The Giallorossi’s meeting with the La Liga outfit is now likely to be called off due to the COVID-19 outbreak
Roma will not travel from Italy to Sevilla for a round of 16 Europa League clash on Thursday, after their plane was denied authorisation to land in Spain due to measures being put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The two sides were due to meet in a first leg-clash at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, which now looks set to be postponed due to decision.
Roma have released an official statement on social media confirming the news, which reads: “AS Roma will not go to Spain for the Europa League match against Sevilla due to lack of authorization from local authorities. More details will be announced by UEFA.”
Italy is currently in lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, with significant travel restrictions in place across the country.
There have been over 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Italy, where 631 people have died.
Spain is also one of the worst-affected countries in Europe as there have been over 2,000 confirmed cases and 47 deaths.
Several airlines have already stopped flying to Italy during the outbreak.
More to follow.
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