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Valencia and Atalanta’s Champions League last-16 second leg on 10 March is set to be played in an empty stadium in an attempt to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa recommended on Tuesday that sporting events in Spain with a high expected attendance from zones designated as high-risk for coronavirus, such as northern Italy, should be held behind closed doors.

As a result, the Europa League last-16 first leg between Getafe and Inter Milan on 19 March is also expected to be played without fans in attendance.

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Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus shoots against Anthony Lopes of Olympique Lyonnais on Feb. 26 in Lyon, France. Olympique Lyonnais won 1-0.
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Juventus' Paulo Dybala in action with Olympique Lyonnais' Maxwel Cornet.
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Olympique Lyonnais' Lucas Tousart scores their first goal.
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Juventus' Miralem Pjanic and Alex Sandro, watch as teammate Rodrigo Bentancur jumps to head the ball.
 
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Juventus' Wojciech Szczesny in action.
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Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo in action with Olympique Lyonnais' Lucas Tousart.
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Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his team's second goal against Real Madrid on Feb. 26 in Madrid, Spain. Manchester City won 2-1.
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Isco of Real Madrid scores his side's opening goal.
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Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City is challenged by Daniel Carvajal of Real Madrid.
 
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Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior in action with Manchester City's Fernandinho and Ederson.
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Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City has a chance saved by Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid.
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Manchester City's Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahrez and Real Madrid's Ferland Mendy challenge for the ball.
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Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski scores his side's third goal against Chelsea on Feb. 25 in London, England. Bayern Munich won 3-0.
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Serge Gnabry of Bayern Munich scores his side's second goal.
 
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Bayern Munich's players celebrate their opening goal.
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Referee Clement Turpin shows a yellow card to Jorginho of Chelsea.
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Ross Barkley of Chelsea and Thiago Alcantara of Bayern Munich battle for the ball.
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Mason Mount of Chelsea and David Alaba of Bayern Munich in action.
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi in action with Napoli's David Ospina as he misses a chance to score on Feb. 25 in Naples, Italy. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
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Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann scores their first goal.
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Ivan Rakitic of Barcelona, Mario Rui and Diego Demme of Napoli battle for the ball.
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Dries Mertens of Napoli celebrates with teammates Mario Rui and Lorenzo Insigne after scoring his teams first goal.
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi in action with Napoli's Diego Demme.
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Timo Werner of Leipzig celebrates after scoring his team's first goal against Tottenham on Feb. 19 in London, England. Leipzig won 1-0.
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Ben Davies of Tottenham is booked by Match referee Cuneyt Cakir.
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Gedson Fernandes of Tottenham and Nordi Mukiele of Leipzig.
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Dele Alli of Tottenham goes close under pressure from Marcel Halstenberg of Leipzig.
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Steven Bergwijn of Tottenham shoots but sees his shot saved.
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Tottenham's Giovani Lo Celso vies with Leipzig's Marcel Sabitzer.
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Atalanta's Duvan Zapata duels for the ball with Valencia's Mouctar Diakhaby in Milan, Italy on Feb. 19. Atalanta won 4-1.

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Atalanta's Hans Hateboer scores his side's fourth goal.
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Valencia's Geoffrey Kondogbia in action with Atalanta's Josip Ilicic.
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Atalanta's Hans Hateboer celebrates scoring their first goal with Alejandro Gomez and Robin Gosens.
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Atalanta's Mattia Caldara is challenged by Valencia's Eliaquim Mangala.
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Valencia's goalkeeper Jaume Domenech makes a save in front of Atalanta's Mario Pasalic.
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Atletico Madrid's Koke and Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold fight for the ball during their Champions League match in Madrid on Feb. 18. Atletico Madrid won 1-0.
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Felipe of Atletico Madrid and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool vie for the ball.

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Sime Vrsaljko of Atletico Madrid clears the ball while under pressure from Divock Origi of Liverpool.
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Atletico Madrid's Alvaro Morata in action with Liverpool's Andrew Robertson.
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Atletico Madrid's Saul Niguez celebrates scoring their first goal with Koke and Alvaro Morata.
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Atletico Madrid's Thomas Partey passes the ball as Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum defends.
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Erling Haaland, Giovanni Reyna and Raphael Guerreiro of Dortmund celebrates after scoring their team's first goal against Paris Saint-Germain on Feb. 18 in Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund won 2-1.
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Paris St Germain's Neymar scores their first goal
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Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland heads the ball.
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Marco Verratti of Paris Saint Germain competes with Erling Braut Haaland of Dortmund.
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Paris Saint Germain's Neymar duels for the ball with Dortmund's Lukasz Piszczek.

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Marco Verratti of Paris Saint Germain and Emre Can of Dortmund in action.
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Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe scores his team's 4th goal against Galatasaray on Dec. 11 in Paris, France. PSG won 5-0.

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Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar celebrates scoring his team's third goal.

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Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe is tackled by Galatasaray's Ryan Donk.

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Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain in action against Emre Mor of Galatasaray.

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aris Saint-Germain's Mauro Icardi celebrates scoring his team's first goal.

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Real Madrid's Rodrygo (L) celebrates after scoring the opener against Club Brugge on Dec. 11 in Bruges, Belgium. Real Madrid 3-1.
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Real Madrid's Eder Militao (C) heads the ball with Club Brugge's Brandon Mechele.

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Hans Vanaken of Club Brugge is challenged by Isco and Casemiro of Real Madrid. Hans scored his team first goal. Scores are level 1-1.

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Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid celebrates after scoring his team's second goal. Real Madrid leads 2-1.
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Brugge's Emmanuel Bonaventure, left, chases down Real Madrid's Luka Modric. Modric scored their third goal. 

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Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with his teammates after scores his side's opening goal against Bayer Leverkusen on Dec. 11 in Leverkusen, Germany. Juventus won 2-0.

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Juventus' Daniele Rugani fights for the ball with Leverkusen's Charles Aranguiz.

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Juventus' Daniele Rugani clears the ball.

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Leverkusen's Aleksandar Dragovic and Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo fight for the ball.

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Federico Bernardeschi of Juventus and Charles Aranguiz of Bayer in action.

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Atletico Madrid's Joao Felix scores their first goal from the penalty spot against Lokomotiv Moscow on Dec. 11 in Madrid, Spain. Atletico Madrid 2-0.

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Atletico Madrid's Alvaro Morata celebrates a goal before it is disallowed. 

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Atletico Madrid's Felipe celebrates his goal and team's second goal.

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Tottenham Hotspur's Paulo Gazzaniga in action against Bayern Munich on Dec. 11 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich won 3-1.

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Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller scores their second goal.

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Philippe Coutinho of Bayern Munich runs with the ball.

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Bayern Munich's Kingsley Coman celebrates after scoring his sides first goal.

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Thomas Muller of Bayern Munich in action.

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Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus celebrates scoring their third goal to complete his hat-trick against Zagreb on Dec. 11 in Zagreb, Croatia. Man city won 4-1.

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Phil Foden of Manchester City is challenged by Nikola Moro of Zagreb.

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Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus scores his side's opening goal.
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Zagreb's players celebrate after Daniel Olmo scored their first goal.
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Zagreb's Bruno Petkovic jumps for the ball with Manchester City's Joao Cancelo.
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Last weekend, five Serie A fixtures were postponed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.

Inter Milan versus Juventus, a key battle in the league’s title race, was among those matches affected.

Reuters contributed to this report

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