Arsenal are forced to pay Benfica a £44,000 compensation after the Portuguese club were required to move their Europa League tie to Italy due to UK Government travel restrictions. The Round of 32 matches was scheduled to take place at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, but travel restrictions between Portugal and the UK mean the game has had to be moved. The Gunners will have to compensate the Portuguese club 10 per cent of their £440,000 earnings for rearranging the game. Earlier this month, the UK placed Portugal on the 'red list' of high-risk Covid countries, because of concerns about the prevalence of the Brazilian variant of coronavirus. UEFA issued new guidance that matches would be relocated in these circumstances. Arsenal's 'away' leg to Benfica will now take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the home of AS Roma.
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