Chelsea performed and gained towards Sevilla on the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium earlier within the season.© AFP
Each legs of the Champions League quarter-final between Portuguese membership Porto and Premier League facet Chelsea can be performed in Seville, Spain, because of Covid-19 journey restrictions, UEFA confirmed on Tuesday. The matches can be performed at Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, with the primary leg on April 7 and the return on April 13. Portugal was faraway from the British authorities’s record of nations on a journey ban crimson record earlier this month however anybody getting into the UK from there’s nonetheless required to self-isolate for 10 days.
It’s simply the most recent European tie this season to be impacted by journey restrictions associated to the pandemic.
Paradoxically the primary leg of Chelsea’s last-16 tie towards Atletico Madrid was moved from Spain to the Romanian capital Bucharest.
Spain this week eased restrictions on folks getting into the nation from the UK for sure causes, together with contributors in high-level sporting occasions.
Each legs of the last-16 ties between Liverpool and RB Leipzig, and between Manchester Metropolis and Borussia Moenchengladbach, have been switched to Budapest.
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In the meantime the 2 legs of the Europa League last-32 tie between Arsenal and Lisbon giants Benfica have been performed at impartial venues, in Italy and Greece.
Chelsea have already performed on the Sanchez Pizjuan this season, beating Sevilla 4-0 in a gaggle sport in December.
