2024-09-08 08:23:32
UEFA has introduced changes to the Champions League, and has chosen Zlatan Ibrahimovic to explain what the modifications consist of.
Former footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic was chosen by UEFA to star in a video, in which explained the changes that the new Champions League format will bring.
For this purpose, the former Swedish national team player starred in a video in cinema format which UEFA distributed through its accounts on various social networks.
The change that entails The new format of Europe’s biggest club football tournament has caused confusionso the leaders decided to film an explanatory video.
According to what was observed in the audiovisual recording, the UEFA president, Aleksander Čeferin took the opportunity to appear as a co-star in the video in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic explained the changes in the Champions League.
The Champions League format according to Zlatan Ibrahimovic
According to what was detailed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the video produced by the governing body of European football, the UEFA Champions League 2024/025 will debut a new format, which will eliminate the group stage.
The new edition of the continental tournament will be played under the league formatin which Each of the 36 qualified teams will play eight matches against eight different clubs. In this way, there will be no back-and-forth duels, but rather they will be played four home matches and four away matches.
The teams that finish in the first eight places will have direct access to the round of 16.while the clubs that finish between 9th and 24th in the overall standings will play a two-legged knockout round to determine the other eight that will make it to the round of 16.