Zvonimir Boban, head of football at the UEFAhas spoken about the nueva Champions League and the positive developments that the change of format will bring, but has harshly attacked the members of FIFA for some of his decisions with the referees.
Las Relations between the two most important organizations in world football are not going through their best moment despite the fact that its presidents try to make the situation don’t look like a war before the media. Ceferin and Infantino have been at odds In some of the big decisions that have been made about the future of competitions, the last of great significance was the initiative of bet on a World Cup every two years. Something that the European leader did not support in any way. UEFA has looked for allies and CONMEBOL has become the main one.
Boban is in charge of the football department of the continental organization, and in an interview with ‘MARCA’ he wanted to highlight the positive aspects that the new format of the Champions League will have which will be launched in the 2024-25 season, where There will be a change from 32 teams to 36 and a greater number of matches will be played in the first phaseeliminating the groups that had become a hallmark.
“At first I said, why? Yes, the Champions League is fantastic, people really like it, it’s impressive. But I think that With this change we are going to have many more interesting games, every game is going to count. Now after two or three games, two teams are stronger, they have already scored nine points and it is seen that there is already a big difference. In the next Champions League this will not be like that, Each match will have a lot of influence on the classification“, explained the former player, highlighting that clubs accustomed to not struggling in the first phase will have to fight until the end. Something that can mean a greater difficulty for teams like Real Madrid or Bayern, which throughout their history have spectacular records in those first confrontationsand that now they can see how their superiority is reduced.
Against FIFA
UEFA’s head of football has been very critical of the main institution of world footballand especially with Pierluigi Collina, president of the FIFA Referees Committeewhen asking Put your ego aside when making key decisions in the present and future of football. Boban has been totally opposed to the long discounts that they want to apply as a way of ensuring more effective playing time. Furthermore, he says that these initiatives were carried out without consulting federations and players.
2023-09-17 10:13:17
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