UPDATE 1-Soccer-Champions League, Europa League last-16 second legs to be played at home venues

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July 9 (Reuters) - The four Champions League round of 16 second-leg ties which were postponed because of COVID-19 in March will be played next month in the stadiums of the home teams provided travelling is possible without restrictions, UEFA said on Thursday.

European soccer's governing body added that the same arrangements would apply to the outstanding second-leg matches in the Europa League round of 16 ties.

The Champions League ties still to be completed are Manchester City v Real Madrid, Bayern Munich v Chelsea, Juventus v Olympique Lyonnais and Barcelona v Napoli. They are due to be played on Aug 7-8.

UEFA said the decision was "consistent with the principle of sporting fairness" and took into account the fact that all four home teams are currently playing domestic matches in their own stadiums.

However, UEFA added that it would monitor the situation and move matches to Portugal if "new events occur that would make it impossible to play one or more matches at the original venues."

The final stages of the Champions League, from the quarter-finals onwards, will be played as a mini-tournament in Portugal and the Europa League in Germany. All those matches will be over one leg.

UEFA confirmed that the two Europa League ties where the first leg did not take place -- Inter Milan v Getafe and Sevilla v AS Roma -- would be played over a single leg in Germany. (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru and Brian Homewood; Editing by Ken Ferris)