Sohn Heung-min’s team Tottenham Hotspur (England)’s 2020-2021 European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League round of 16 schedule has been changed, so they will start playing at home.
UEFA announced the revised schedule of the first and second leg of the Europa League round of 16 between Tottenham and Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia).
According to this, the first game will be held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, the home stadium of Tottenham on the 12th (Korean time), and the second game will be held a week later at 2:55 am on the 19th at Dynamo Zagreb’s hometown Maximir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It will be held in.
Originally, in the draw on the 26th of last month, it was scheduled to bring Dynamo Zagreb home in the second game after Tottenham played the first game as an away game.
The change in the home/away order of the two teams is due to the Europa League rules this season, which prevents two teams with the same connection from playing their home games on the same evening.
Like Tottenham, Arsenal, based in London, is scheduled to compete with Olympiacos (Greece) in the round of 16, followed by away on the 12th and home on the 19th.
Accordingly, when Tottenham and Arsenal’s home game overlapped on the 19th, Tottenham’s schedule was adjusted.
According to Reuters, last season’s England FA Cup winner Arsenal took priority to play the home game as scheduled, and Tottenham’s home game schedule changed.
However, the schedule change is not too bad for Arsenal and Tottenham ahead of the Premier League’North London Derby’ on the 15th.
Tottenham had to fight Arsenal after three days after first playing in Zagreb on the 12th, according to the original plan, but as the schedule was adjusted, he had more time to prepare for Arsenal.