UEFA has decided to give more weight to the League phase in the New season 2025/26 of the Champions League. The body chaired by Aleksander Ceferin It has modified the standard on which equipment should be local in the qualifying phases. Now the club that has best been in the League phase will have the return at home attending to meritocracy criteria.
To give an example, The tie that measured Barcelona with Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals Last season the second leg would not have played at the House of the Germans having finished the culés ahead in the League phase. Until now, a random raffle established if played at one or another houseIn giving importance to the results of that initial stage of the Champions League.
In order to give a greater prominence to the League phase, UEFA will reward the teams that end best in the first eight competition matches With the second leg at home. In addition, this factor can be robbed if, for example, the third classified falls against the twelfth in a tie passing through the lowest rank to having that standard head status for the purpose of the following tie.
UEFA takes a new twist to a new Champions League that did not end up conquering fans establishing several extra matches, but that with this standard can make the League phase more interesting. Ceferin needed changes to get this stage not to lose interest and with this modification optimizes the competition.
The organization chaired by Ceferin said before the start of the Champions 2025/26 – which is already in its initial phases – that The format change had been a success. According to the Slovenian, this format encouraged surprising actions such as those of the Brest, Bodo/Glimt or Djurgarden in European competitions.
