You don’t mention the version of Fusion you are using or how you tried to do the installation.
So, start here - note only the latest 11.5.5 version supports 20.04 as a guest OS:
VMware Fusion 11.5.5 Release Notes
Creating a Linux Virtual Machine in Fusion
How To Install VMWare Fusion with Ubuntu on a Mac
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