New-look Champions League produces jeopardy, but giants survive

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PARIS: European football body UFA praised the Champions League’s “more dynamic” new format as a major success after ending Wednesday while the continent’s biggest club to reach the knockout stage Saved.

Real Madrid’s English superstar Jod Belingham ended the league stage with a 3-0 win against Breast in France, Real Madrid’s English superstar Jod Belingham told UFA.com, “This It is good to be in danger. “

He was not referring to this particular game, played in the eighth and last match day at the same time, a strange night that saw a total of 64 goals flight around Europe, which also included for Belingham. –

It was a reference to the fact that the new format – was playing eight games against eight different opponents with all 36 clubs – each club, even made the habit of the biggest fish.

Madrid himself was caught because he lost three of his first five matches. Manchester City certainly faced the danger because in 2023 the winners of the competition needed to win their last game at the club Brogge’s house to avoid elimination, and found themselves below 1-0.

They returned 3-1 to avoid humiliation and reach the knockout roundplay office, and the club brogges.

The UEFA introduced this new format to replace the group system, which has been in its place for two decades, in response to a Brexo Super League threat that includes a selected band of giant clubs –

The European football governing body is now beating its chest about the success of the new format in a “promise to renegotiate its promise” in a group stage.

Without passing through the play office, only two clubs came to the final match day after receiving direct qualification from the last 16.

Only nine were terminated, which left something to play 25 in their last game. It is naturally praised by clubs who have struggled under the previous system, especially Breast, who ranked 18th and reached the play office in its first European campaign.

“I really like it, and I think people watching in television and stadiums tonight may have been enjoying it. It was a lot of suspension. It gives small teams like us,” Breast Coach Eric Eric Roy said.

Another French party, Lily, performed a remarkable performance to come in the seventh and directly to the last 16, defeating the real and Athletico Madrid along the way. “I really like this format. There is a scope of surprise, “Lily’s Thomas Munir said.

On the contrary, Real Coach Carlo Anaslotti has not hidden his anger over the increase in the number of sports in the league phase, which is from six to eight in the old format. “I think about football is that we have to reduce the number of matches to reduce the effects of players,” said Anloti.

A well -known European club player who asked that the theory was not identified, saying that the new system could be interesting to the fans, but it was physical. “I prefer less sports to be honest,” was that player’s clear guess? There will be even less opportunity to rest for these clubs, which should now come to the last 16 via two toe play -off tie in February.

But there will be a lot of excitement in the play office, which takes place on Friday.

The way the draw has been organized means that the real and the Baren Munich knows that they will either face Manchester City or face the Seltic next. AC Milan could play Joints.

However, the new format eventually produced the same final result.

The top eight, which develop straight to the last 16, from the five largest leagues in Europe, three from England, two from Spain, and one from Italy, one from Germany and France.

Only six clubs from other countries have arrived at the play office, all of which are a special prescription: PSV Indovin, Benfika, Finard and Celtic, the former runner -up in the Club Bog, and the former European Cup winner in Portuguese Giants Sporting.

No club coming from Munich has developed, and the only club that was expected to qualify for but failed to do so, was RB Lipzig, although he was injured in injuries. It was and his opponents raised more points than them. Any other team.