The UEFA studies to change the format of the semis and final of the Champions

This Saturday to the 21:00 hours with the duel between the Manchester City, of the exentrenador of the FC Barcelona Pep Guardiola, and Chelsea, of Thomas Tuchel, could contest the last final of the UEFA Champions League under the format actual, since the organisers the event would be studying one new that would modify in entrance the last phase of the maximum competition in the field of clubs in Europe.

In concrete, of agreement to the information advanced by the newspaper estadunidense 'The New York Times', would be considering the format of a Final Four, that would contest in an alone city, with which would decide the champion of the competition, something more or less resembled what lived the year happened in Lisbon because of the sanitary emergency caused by the pandemia of the COVID-19.

However, with the new idea would happen of the current semifinals (with parties of gone turn, four in total) and final to play "a 'week of the champions', in which two semifinals and the final will contest in a same city and will complement with a program of concerts, parties and other events", that would help to promote the economic activity for the on duty host.

For the moment, it clears the North American newspaper, only treats of an idea that still have not argued with the clubs, but that well could be a reality in some years. It would treat , besides, to win a day more when reducing each semifinal to only a party, what would add, according to the criterion of the impulsores of the change, greater competitive appeal to the final phase of the Champions. Although, clear is, to the detriment of the economic losses for those who will not be able to house in his stadiums these commitments under the diagram of gone/turn.

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"At present they contest in parties of gone and turn in the stadiums of the participants, and are one of the television properties more codiciadas of the football", affirms the mentioned media, which explained: "However, according to the managerial heights of the UEFA, the audiences estimated for the semifinals are the sufficiently big as to mitigate the greater part of the losses for losing the parties of turn", aim.