indicated his desire to change the format of the Champions
League back to a straight knock out competition with one
team from each country:
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indicated his desire to change the format of the Champions
League back to a straight knock out competition with one
team from each country:
“I want only one competition with 256 teams which will face
each other according to the direct elimination system,” he
said in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
each other according to the direct elimination system,” he
said in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
“The European cups the way they are today are just a closed
circus. The more matches there are, the more certain it is
that big clubs win the competition but Bayern Munich should
also play in Malta and in Georgia.”
circus. The more matches there are, the more certain it is
that big clubs win the competition but Bayern Munich should
also play in Malta and in Georgia.”
He also said that he’d limit the influence of the G-14 group
of clubs:
of clubs:
“We also have to talk with the G-14, but never should they
obtain an official role,
obtain an official role,
“Only UEFA and FIFA have the legitimacy to gather the
international federations.”
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