Ian Maxwell, Scottish FA Chief Executive: “As well as the agreement to postpone EURO 2020 until next year, we also received indications that our UEFA Nations League Play-Off semi-final against Israel at Hampden Park, due to be played on 26 March, is now scheduled to take place in early June, with no date as yet confirmed.
Surely you can just go ahead and cancel UEFA Nations League, especially if it’s featuring such thrilling ties as Israel vs. Scotland in the semifinals.
Also can someone explain to me again how the fuck Israel is considered part of Europe for UEFA?
Just call the League’s done on 28 games and distribute the cash through the League’s now.
Clubs need that money. So if you can’t finish in June it’s done. Simple.
As its now confirmed to be played without fans next month and automatic refunds are now happening. I now have a weird keepsake of the game for its original date before covid absolutely ruined 2020
Mate, I don’t think any of us who opted to have our Euro 2020 tickets rolled to the rescheduled 2021 dates will even be going to that now. I might ask for a refund at the next opportunity tbh.
Really interesting to see what they do there. It obviously makes no real sense to do it across 12 countries or whatever it was if restrictions remain and fans can’t enter. But there will be all sorts of contracts etc and none more important than the tv deals. It could be that they have to go ahead as planned but adhering to local restrictions per country.
The logistics of it fascinate me a bit. I’d love to be the cunt tasked with socially distancing a stadium. But they likely have a computer for that anyway.