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Crazy Ball – More goals, more appearances, no defensive play then UEFA will probably continue the one-leg matches in future Champions League knockout games. The audience was satisfied, the mass media was limp.
We don’t know if this will be done by UEFA when the European football authorities consider continuing the one-leg match for the knockout stages of the Champions League (and also the Europa League) next seasons. The consideration, UEFA sees that currently the teams involved in one-leg matches are no longer playing carefully and are forced to score goals because there is no second leg with the comfort of a home stadium.
If this is finally implemented in the Champions League next season, the first demo will be television stations and mass media in general because there are fewer matches that can be broadcast, half of the usual six matches from the last 16 to the semi-finals to three. Plus one in the finals, four in total. Meanwhile, for the Europa League, which started the knockout stage from the last 32, the number of matches was more, four one leg, plus the final. Five in all.
But the teams participating in the knockout stages for the two European competitions will also scream because they will completely lose their ticket sales for the home games. The team’s supporters will also scream because it means a neutral venue and more expensive costs to support their beloved team. All with the assumption that the current crisis situation will end soon and spectators are allowed into the stadium.
The One Leg System Climax This Season
There have been a number of thrilling climaxes in this season’s Champions League quarter-finals involving Manchester City and Lyon, PSG and Atalanta, and RB Leipzig over Atletico Madrid. And the most prominent is Bayern Munich’s victory over Barcelona 8-2.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin believes the game of football has become less careful and the team is forced to chase goals because there will be no return leg, something that is fun to watch and satisfies football fans.
Ceferin added, as quoted BBC: “If it’s a leg, if one team scores then the other has to pull back as fast as possible. If it’s a two-legged system then there’s still time to win the next game. “
“But of course we also have to think about the fact that we have fewer games and the television will say ‘You don’t have as many games as before, this is different’ – so we have to have a discussion when this crazy situation ends.”
The current Champions League and Europa League formats cannot be changed until 2024/2025, although discussions are expected to begin later this year regarding the structure of the competition in the next phase.
