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UEFA’s master of ceremonies (or deputy general secretary, to give him his full name), Giorgio Marchetti was in delivery mode in the most recent draw at the Champions League organisational level last week.
He said the major overhaul that will be applied to the world’s most prestigious club festival next season was the biggest revolution in the tournament’s 30-year history. Those who do not forget only 8 organizations and in recent years two stages of organization (yes, it was something genuine), it would be remiss to say that UEFA has never campaigned for the replacement. But Marchetti – who mentions Rowan Atkinson’s character in Love Actually during the organisation of the draws – was there to reinforce the replacement message that UEFA needs to get across globally.
The new league format, goodbye groups, will debut at a time when football is on the brink of civil war. From the major renegade clubs fighting for a separatist Super League to the riches that flood Saudi Arabia as a non-European country. rival in the league, making China’s relaxed spending of yesteryear seem irrelevant.
But, for the aristocrats of European football, at the moment there are multiple reasons why Celtic and Rangers, or if a surprise team wins the Scottish Premiership, deserve to be stunned by the tight review of the future. And it is Celtic, winners of 11 of the last 12 names, who this time are already 4 points ahead of their wonderful rival. Record Sport crunches the numbers and explains why the name of this year’s Scottish Premiership matters so much. This is what it means for Scottish football.
There has been talk of the new format within UEFA, but monetary forecasters are sure it will be a resounding success. The projection estimates that 33% more profits are on their way to the 36 clubs to consume. That’s £4. 2 billion consistent with the season. The Premiership winner is believed to earn £30 million from the Champions League in its current format, but calculators will want a recalibration with the new riches on offer. And the new format will make the level of organization grow beyond Christmas. a new one and Celtic and Rangers want to be part of it. The path of non-champions remains open, but this is not a season where you want to play Russian roulette when you can get your ticket directly.
More money will most likely lead to more demanding situations as rivals come together; however, Celtic and Rangers or whoever the champions of Scottish football are will see a path to a realistic 10-game run in the Champions League: that of reaching the quarter-finals in their current Champions League. form. The new league format provides for 8 matches, 4 home and 4 away, against 8 other opponents. And, while it remains a daunting task, the Scottish Premiership winners finish in the top 24 of the new visual league and will then be in the final 16s of the playoff rounds.
The 8 most sensible will advance directly to the knockout stages, while the groups ranked between 9th and 24th will be in a position to have a royalty sign up for them. If our squad gets to that stage and no team has met those criteria since Neil In Lennon’s dynamic Celtic side in 2012/13, they would have the chance to play 12 games. Think of it this way, there’s a chance that next season’s Champions League winners will only play 17 games if they’re coming off the wildcard playoff route. 4 games more than the existing format. More games means more money.
This new format, even if knocked down, probably won’t lead anywhere, but with the money that comes with it, it turns out that the warring parties probably won’t make their considerations known. And a chicken-and-egg situation that is more likely to spread in the seasons following the first 24/25 season. To include Jim Bowen in his Bullseye glory, the winners have a ticket to the wonderful deyet of UCL’s makeover, that’s for sure, but the years to come are anything. Still guaranteed.
The domestic coefficient has risen dramatically in recent seasons, however, the much-vaunted 2019/20 season, in which Celtic and Rangers triumphed in the knockout stages of the Europa League, will decline to the five-year average from next season. Added to this are the threats from Austria, Switzerland and Turkey, the likelihood of abandoning the 10 most sensible and wasting the guaranteed position at the organizational level increases.
But as is the case, hope remains, as one of UEFA’s security measures seems to give advantages to organisations such as Celtic and Rangers. The additional 4 places will go to the two best performing organizations of the two highest scoring leagues, a third place in the fifth league, which lately is that of France, and another step on the way of qualifying the champions. Thus, the winners, even if they lose the automatic ranking, will see five organizations advance to the organization level through this route. In theory, and organizations remain at the mercy of the draw, they may simply be in the fight for a more favorable opponent.
So the rules are set and the costs are important. This season’s Scottish Premiership winners will dine at the richest table in world football with a new menu that has been awarded a Michelin star with the upgrades. More money, more games and a genuine chance to revel in the things the Champions League has to offer.