UEFA has announced, that the Europa match between Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven scheduled for this Thursday has been called off due to the lack of adequate security personnel following the death of Queen Elizabeth.
‘’This is due to the severe limitations on police resources and organizational issues related to the
ongoing events surrounding the national mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,’’ UEFA has said.
It is not yet known when the match will be played but all other European games including teams from the United Kingdom are expected to go ahead this week.
’’UEFA today announced that the UEFA Europa League tie between Arsenal FC and PSV Eindhoven, originally to be played on Thursday 15 September has been postponed with a new date to be communicated in due course. This is due to the severe limitations on police resources and organizational issues related to the ongoing events surrounding the national mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.’’ read the statement from Arsenal.
Meanwhile, some of this week’s European ties that are expected to go ahead as planned include home fixtures for Liverpool against Ajax on Tuesday and Chelsea against Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.
Rangers’ fixture against Napoli was rescheduled from Tuesday to Wednesday due to a shortage of available police numbers in Scotland as well.
All professional and grassroots football in the UK over the weekend were postponed as a mark of respect
for the Queen Elizabeth who passed away at age 96 on Thursday last week.
The English premier League will resume on Tuesday with midweek fixtures but will face the limitation on police resources, according to an official statement by the Premier League.
