Champions League 2024-25
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Maradona37
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I said when it was announced this format would be good. It looked good from the start - the Swiss system seems to work well in practice.
It could just be the novelty factor. But I think people are resistant to change.
The biggest cons are more games for the players and unique fixture lists per team. But there are good things too.
It could just be the novelty factor. But I think people are resistant to change.
The biggest cons are more games for the players and unique fixture lists per team. But there are good things too.
Iniesta Ultra
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Hope Vini, Ham, and Rodrygo are privately having a word with Madrid about selling turdle.
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damn…ter stegen absence had you AWOL. welcome back
Rassvet
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This is what uefa's official website says which suggests some kind of seeding but is vague
New format for Champions League post-2024: Everything you need to know | UEFA Champions League
The 2024/25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will follow a new format. We explain what will change, what will stay the same, what it means for fans and how it impacts UEFA's other club competitions.
www.uefa.com
"To strengthen the synergy between the league and knockout phases, and to provide more sporting incentive during the league phase, the pairings of the knockout phase will also be partly determined by the league phase rankings, with a draw which likewise determines and lays out the route for teams to reach the final."
Maradona37
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Thanks.This is what uefa's official website says which suggests some kind of seeding but is vague
New format for Champions League post-2024: Everything you need to know | UEFA Champions League
The 2024/25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will follow a new format. We explain what will change, what will stay the same, what it means for fans and how it impacts UEFA's other club competitions.
"To strengthen the synergy between the league and knockout phases, and to provide more sporting incentive during the league phase, the pairings of the knockout phase will also be partly determined by the league phase rankings, with a draw which likewise determines and lays out the route for teams to reach the final."
That sentence to me reads like a general draw, not actually single placements minus a draw. But it is very vague, you are right.
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Temptation
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Maradona37
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He is a good guy and poster. I think he might be wrong on this one though. I am pretty sure it's random draws. Fergus seems to know too.
But who knows.
Temptation
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Rassvet
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Idk, I've seen the bracket format below posted in various places where the places are set apart from a random draw between two spots
Maradona37
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Looks madIdk, I've seen the bracket format below posted in various places where the places are set apart from a random draw between two spots
Also makes a mockery of country protection.
I don't know. I assumed it was two draws for knockout play-offs then round of 16 til you mentioned it.
When it goes to round of 16 surely it has to be a draw. I am not sure.
MontenegrinCuler
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If Madrid chokes vs Liverpool, chances are they will, then we can talk about them ending up in UEL. Very small chances for top 8 then and, knowing their overall performances this season, bottling in the play offs for knockout stage is not impossible.
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