UEFA have confirmed that the Champions League and Europa League matches next week have been postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Many leagues in the continent had already decided to play games behind closed doors, or suspend competitions altogether, and both PSG vs Dortmund and Valencia vs Atalanta were played with no fans in the Champions League this week.
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Games next week were already under threat as both Juventus, who were due to host Lyon, and Real Madrid, who would have been travelling to face Manchester City, were self isolating.
Thursday's Europa League Sevilla vs Roma and Inter vs Getafe matches were already postponed due to Spain and Italy's government's not allowing the games to go ahead.
Other games were due to be played behind closed doors on Thursday, including Manchester United's trip to Austria to face LASK, but will also not take place.
Daniele Rugani's positive test on Wednesday night, which led to Juve players having to go into self isolation, was followed on Thursday morning by the news that a Real Madrid basketball player had failed a test.
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The basketball and football teams share a training facility meaning all the Los Blancos footballers also had to go into self isolation.
That news was followed by Spain, who had already called for games to be played behind closed doors and suspended non professional football, deciding to suspend La Liga for the next two weeks.
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