The Champions League in a new way .. “The Final Four and One Week”
The Spanish newspaper "AS" revealed today that the European Football Association is studying what is known as the "Swiss model" to apply it to the Champions League, the most important competition, starting from the 2024-2025 season.
This model is centered on what is known as the "final four, one crucial week", which relates to the last part of the knockout phase.
It is expected that if this system is approved, the fourth and final round will be played in one week and one city, without home and away, while the number of group stage matches will increase, and this is in addition to many changes.
This would greatly reduce the pressure of matches on the big European clubs that support this trend.
It is noteworthy that this system is applied at the level of European basketball, and in many games in the United States, as it was previously applied at the level of the Champions League, when the semi-finals and final took place in the Portuguese city of Lisbon in the summer of 2020, due to the precautionary measures due to the Corona virus, which prevented the competition from taking place. in the usual way.
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