Roma has announced they will not travel to Spain for the first leg of its Europa League last-16 match against Sevilla on Thursday.
The Italian club said on Twitter on Wednesday that its "plane from Italy was not authorised to land in Spain", adding UEFA would provide a further update.
Both legs of the tie had been due to take place behind closed doors.
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Italy is 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.
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