Four countries offer to act as neutral venues for UEFA matches


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League Group Stage draw - Grimaldi Forum, Monaco - August 29, 2019 General view of the Champions League trophy on display before the draw REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

BERN (Reuters) - Greece, Cyprus, Hungary and Poland have offered to act as neutral venues for UEFA competition matches if COVID-19 related-travel restrictions prevent them being played in the originally-scheduled country, the European soccer body said Thursday.

The qualifying rounds for next season's Champions League and Europa League are due to be played between Aug. 8 and Oct. 1 but rapidly changing travel restrictions around Europe are making them difficult to organise.

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