UEFA are set to make a major rule change to the Champions League in order to protect the “integrity” of the competition.
The new rule would come into place from next season and continue for future campaigns.
The Champions League is already set to be changed, with the group stages being scrapped for a league system.
This will see the number of teams that qualify for the competition jump from 32 to 36.
Each team will go into a single league and play eight games each.
With the added fixtures, there is a reported change to the scheduling of matches.
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Fans currently enjoy the current system in which there are matches on multiple days of the week.
However, the Daily Mail have claimed that could change for the final matchday of the league phase.
This is down to “concerns about integrity”, as teams could play for certain results if they know what is required to qualify.
It would ensure that no team would gain an advantage with all of them being in one league.
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This means that there would be 18 games being played at once, which would be the first time in the competition’s history.
As a result, it could be a chaotic matchday with teams jostling for one of the qualifying spots for the round of 16.
The top eight teams will automatically qualify, while the clubs between ninth and 24th will go into a play-off round for the remaining spots.
However, it would impact fans’ ability to watch matches at the time and they will have to pick one to watch.
Tuesday night’s Champions League fixtures between Arsenal and Bayern Munich as well as Real Madrid versus Manchester City were played at the same time.
Jamie Carragher pleaded for staggered kick-off times in the competition’s knockout fixtures.
Both of the matches started at 8pm leaving fans with a tough choice of which one to watch.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
