David Awopetu
UEFA has announced that the remainder of the knockouts will be completed in a single-leg format, as well as confirming plans for the 2020-21 campaign
The Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be held in Lisbon between August 12 and 23.
The competition is set to resume following an extended break due to the coronavirus pandemic with four of the eight Round of 16 second-leg ties still left to be played.
The remaining second-leg matches will be played on August 7-8, with a decision still to be made on whether they will take place at the home team’s stadiums or in Portugal.
Paris Saint-Germain, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig have already claimed their place in the quarter-final round, which will take place between August 12 and 15, at the Estadio da Luz and the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
The semi-final round will be held on August 18 to 19, with the Estadio da Luz hosting the final on August 23.
With the condensed schedule, all remaining rounds will be played as single-leg ties with extra time and penalty kicks to decide winners.
The draw for the quarter-final round will be held at UEFA headquarters on July 10 with the federation laying out the match schedule at that time.
The Europa League, meanwhile, will be played as a straight knock-out tournament in Germany, with Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Gelsenkirchen serving as hosts.
In addition to the continuation of club competitions, UEFA confirmed that the 12 original host cities for Euro 2020 have been confirmed as venues for the rescheduled tournament in 2021.
