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Christmas rhymes with celebration, gifts, and propaganda by Florentino Pérez for his European Superleague.

As every time at the same time of the year, the president of Real Madrid defended the idea of ​​an elite continental league to revive the interest of European football which, according to him, needs more than ever renewal.

All without saying the word "Superligue" (but thinking it very strongly).

Strong.

“Football needs new formulas, which make it more competitive, more moving, stronger.

The impact of Covid-19 requires new changes, ”said the leader during the general meeting of“ socios ”(supporters-shareholders) of the club.

“Everyone pleads for a reform of the current panorama of competitions.

Players get injured due to the large amount of matches.

Football reform cannot wait, ”argued the 73-year-old president of Real Madrid, at the head of the“ White House ”since 2009 after a first freelance between 2000 and 2006.

Creo que el presidente del @realmadrid anda muy despistado con el tema de la SUPERLIGA, deben informarle mejor.

Y sobre las retransmisiones ... si cree que no son objetivas, en el mando a distancia hay una opción para escuchar el partido con RMTV, seguro que son más "objetivas".

- Javier Tebas Medrano (@Tebasjavier) December 20, 2020

"I believe that the president of Real Madrid is completely lost with this subject of Superleague, we must better inform him", tackled Sunday on Twitter Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, organ of professional football in Spain, in response about the Madrid president.

The "Swiss system"

This old project, which is not unanimous among the leaders of European football, would allow the most powerful clubs on the continent to limit the sporting hazard and share the cake of TV rights.

It would compete head-on with the Champions League and the Europa League, organized under the aegis of UEFA with a principle of meritocracy and European qualification through national championships.

At the beginning of December, the British daily The Times affirmed that UEFA was plunging on a plan to reform the Champions League, which would replace the traditional pools with an overall classification of 32 or 36 teams, each playing 10 matches against 10 different opponents.

Called the "Swiss System", this option would be favored by the European body in its desire to counter Superleague projects.

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