The Champions League group stage match between Rangers and Napoli, initially set for Tuesday, has been rescheduled to Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET, UEFA introduced. The match was moved as a consequence of there being restricted police sources in Scotland for the occasions surrounding the mourning of Queen Elizabeth II, who handed away on Thursday afternoon at 96.
Because of the Queen’s loss of life, there’s now an official interval of nationwide mourning within the nation in addition to within the 14 different nations she was the sovereign ruler.
The UEFA Youth League recreation between the 2 groups can even be postponed. As a result of change in date, away followers will not be allowed on the video games, and Rangers followers additionally will not be capable of attend the away leg in Naples.
Britain’s Nationwide Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) mentioned it was a novel scenario.
“Following the selections of the Premier League and EFL to cancel this weekend’s matches, we’ll work with soccer golf equipment to attempt to be sure that … fixtures can happen safely when balanced towards the requirement to assist nationwide occasions and ship day-to-day policing,” a NPCC spokesperson mentioned.
Rangers can be trying to bounce again following a 4-0 defeat to Ajax to kick off their Champions League marketing campaign whereas Napoli can take management of the group with one other win. Piotr Zielinski’s brace and help helped tempo the aspect to a 4-1 victory over Liverpool.
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