Atletico-Chelsea match in Champions League moved to Romania

<p>NYON, Switzerland &mdash; The Champions League match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea will take place in Romania this month because of pandemic-related restrictions on travel from England.</p>
<p>The first leg of the last-16 matchup will be played in the Arena Naţională in Bucharest on Feb. 23 instead of in Madrid on the same day, UEFA said.</p>
<p>Chelsea said it will host the second leg at Stamford Bridge on March 17.</p>
<p>Four Premier League teams have already seen the venues switched for their next games in Europe because of concerns about an aggressively transmissible COVID-19 variant spreading in England.</p>
<p>Liverpool and Manchester City are both headed to Budapest, Hungary, for Champions League matches against Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach, respectively, in the next two weeks.</p>
<p>In the Europa League, the home stadium of Juventus in Turin will stage Manchester United’s match against Real Sociedad on Feb. 18.</p>
<p>Arsenal’s visit to Lisbon to play Benfica on the same date has been moved to Stadio Olimpico in Rome.</p>
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