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UEFA confirms Champions League 2019/2020 restart date and format change

UEFA have officially confirmed that the 2019/2020 Champions League campaign will resume on August 7. The Europe’s premier competition was temporarily suspended on March 11 amid the coronavirus pandemic and that meant that the second legs of the round of 16 stage were left incomplete.

While Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta BC and RB Leipzig booked their places in the final eight of the competition, the outer four teams have yet to be decided as their second leg contests were postponed because of the COVID-19 threat.

As per UEFA, the second legs of those round of 16 ties will either be played at the home team’s stadium or in Portugal (homeground of Porto or Guimaraes) depending on the circumstances.