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Champions League not under threat despite coronavirus surge in Lisbon, says UEFA chief Ceferin

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says there is no threat of the revamped and rescheduled conclusion to the 2019-20 Champions League being called off because of coronavirus.

The pandemic caused the top European club football competition to be suspended in March, and there are now plans to finish it with a mini-tournament in Lisbon this August.

However it has been announced that from Wednesday this week, 19 neighbourhoods in the north of the Portuguese capital will be put back under strict lockdown rules, limiting gatherings to just five people.

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Ceferin has moved to allay fears, and said he spoke to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and the national football federation's president Fernando Gomes via video call on Tuesday about the situation.