Germany does not allow Liverpool to enter the Champions League away game? This is good news for Liverpool!
This season's UEFA Champions League knockout matches will start on February 16th local time. The problem that currently troubles UEFA is that the epidemic prevention ban issued by Germany has caused great variables in some matches. According to Germany's current anti-epidemic ban, the Liverpool team will not be allowed to enter Germany to participate in the Champions League game. According to many German media reports, the German government insisted that it would not provide exemptions to Liverpool.
The German government has been adopting anti-epidemic bans recently. The latest anti-epidemic ban currently implemented is to prohibit people from countries with mutant new coronaviruses from entering Germany, including the United Kingdom. In the first round of the Champions League knockout round, there was a dialogue between Leipzig vs. Liverpool and Borussia vs. Manchester City. Among them, Leipzig's home game against Liverpool was scheduled on February 16th, local time, while the home game of Mönchengladbach against Manchester City was held on February 24th, local time.
December 9, 2020, Germany, 20/21 UEFA Champions League Group A round 6, Bayern Munich 2-0 Lokomotiv Moscow (Vision China)
"Sky Sports" said that the German Football Association is currently negotiating a solution with the German government. The German Football Association hopes that the two teams can swap the home and away order, that is, on February 16, local time, Liverpool will first play against Leipzig at home, and the second round will be 3 local time. Leipzig will play Liverpool at home on October 10.
However, the premise of this plan is that Germany's epidemic prevention ban ends on February 17, but if the epidemic situation in Europe does not improve, the possibility of Germany's extension of the ban is not ruled out, so there is a possibility that British flights will still not be able to enter Germany in March. Moreover, if the two sides exchange home and away games, once Germany's epidemic prevention ban is extended, Leipzig will even face the possibility of not being able to return to China to participate in the Bundesliga after the game in Liverpool.
“Sky Sports” stated that Liverpool may not accept the proposal to exchange the home and away order. They prefer to be selected in the first leg of the Leipzig game. This means that Leipzig must face a neutral position and an away game in the two-round knockout. , Liverpool’s prospects for promotion will undoubtedly be more optimistic. But this is difficult to accept for Leipzig.
In addition to the above two schemes, there is another way that may be fairer, that is, the elimination game between Leipzig and Liverpool is changed to a single elimination system in the neutral position. Both teams have no home treatment, and a win or loss is determined. However, according to the "Daily Mail", if the neutral plan is adopted, the game may be arranged in London, and Liverpool also has a "half home" advantage.
In short, the current two rounds of the UEFA Champions League knockouts must not be held in Germany on time. As for the final method to solve the problem, the parties are still in the game, and there is no final conclusion. If the German anti-epidemic ban is still extended after the expiration of February 17, the match between Borussia and Manchester City, which will be held on February 24, local time, will also face the same problem.
