FILE PHOTO - Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Real Sociedad - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - March 7, 2020 General view inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Albert Gea
(Reuters) - UEFA postponed two of Thursday's Europa League ties after one side, Spain's Getafe, refused to travel to Italy because of the coronavirus outbreak and another, AS Roma, said they had been denied permission to travel to Spain.
The European governing soccer body said in a statement that further decisions would be communicated in due course on arrangements for the round of 16 first leg matches between Inter Milan and Getafe and Sevilla against Roma.
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