In the past five days you have probably heard about the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, a volcano in southern Iceland, that spewed an ash cloud which has affected air travel in Northern and Western Europe. If not, you need definitely need to spend more time on current events.
Since the eruption, millions of passengers have been stuck at airports across the continent as flights have been canceled by carriers. Some major airports, such as London's Heathrow Airport and Schiphol in Amsterdam, have been shut down completely.
So where do the Europa League and the Champions League fit into all of this? Yesterday the Union of European Football Associations, the governing body of European soccer, released a statement saying that matches will go on as planned this week in both competitions.
This does not mean that travel will be hindered for teams which are still competing. Far from it. Liverpool will have almost a full-day of travel to make he 2,600 mile trek to Madrid to face Atletico on Thursday. The club will depart from their base of operations and take bus and rail to get to Bordeaux in France, before flying to the Spanish capital for the Europa League tie.
Barcelona will have to travel by train to Milan for its clash with Inter in the Champions League. The same will be done by Lyon for their match in Germany versus Bayern Munich.
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