C/League Q/final Clash: Chelsea vs Porto for Seville
Chelsea’s quarter-final ties against Porto in the Champions League will go ahead in Seville, UEFA has confirmed.
The Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium will host both matches on April 7 and 13.
The first fixture was originally due to be played at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto while the second was scheduled for Stamford Bridge later next month.
Porto have confirmed that the decision was made by European football’s governing body due to flight restrictions imposed in various European countries amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Chelsea progressed to the last eight for the first time in seven years with a 3-0 aggregate win over Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 as Olivier Giroud, Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri fired Thomas Tuchel’s side to the next round of the competition.
Reigning Portuguese champions Porto produced arguably the most surprising result from the last-16 ties when they dispatched Juventus on penalties after the score finished 4-4 in normal time over two legs.
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Meanwhile, Liverpool’s quarter-final first leg with Real Madrid will go ahead in Spain but at Real Madrid Castilla’s Alfredo Di Stefano ground on April 6, rather than the Santiago Bernabeu which is undergoing redevelopment work.
Restrictions between Spain and Britain were originally imposed in December following concerns of a new, more virulent variant of COVID-19.
However, the Spanish government confirmed on Tuesday that those measures will be eased on March 30.