The Liverpool will not be able to enter Germany for the first leg match of the Round of 16 Champions League against him Leipzig on February 16 due to the measures against the spread of the coronavirus that prohibits the entry into the country of people from areas where mutations are highly widespread.
The German federal police on Thursday rejected a request from the Leipzig for special authorization to be granted to the Liverpool.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of the Interior explained that the case of Liverpool it is not contemplated in any of the possible exceptions to the general rule.
The Leipzig it will now have to be in charge of finding a neutral headquarters and assuming the additional costs of moving the party.
The UEFA wants to be clear until February 8. A second possibility would be that the Ida was played in England trusting that the situation will have changed for the second leg to be played on March 10.
The latter, however, would have to be accepted by the Liverpool.
In any case, if a solution is not found, the UEFA I could give up the game for lost for him Leipzig by 0-3.
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