Juventus-Lyon Champions League tie postponed

OneFootball

Dan Burke·12 March 2020

Juventus-Lyon Champions League tie postponed

Juventus’ Champions League clash with Lyon, scheduled for next Tuesday, has been postponed.

Following the quarantine imposed on players of Juventus and Real Madrid, the following #UCL matches will not take place as scheduled. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City – Real Madrid 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 Juventus – Olympique Lyonnais 🇫🇷 Further decisions on the matches will be communicated in due course.
– Thursday, 12 March 2020

The announcement comes following the news that Juventus are in quarantine for the next 15 days after defender Daniele Rugani tested positive for the coronavirus.

OneFootball Videos

Manchester City’s clash with Real Madrid – scheduled for the same night – has also been postponed as the Spanish club are also in quarantine after it emerged that one of their basketball players had contracted the virus.

Reports on Thursday suggested that Uefa are likely to suspend all Champions League and Europa League fixtures, but an official announcement has not yet been made.

Serie A and LaLiga have already been suspended for the next two weeks.