UEFA announces that the next Champions League will also change the format for the draw

The UEFA announced of official way the past week that the next season the three European tournaments of clubs will play with a change of format, adding now four new classified to arrive until 36 and without grouping them in distinct groups, but in a same classification, very resembled a league. This discussed decision of the European organism has done that now it see forced to computerise almost completely the draw of the Champions League and other tournaments.

Like this also it has announced it the UEFA, remembering that now that each club will play eight parties, four home and four was, only will need a draw to determine the parties and no the location of the distinct teams in the groups. With four bass drums of nine teams, ordered according to the coefficient of performance of five years of the UEFA, the draw automated will group to two rivals of each bass drum for this group, as for example the FC Barcelona.

The UEFA wants a draw that keep on being dynamic and with limits

The measure to make now the draw of computerized way is due to that the UEFA ensures that make the crosses manually, as it was the case in the previous format, would take until four hours because of the complex considerations inside the draw. The clubs will not be able to select teams of his own country, unless there is too many in a bass drum, what would do unavoidable a meeting point.

This only would affect to the leagues with four or more clubs in the competition, although the UEFA thinks that will be able to avoid it the next season. This means that the only manual appearance will be the part ceremonial to choose the team whose parties will decide . Afterwards, the computer will assign automatically to the opponents of this team of the four bass drums and will decide what split are of venue and of visitor.

The Barça and others 'top' would know his rivals almost to the instant

Another example: if the bass drum 1 includes to Manchester City, Seville, Barça, ​​Naples, Bayern of Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord, Real Madrid; the UEFA only will take out a team, like the Barça and the parties would show one by one by means of draw by computer. Of this way the UEFA insists in that his computer systems will be the sufficiently solid so that all work of correct way, adding besides that they are audited by the company Ernst & Young.

Also it confirmed that there would be two draws limited of eighth of final: one to the term of the phase of the general table to finals of January and another to finals of February for the eighth of final. Sin Embargo, this only would decide in which side of the classification situate the teams, since it will be predetermined to a large extent by the positions in the phase to the style ties. There will be draw for the quarter-finals and semifinals, that already will remain fixed in the key.