Is the new Champions League really all that bad?

Is the new Champions League really all that bad?

We’ve been quite critical of the new-fangled Champions League here and a lot of that criticism still stands, but…did anyone else watch that draw and think, “Well…it’s not perfect. It might not even be good. But it does look a bit more fun than the old way.”


Plus, how did Chelsea get on against Servette? And what on earth happened to Real Madrid when they went to the Canary Islands?


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Need something to read? Try Jack Pitt-Brooke on the new era of Lee Carsley at England.


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5728690/2024/08/29/england-carsley-gomes-grealish/


Presenter: Iain Macintosh

With: Liam Twomey, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Aleksandr Čeferin

Producer: Steve Hankey

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