Champions League: BIG UPDATE! UEFA is planning to SCRAP two-legged semi-finals – In a big development, it has been revealed that the football governing body of Europa, UEFA is planning to scrap double-legged semi-finals from the 2024/25 season of the UEFA Champions League. Follow live football updates on InsideSport.IN.
According to reports in The Times, UEFA are planning to introduce a ‘week of football festival’, wherein the semi-finals will be a one-off knockout game, with no home advantage to any participant. It will be followed by the final, which is slated to be played in the same city and on the same week, thereby providing fans with one whole week of enthralling football action.
Champions League: BIG UPDATE! UEFA is planning to SCRAP two-legged semi-finals from 2024 – Check Details
Currently, the semi-finals of the Champions League are played over two legs in the home and away format, spread across different weeks. This system has been in place since 1955 but it could finally change now, as the UEFA are determined to make the competition more interesting and appealing.
Speaking to The Times, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin had previously said “It could be a fantastic event for broadcasters, for sponsors. In the same week you could have the final of the women’s Champions League or youth competitions, you could really have a fantastic week of football. These knockout matches are different and more exciting.”
Champions League: BIG UPDATE! UEFA is planning to SCRAP two-legged semi-finals from 2024 – Check Details
Ceferin has further claimed that UEFA has borrowed his idea from the United States’ Super Bowl. Though it remains only a plan as of now, the European Club Association (ECA) has already supported the idea.
Champions League: BIG UPDATE! UEFA is planning to SCRAP two-legged semi-finals from 2024 – Check Details
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