Big 4

The… Big-4 of the European Leagues has arrived or will reach by the end of August, fortunately without more problems than it had to face at the resumption of the season. So, based on what the leaders in Germany, England, Spain and Italy took into account, football will finally return to its most "brilliant" appearance.

The Champions League and Europa League resume on 5 and 6 August respectively and UEFA has already drawn up the health plan - in accordance with the separate protocol of the Portuguese and German governments - with all the necessary safety valves to avoid the risk of its most alternative culmination. season that the football world has experienced.

According to the document first secured by "MARCA", all the teams that are going to participate in the two events (among them, of course, Olympiakos), will also have a specialized medical supervisor. This person will be present in the team mission throughout its stay in the place of the Final-8 (Lisbon for the Champions League, Dusseldorf-Cologne-Gelsenkirchen-Duisburg for the Europa League) and will have under its supervision all tests performed on team members.

Regarding the checks for any cases, the members of each club will be examined once before traveling to the city where their matches are scheduled and the process will be repeated on the day of the matches.

It is worth noting that once a team arrives in either Portugal or Germany, it will not be able to return to base for any reason, except when its competitive obligations are completed.

The details of the health plan even provide for the time difference between the arrival of the consignments. Specifically, the organizing authority made it clear that there should be at least a 10 minute deviation in the time that each mission arrives at the stage for the match.

In terms of pitches and restrictions, UEFA will divide them into four zones:

Zone 1 (locker rooms, benches, field, etc.) will have a maximum limit of 120 people, of which 90 will concern the members of both teams.

In Zone 2, which includes the areas of TV crews and employees, the limit will reach 100 people, while Zone 3 will be intended exclusively for journalists / photographers and Zone 4 will be the areas around each stadium.

In addition, UEFA follows the example set in the individual European Championships, according to which press conferences will be conducted via internet call, post-match flash interviews will be minimal and in principle social-distancing, while there will be no cameras in the players locker rooms.

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