Thursday 04 February 2021 | 19:02
No exceptions: Germany banned Liverpool from playing Champions due to COVID-19 measures
by Javier Zamorano
The information is from Agencia EFE
The Liverpool will not be able to enter Germany for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against him Red Bull Leipzig on February 16, due to the measures against the spread of COVID-19 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 Leipzig for a special authorization to be granted to Liverpool.
A spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry explained that the Liverpool case is not covered by any of the possible exceptions to the general rule.
Leipzig will now have to be in charge of finding a neutral venue and assuming the additional costs of party travel.
UEFA wants to be clear until February 8. A second possibility would be for the first leg to be 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 Liverpool.
In any case, if a solution is not found, UEFA could consider the game lost for Leipzig 0-3
