Breaking: Liverpool have been denied entry to Leipzig for the CL round of 16 first leg due to Covid rules. Onus now on Leipzig to find a neutral venue.
2/ Some background to this. The Interior Ministry had already announced a ban on travellers for countries with high mutation numbers - UK, Brazil, S Africa, Portugal - which runs at least through 17 Feb.
3/ UEFA had encouraged clubs to lobby for exceptions to Covid rules where necessary. Leipzig did so but the appeal has been rejected by the federal authorities.
4/ What happens next? UEFA require a solution by Monday.
Could be a neutral venue (Salzburg has been mentioned in German media reports). Or the game being pushed back. Worst case would be a 0:3 forfeit by Leipzig if no solution found.
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5/ One possibility I missed is teams can agree to switch the order of fixtures. But whether that can work in this case is unclear.
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