournament clubs will now have to seriously think about whether to accept the proposal that makes a joint statement on the intentions of Uefa, ECA and EL.

The letter acknowledges that the Jewish health crisis due to the spread of Covid-19 was unprecedented in our society, but, referring to the decision to allow more time to the contests of The club took place in the summer by postponing the summer European Championship, saying: European football is nonetheless capable of reacting like a united family. The common view taken on March 17 by Uefa, ECA and EL is that every effort must be made to allow all domestic and European competitions to end in compliance with their formats.

Referring to the work team formed by Uefa to look at how matches can be completed, the letter notes the idea of trying to finish the national league first, then playing Champions League relationships and Europa League left then. The letter currently focuses on scenarios including July and August, the letter.

Following the development of the current situation, the scheduled working group will point out as soon as possible, and ideally in mid-May, which plans can be issued to complete the season without leaving Who was left behind.

Stop contests should really be the last resort after admitting that no calendar replacement will allow the end of the season.

MW