After five excruciating months, European continental club football is back, with Europa League resuming play on Wednesday followed by the Champions League coming back on Friday. But the games aren’t on TNT and B/R Live like they were at the start of the competition. So we’re here to help guide you on how to stream Champions League for free in US — and the Europa League too.
Ahead of the Champions League and Europa League knockout matches that begin this week, European soccer governing body UEFA has released a document with a list of protocols for the return to competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The protocols will also apply to international matches that are scheduled to be played this year.
"Non-respect of such social norms could have serious consequences for the staging of international matches," UEFA said.
Following are the rules teams and officials must adhere to:
UEFA has decided to remove pending yellow cards once the Round of 16 is completed for the 2019-20 season. This applies to both the Champions League and the Europa League.
The decision amends articles in the Regulations of the Europa League and the Champions League where yellow cards had been suspended after the quarterfinals.
Andrej Kramaric fired Hoffenheim into next season's Europa League third qualifying round with a four-goal performance against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
1st Hoffenheim player to score 4 in the Bundesliga
1st player to score 4 away to Borussia Dortmund
UEFA has a plan to finish the 2019-20 season by August, including the Champions League and Europa League campaigns, the European soccer governing body's president Aleksander Ceferin has said.
The majority of European league seasons were suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic but a few leagues have announced plans for a restart in the coming weeks.
The French and Dutch top-flight campaigns have been cancelled but the German Bundesliga restarted on Saturday and Ceferin expects at least 80% of national leagues to finish their seasons.
Liverpool loanee Loris Karius wants to cut short his time on loan in Turkey with Besiktas, according to the Liverpool Echo.
According to Erdal Torunogullari, a Besiktas board member, Karius has filed a complaint with FIFA as a result of the club's decision not to pay players during the coronavirus shutdown.
Anfield erupted as Ilkay Gündoğan's free kick flew wide and the final whistle blew. The Liverpool faithful had witnessed some remarkable European nights at their home ground, but perhaps none as exhilarating as this one.
The Reds had just completed a miraculous turnaround to claim a 4-3 victory over Jürgen Klopp's former team Borussia Dortmund to advance to the Europa League semifinals, 5-4 on aggregate. Before last year's famous Champions League victory over Barcelona, this game had a strong claim as Anfield's greatest European comeback.
Following days of major sports leagues suspending all play around the world, the Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 announced the same for health safety in combatting COVID-19.
Shortly after an emergency meeting, EPL officials announced Friday play will resume on April 4 (April 2 for Bundesliga) at the earliest should health and safety standards be met by then.
Over 1,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans were forced to wait an extra day after the team’s Europa League Round of 32 second leg was postponed due to hazardous weather. With nothing else to do in Salzburg, Austria, the Frankfurt fans went to a hockey game instead.
Frankfurt was scheduled to play Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday. With the game being postponed, a large portion of Frankfurt fans instead went to Red Bull’s farm hockey team game …. and rooted for the visiting Klagenfurt.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang thought he was the GOAT — 10 minutes later he was the goat.
Arsenal’s No. 14 scored a breathtaking bicycle kick with seven minutes left in extra time to briefly give Arsenal the lead in its Europa League matchup with Olympiakos. But Youssef El Arabi equalized in the 119th minute and Aubameyang missed a sitter right in front of the goal as Arsenal went crashing out of Europe. Olympiakos advanced on away goals with a 2-1 win on Thursday after a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal last week.