The schedule of the 2020-2021 European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League round of 16 of Tottenham Hotspur (England), played by Son Heung-min (29), has been changed, and will be played from the home game.
UEFA revised the schedule of the first and second leg of this season’s Europa League match between Tottenham and Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) on the 2nd (hereinafter Korean time) and announced.
According to this, the first game will be held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 5 am on the 12th, and the second game will be held at Maximir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia, home of Dynamo Zagreb, at 2:55 am on the 19th, a week later. .
Initially, 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 order of home and away from the two teams is due to the Europa League rules this season, which prevents two teams with the same connection from playing home games on the same evening.
Like Tottenham, Arsenal, who is based in London, is scheduled to compete with Olympiacos (Greece) in the round of 16 of this tournament, 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 English Football Association (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 was able to focus more on preparing for Arsenal.
/yunhap news
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