The ESPN FC panel of Stewart Robson, Nedum Onuoha, Shaka Hislop and Mario Melchiot react to the UEFA announcing a new format for the next Champions League season.
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Super league đąbe careful
I am totally confused
extra games = more injuries, poorer quality football, less viewers.
Now Im more worried about the well-being of my team's Health đą
– Madridista đ€
Super League without the clubs running it. Lol
I like this idea of an extended Champions League format. Teams need to recruit more players and give playing time to the players and young players. Football recruits many young people in their academies and they need to open more opportunities.
CL has lost its fabric and even the explanations do not make sense anymore. The old format of First and Second group stages prior to knockout qualification was better. Money is now taking over the game.
Yes, there could be up to 4 more European games for these teams. But still could be less games than championship clubs, not an excuse. Iâm not a fan of the 5th place team of 2 countries getting a champions league spot as well based off country coefficient
More games = more injuries
Why are they ruining something that works perfectly fine I really donât get it why just why ?
This is to fight off the European Super League. It maybe more interesting but will be more taxing on the players and teams
i dun like it! confusing and dilutes the quality of the top tier UEFA club competition for me?
They didnât like the super league being created so they created the super league .
Whoever is complaining about there being more games, can go home and lock themselves up! We are tired of hearing that nonsense! When I was a player, I wished we had played more games. Real professional players love more games. It keeps them fit! Trust me, the most painful games of the season are those first 5 matches you play just after a long break…..muscle injuries usually occur at this time. It's more money in player pockets (and UEFA of course!), more money to clubs & more games for us spectators to watch. If any player cannot handle a couple of more games, then he should change careers, there's about a billion more players wishing to take his place!
They just keep finding ways to complicate football and destroy the essence of the very sportđ€Šđœââïžđ€Šđœââïž
Too many games
I honestly prefer this like have you seen this year's knockout games, and i thought the Group Stages is boring.
What a shithole of a plan
Basically they make super league
New format is rubbish. More games added to the calender. Expect more injuries to players.
You KNOW these changes are not for the good of the sport. UEFA is not a sports organisation it's a corrupt money machine. The president should be responsible for such choice and bring it to the fans. But there is nothing to bring. They don't care about the sport. They don't care about competition. They just adjust whatever metric they can so it makes money and is watchable. Enjoy your tuna can football. It'll be profitable and watchable enough to be marketable. I wanna puke.
BS!
That would water down the football a joke thing it is already watering down already then the quality poor
Sound FUN đł
The current Champions League format is totally rubbish. UEFA should revert it back to only "champions" of each countries and the straight knockout gsmes with no seedings.
It will kill european football and fans will lose interest.
The end of football as we know it
As a fan I am sick of more games. I love attending games but when you factor in travel expenses as well as ticket prices, then you're watching players struggling to cope and either getting injured or not able to perform at their best. Too many games. It's all about money nothing else.
If you compare teams from other groups you can have a team finish in 3rd have more points than a team in second
Shakhtar Donetsk had 9 points, Paris Saint-Germain had 8 and Copenhagen 8 who both came in second
I like the format but I'd reduce it to 20 teams, 4 pots of 5 teams, you play 2 teams from each pot, 8 games, then go to KO.
Its a super league in disguise.
This is BS. Its more about the money than the sport. The level and quality of football on the field is going to drop and susceptible to career ending injuries. Its Shite. Theres already so much for the players, this is just greed.
I think we must go against this just like we did against super league
Super League
2:00 that applies to the Championship playoffs too
The big issue with the champions league is they need to find a way to get a wider variety of clubs in the latter stages and potentially winning it.They need to find a way to get clubs from Netherlands,Portugal, Belgium , Eastern Europe , Scandinavia having some chance of winning it.This was the case up until 20 years ago however it's become a competition preserved only for the top 4 or 5 leagues in recent years and this is not good for the competition.
Well its great cuz winning a game and getting 3 points will be important. No more accepting draws
This is like Super League's idea only… with more lower end teams. So a little more for everyone
Should be better than regular group stage đ€ we have for 30 years …
Tbf I rather give more spot to those non-Big 5 league, instead of 4th place somehow can make into the Champions League
I like the new format
bullshit
They should stop nations league this tournament is the most unnecessary tournament ever
Absolutely bollocks format – the average fan is going to be confused with this one as well and lose interest! Also, why should teams finished 5th and 6th like United, get a place? Losing it's relevance.
I like the new format the current champions league format was getting stale