UEFA watch 2020-21

A place to discuss the events in UEFA land during the 2020-21 season.
UEFA CL/EL games not involving Spurs, tournament draws, which UEFA officials have been
arrested etc.

Tournament prize monies :

https://www.sportekz.com/football/uefa-champions-league-prize-money/

https://www.sportekz.com/football/uefa-europa-league-prize-money/

 

As always, we turn to our mate Bert ...

https://kassiesa.net/uefa/seedel2020.html

So Spurs have to do two qualifying rounds to reach the EL group stages.

 

...legal firms who Sheikh Mansour has on speed dial to lawyer their way out of a ban

 

Isn't it 2 rounds and then a play-off?

 

What're the odds we draw Maccabi Haifa and, by complete coincidence, David Baddiel's head finally explodes?

 

Yep. Edit: I've had a look and now I'm not sure the schedule doesn't make sense, if it is.

 

I have long hoped to see this in my lifetime (two fixtures where both
the home and away supporters can chant "Yid army" all game) .

 

From my reading we have to take part in Round 2, 3 & 4 surely? With 4 being the final play-off.
What I haven't seen is where the games are played, being 1 legged I'd assume a neutral venue, but may come down to the draw with one team getting the home advantage.

 

• With the 2019/20 season now scheduled to finish on 21 August, the principal change to the 2020/21 calendar is that everything is now a little later. Qualifying, which had been due to begin on 25 June, will now kick off on 20 August. The group stage draw will take place in Athens on 2 October with the competition proper getting under way on 22 October. The knockout stages will be unchanged from the original schedule.
• All qualifying ties will be single-leg matches. These matches will take place behind closed doors.
• Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will not be introduced for the group phase, as was planned. It will still be used in the knockout stage, with introduction for the group stage in 2021/22.
• The final will take place at Poland's Gdańsk Stadium, which had been due to stage the 2020 decider. Seville, the prospective 2021 host, will now host the 2022 event.

When will matches take place?
Qualifying
20/08/2020 Preliminary round
27/08/2020 First qualifying round
17/09/2020 Second qualifying round
24/09/2020 Third qualifying round
01/10/2020 Play-offs

All qualifying matches, including the play-off round, will be played as single leg matches, hosted by one of the teams decided by draw, and will be played behind closed doors. Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

 

All questions answered

 

Have I just heard correctly, If the UK ban entry to a country that a UK team are playing then UEFA can throw the UK team out of the competition, that really would be spursie
The same could be for any country who refuse entry to another

 

It also makes absolutely no sense. The teams getting banned would probably be from somewhere with a lower risk of Covid.
There are five forbidden UEFA clashes, too. Russia v Ukraine, Kosovo v Serbia, Bosnia v Russia, Armenia v Azerbaijan and Spain v Gibraltar.
Russia gets to host a tournament, while Azerbaijan get a Europa League final, forcing one player to pull out for fears of his safety.

****ing shambles.

 

Oh great, we're getting knocked out by Priti Patel...

 

Will they be postponing all those stupid nothing international games this coming season?

 

No - The international calendar is currently back as normal with the first matches of the nations cup scheduled to take place in the week before the premier league starts!!!

 

So place your bets, who gets injured?

 

Hojbjerg looks a good bet!

 

How many rivals’ players will become unavailable due to illness/slight knock etc?

 

I hate to suggest there's one rule for one set of teams and one rule for another...

...so could somebody else finish that sentence for me?

 

Why have rules if City and Wolves don't give a toss?