The trophy of the Champions League in one of the past editions

TO PROTECT To CLUBS LIKE THE AJAX

The UEFA medita that the semifinalists of Champions repeat in the following edition

Published:5/07/2019 - 15:48h

Updated:5/07/2019 - 15:52h

The president of the UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, has conceded an interview to 'The Times', and has reviewed some initiatives that could propose in next councils. One of the most important is to ensure the presence of the semifinalists of Champions in the following edition

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The season 2019-20 already shows in the horizon, and the UEFA follow taking measured to improve his competitions. The prestigious daily 'The Times' has made an interview to his president, Aleksander Ceferin, and east has given some tracks on the initiatives that will debate in the next assemblies.

One of the most important is the one who will value in the meeting of the next 11 September, and that it could ensure to the semifinalists of Champions his classification for the following edition. Arrive to the penultimate round of the tournament would have prize, since in addition to keeping in the career by the title, would mean to be yes or yes in the following phase of groups of the championship.

"The intention is to protect to the clubs that arrive far in the competition like Ajax or Monaco, that in spite of arriving to semifinals, afterwards do not have ensured his participation in the following Champions", has indicated the leader, that has mentioned that the applicants of lower leagues can remain without reward because even surrendering to perfection -as the Dutch this same year-, after see forced to contest previous or even remain without access.

There are some problems derived of this proposal, that would have to see precisely with the contrary cases. In big leagues, like England, could elevate to his representatives until this same eliminatory, and adding to the teams that obtain the note through the league, cause an accumulation of groups of the same nationality.

Ceferin 'Wet' on the Superliga European

After the threaten of revolution that promoted the clubs and the national leagues, the UEFA seems to abandon the idea of the Superliga European. "It does not go to do while I was here, do not chair only for the big countries, but for all the members including the smallest", has cleared Ceferin, that found a strong opposition of average and modest entities and even of big powers to this dangerous idea.

Finally, also it mentioned another initiative that could cause some frictions with the FIFA, that opone to a party between the champion of the Eurocopa and the one of the Glass America. "Why I go to have to ask permission to the FIFA? They do not have at all that see in this. We are partners of the FIFA, no subordinated", has explained, announcing that it will negotiate an agreement between both federations.

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