UEFA Postpones Next Week's Champions League and Europa League Matches... French League Suspended Indefinitely

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has postponed all matches scheduled for next week due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). France's professional football league has also been suspended indefinitely.

On the 13th, UEFA announced, "All competitions, including the Champions League (UCL) and Europa League, will not be held next week."

Previously, UEFA had postponed the UCL Round of 16 second leg match between Manchester City (England) and Real Madrid (Spain), scheduled for the 18th, due to player quarantines.

Additionally, with this decision, the UCL Round of 16 second leg matches between Juventus (Italy) and Lyon (France), as well as the matches on the 19th between Bayern Munich (Germany) and Chelsea (England), and Barcelona (Spain) and Napoli (Italy), have all been postponed. Eight Europa League Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled for the 20th have also been delayed.

The French Professional Football League (LFP) announced that matches in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, the first and second divisions of professional football in France, will be suspended indefinitely until further notice.

Earlier, the French Professional Football Federation had intended to continue league matches but hold them without spectators; however, the policy was changed to an indefinite suspension.

Prior to the LFP's decision, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced the day before that all youth and amateur matches and group training sessions scheduled throughout France would be suspended.

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