UEFA Champions League changes

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UEFA set to make major Champions League rule change after Man City & Liverpool thrillers (msn.com)

Proposed (confirmed?) changes make my blood boil. It's already a way-overrated competition which has little interest until the qtrs, and now to reach last 16 they want to have 10 games (instead of 6) to qualify for last 16 (if you finish in top 8), or 12 games for the next 16 clubs in a single league. An absolute bloody farce.

And then, when it gets to the business end of things, after all those unnecessary no-interest games, they want to do away with two-leg semis and have a one-legged much-more-of-a-lottery single leg semi, in a neutral location, to be quickly followed by the final at same location (like Portugal in lockdown). So, let's have loads of irrelevant games to reach the key stage, then fuck-it, get it finished asap, with fewer fans being able to attend and, oh yes, four sets of fans in the same city. That's gonna work well.

Fucking MORONS!
 
train man said:
they want to do away with two-leg semis and have a one-legged much-more-of-a-lottery single leg semi, in a neutral location, to be quickly followed by the final at same location
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I’m not a fan of this, but it’s just like the FA Cup
 
I actually like the idea of the semi and final being one off games and held close together. It was exciting when they had the quarters, semi & final all together during the pandemic all in the space of 10 days or so.

Not a fan of most of the other changes though. Group games are the most boring stage of any tournament so expanding that section just makes me roll the eyes. The less said about the 2 extra spots for teams who miss out based on past success the better.
 
HelloCity said:
I actually like the idea of the semi and final being one off games and held close together. It was exciting when they had the quarters, semi & final all together during the pandemic all in the space of 10 days or so.

Not a fan of most of the other changes though. Group games are the most boring stage of any tournament so expanding that section just makes me roll the eyes. The less said about the 2 extra spots for teams who miss out based on past success the better.
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Would be fucking expensive. What city can reasonably host hundreds of thousands of fans from four teams?

Paris is already expensive as fuck, granted there'll be some rooms crop up when Madrid (or us) go out, but it's OTT already.
 
Blue Smarties said:
Would be fucking expensive. What city can reasonably host hundreds of thousands of fans from four teams?

Paris is already expensive as fuck, granted there'll be some rooms crop up when Madrid (or us) go out, but it's OTT already.
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The football authorities make all the right noises about the importance of fans but the reality is we (fans) don’t register as important with them.
Wherever top level footy is played the grounds can probably be filled. This proposal would look like a half way house to a club World Cup. this already exists in one form with the ludicrous Club World Championship.
What better way for those currently in power at UEFA to scupper current plans to globalise the game like the plans for a bi-annual World Cup
Top level football will eat itself.

Im not going to fall for the click bait article but the headline says recent Man City and Liverpool ‘thrillers.’ Really the dippers game was that?
 
Blue Smarties said:
Would be fucking expensive. What city can reasonably host hundreds of thousands of fans from four teams?

Paris is already expensive as fuck, granted there'll be some rooms crop up when Madrid (or us) go out, but it's OTT already.
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You’re right. I was just thinking of the ‘spectacle’. Would be awkward for the match going fan who wants to attend both games and very expensive.
 
The changes have been planned for ages, and a rumour just added which isn't happening.
 
BeerIsTheBest said:
The football authorities make all the right noises about the importance of fans but the reality is we (fans) don’t register as important with them.
Wherever top level footy is played the grounds can probably be filled. This proposal would look like a half way house to a club World Cup. this already exists in one form with the ludicrous Club World Championship.
What better way for those currently in power at UEFA to scupper current plans to globalise the game like the plans for a bi-annual World Cup
Top level football will eat itself.

Im not going to fall for the click bait article but the headline says recent Man City and Liverpool ‘thrillers.’ Really the dippers game was that?
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I think the 'festival of football' and one legged semi finals will actually be being driven by the clubs, not UEFA. As we all know, whilst the authorities don't give a toss about the fans neither do ANY of the clubs, however much people wish they did...
 
Probably in the minority, on here at least, but I think the 10 different oponents in a league will be far more interesting than the groups stages we have now, and an inprovement.
 
Shite idea but be interesting to see how they work the ticket details if you win the semi but are stuck in a foreign country with only three days to the game. Likely it would have to be mobile tickets but still a lot of pfaffing about in a short space of time especially if our ticket office is involved in it.
 
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