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Is the new Champions League really all that bad?

Is the new Champions League really all that bad?

The Daily Football Briefing · The Athletic

August 29, 20249m 23s

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Show Notes

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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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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