Jakarta –
The plan was held European Super League criticized by many parties. Manchester United and Liverpool, who participated, was judged embarrassing.
On Monday (19/4/2021), 12 teams officially initiated the European Super League. They are the six Premier League giants namely Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, then three representatives of the Italian League namely Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan, as well as representatives of the Spanish League namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico. Madrid.
The plan, 15 teams will compete with the status of the founding team. And the rest will be held through qualification. For your information, the tournament will be held without knowing the promotion or relegation system.
The European Super League is a league format, which is divided into two groups. Each containing 10 teams will clash with each other in a home-away match. Later, three teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals, and will continue to advance to the final.
Many parties criticized the competition discourse. The Premier League, LaLiga, UEFA and even FIFA are against it. Not only that, several football legends also condemned the tournament which was created by the 12 elite European teams.
One of them Gary Neville. The former Manchester United defender was really upset that his former team was involved.
He considered that the team that agreed to join the European Super League had betrayed its own history. European Super League participants are considered to have injured the fans’ love for their team, which upholds the struggle for achievement.
“The reaction to him was that it was cursed and rightly so. I am a Manchester United fan and it has been for 40 years of my life, but I feel disgusted, absolutely disgusted,” Neville said on Sky Sports.
“I am the most disgusted by Manchester United and Liverpool. Liverpool, those who pretend ‘You Will Never Walk Alone.’ [You’ll Never Walk Alone], the people’s club, the fans’ club. Manchester United, who are already 100 years old, born to workers from around here, and they broke into a league without a competition that couldn’t get them relegated? This is a complete disgrace. “
“To be honest, we have to reclaim strength in this country from the clubs at the top of this league. And that includes my club,” he condemned.
Neville also reminded himself that he wanted an independent regulator to stop the European Super League. According to him, the interests of supporters must also be defended to watch his team compete in a healthy manner.
“I’ve been calling for 12 months for independent regulators to put in place checks and balances to stop this from happening,” said Neville.
“It’s pure greed. They are con artists.” There is 100 years of strange history in this country of fans who love these clubs and they need protection, “he said.
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