They postpone the decision on the new format of the Champions

Published:31/03/2021 - 03:26h

Updated:31/03/2021 - 03:28h

The measure took by the fault of agreements on the commercial rights and of transmission by what it will be necessary to expect so that they approve the referred changes definitively

The new format that would have the Champions League for the 2024 still lacking for ratifying and the initial plan went through the fact that this went to make this Wednesday, during the meeting of the Executive Committee of the UEFA, but finally will not be like this.

According to the last informations, the decision that went to take this Wednesday was postponed for 19 April. The reason for said change, is that they still have not agreed how will sell the commercial rights and of transmission with the new format that will adapt the maximum continental competition of clubs.

The plans regarding the new format go through an enlargement of 32 to 36 teams in the phase of groups of the referred competition. In place of eight groups with six days, there would be six groups with a total of 10 days, afterwards of this will happen to a round of conjoint classification of the 36 participants.

In this moment, the eight better classified teams would go in directly in the eighth of final, expecting by rivals that would go out of eliminatory between which have remained between the places 9 to the 16 against which have occupied of the 17 to the 24. Of the 125 parties that contest at present would happen to 209.

The idea is that the main European teams play between himself a greater number of parties to the usual so that they can obtain more dividends. Besides, the authorities of the UEFA expect that these changes attain to convince to the clubs so that they abandon the project of Superliga continental that prepared to backs of the referred entity. The project in question was supported by several clubs, between them the Real Madrid and the Barcelona.

Other subjects in diary

This day, in addition to the new format of the Champions League, will take decisions on the Eurocopa, that is to say on if it follows contesting in the twelve headquarters of twelve countries, as it was foreseen, or if it will change said competition. No descarta, for the moment, that leave to play in some of the headquarters, if for example it can not admit presence of public by the pandemia of the coronavirus.