Chinanews client, April 19th, on the 19th Beijing time, 12 European giant football clubs announced the formation of the Super League, which will start in August each year.
FIFA clearly expressed its opposition to this publication-"It opposes the establishment of a'closed' Super League outside the existing international football system."
Screenshot of the Super League website
The official website of the Super League shows that the 12 clubs leading the formation of the Super League are AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham. Before the start of the initial season, it is expected that Three other clubs will join.
Regarding the competition system, there are 20 clubs participating in the Super League, including 15 founding clubs and 5 qualified clubs.
The tournament will start in August each year. The 20 teams are divided into two groups, with 10 teams in each group playing home and away group matches.
The top three in each group will automatically advance to the quarter-finals, and the fourth and fifth in each group will have two rounds of play-offs to determine a place to advance to the quarter-finals.
Before the finals, there are two rounds of home and away games. The finals will be held at the end of May and will be played in a neutral position.
In response, FIFA issued a statement saying: “We firmly support the unity and fair redistribution model of football, which will help the development of football, especially at the global level. Because it is FIFA’s responsibility to help the development of football around the world. The primary task."
"In our view, according to our charter, any football match-whether it is national, regional or global-should always embody the core principles of unity, inclusiveness, integrity and fair financial redistribution. In this context , FIFA can only express opposition to the establishment of a'closed European independent league' outside the international football system and a way of doing things that does not respect the above principles."
FIFA also called on all parties involved to conduct a calm, constructive and balanced dialogue in the spirit of unity and fair competition for the benefit of football.
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