City boss doesn't like empty stadiums while Klopp doubts it is a viable virus solution. FMTNews Klopp Guardiola
Pep Guardiola doesn’t like empty stadiums while Klopp doubts it is a viable virus solution.
Nearly 3,000 Atletico fans are expected to travel for the game even though La Liga has announced that all matches in Spain will be played behind closed doors for the next two weeks. Liverpool are expected to wrap up a first English league title in 30 years in the coming weeks but could do so in an empty stadium if authorities tighten the rules.Paris St-Germain and Barcelona will play their second-leg matches behind closed doors, while it remains to be seen if Juventus can host Lyon next week with Italy in lockdown.
Guardiola, whose side are due to host Real Madrid in the Champions League next week, does not want a prolonged period of games without fans. Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo, whose side are due to face Olympiakos in the Europa League on Thursday in an empty stadium in Greece, said football should stop instead of being played behind closed doors.“Behind closed doors doesn’t make sense,” he added. We’re pretending to live a normal life when things aren’t normal.
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