A radical turn in the Champions League

Giorgio MarchettiUEFA Secretary General, and Tobias Hedstukhead of club competitions, explained the advantages in Madrid new champions, in which the number of teams will increase from 32 to 36 and therefore there will be more clubs and games. It will start in the next edition, that is in September.

“Clubs wanted him, some even needed him,” Marchetti said.. Some of the reasons for the change are to increase the competitiveness of the group stage, diversify the matches, increase the number of participants and change the plot of the competition.

The big news is that the current group stage format has been scrapped. to give way to a global league between everyone, although not everyone will play against everyone. Everyone will face two from each draw pot until eight opponents remain., four at home and four away. The computer will determine who these opponents are and in which case the game is played at home and in which case it is away.

Clubs in the four pots will be ranked. There will be no clashes between teams from the same country and only two teams from another league can be faced.. That is, for example, If Madrid has 1, it will have two opponents from the same pot.one at home and one outside, two more from reel 2one at home and one outside, two more from reel 3one at home and one outside, and two more from bank 4one at home and one outside.

After the League, the top eight will have direct access to the 1/8 finals and Participants 9 to 24 will play each other in a playoff to determine the remaining eight participants.. The position in the league will be determined by transfers.

Another new thing is that There will be exclusive days for the Champions League (first, with matches on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday), Europa League (also the first) and Conference (last). All matches of the last days will be played simultaneously.

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