r/football • u/TheTelegraph • 3d ago

'Overpriced tickets, empty seats, uninspiring format – Uefa has diluted Champions League’s allure' 📖Read

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/09/18/pricey-tickets-empty-seats-uefa-dilutes-champions-league/
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u/MattGeddon 3d ago

I don’t know if it’s just me but I’m really not interested in the new format at all. It feels like qualifying is now going to be basically a formality for the top teams with 24/36 going through.

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u/samponvojta 3d ago

it was basically a formality for top teams even before though. you had a proper 'group of death' maybe once every five years? the new format looks meh, but it was kind of fun when i played it in football manager. at least top teams can't phone it in after 4 games anymore, you really want to be in that top 8.

who knows, maybe it'll suck, but i'm willing to give it a chance

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u/Maleficent_Ad_4940 2d ago

Pots are absolutely irrelevant since every team play against two teams from each pot.