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PARIS: Both Champions League quarter-final matches between Portuguese club Porto and Premier League Chelsea will be played in Seville, Spain, due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, UEFA confirmed on Tuesday.
The games will be played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Sevilla, with the first leg on April 7 and the second leg on April 13.
Portugal was removed from the British government’s list of countries on a travel ban red list earlier this month, but anyone entering the UK from there is still required to isolate themselves for 10 days.
It is only the latest European draw this season to be affected by travel restrictions related to the pandemic.
Ironically, the first leg of Chelsea’s round of 16 tie against Atlético de Madrid moved from Spain to the Romanian capital, Bucharest.
Spain this week lowered restrictions on people entering the country from the UK for certain reasons, including participants in high-level sporting events.
Both matches of the round of 16 between Liverpool and RB Leipzig, and between Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach, were traded to Budapest.
Meanwhile, the two games in the Europa League round of 16 tie between Arsenal and Benfica Lisbon were played at neutral venues, in Italy and Greece.
Chelsea already played for Sánchez Pizjuan this season, beating Sevilla 4-0 in a group match in December. – AFP
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