Arsenal to host Benfica in Greece in UEFA Europa League on account of virus restrictions

Nyon, Feb 12 (AP) Arsenal will host Benfica within the Europa League in Greece due to journey restrictions affecting English golf equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, UEFA stated Friday.
The second leg recreation within the spherical of 32 will likely be performed on the dwelling stadium of Olympiakos in Piraeus on Feb. 25, one week after Benfica’s “home” recreation takes place at Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
UEFA beforehand stated the away targets rule will apply despite the fact that neither Arsenal nor Benfica has dwelling benefit.
Both impartial venues had been already being ready to be used within the Europa League. Olympiakos hosts PSV Eindhoven subsequent week and Roma hosts Braga on Feb. 25.
English golf equipment can not journey to some European nations whereas an aggressively transmissible COVID-19 variant originating in Britain is spreading.
Liverpool and Manchester City are barred from getting into Germany so they are going to go to Budapest, Hungary, for Champions League video games in opposition to Leipzig and Borussia Monchengladbach, respectively. Chelsea goes to Bucharest, Romania, to face Atletico Madrid.
Manchester United will go to Juventus’s stadium in Turin to play Real Sociedad within the Europa League subsequent week. Tottenham is about to journey to Austria as scheduled to face Wolfsberger.
Arsenal is the one Premier League membership but confirmed to play its dwelling recreation exterior of England.