The UEFA Champions League will look very different next season.
Fans are only just realising how next season's UEFA Champions League is going to work under its new format.
The top two from each group progress to the knockout stages, where three two-legged rounds whittle the remaining 16 clubs down to two finalists.Starting in 2024-25, the group stage will be scrapped in favour of an expanded 36-team league phase. Clubs that finish in the top eight of the league table will qualify automatically for the last-16, while those that finish ninth to 24th will contest two-legged play-off ties for the chance to join them.Unlike in the current format, teams that fail to reach the last-16 will not drop into the UEFA Europa League.
The league phase will now conclude at the end of January, rather than during December as is currently the case with the group stage. A third fan said: "There was no need of this as the current format was very good but I guess it’s all about the money."
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