New Champions League structure

Going on that the toughest 8 games would be

If you rule out Arsenal and depending what ETH does that second group doesn’t have a lot. Anyhow just need top 8 this time.

Who cares?

We’ll batter them all.

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https://tribuna.com/amp/en/news/2025-06-12-uefa-abolishes-repeat-matchups-no-more-familiar-duels-from-2026/

So no Real Madrid for least one season in the groups. Probably would have benefited us our fixtures was deemed one of the hardest but considering this is coming in 2026 it won’t be an issue this time

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There are 9 top seeds. We are one, so that leaves 2 from 8 we must be drawn against. Lets say Arsenal, Chelsea and City also are top seeds who we cannot play, so that leaves us 2 from the remaining 5. But we played 4 of those over the last 2 years and now there is only 1 side left we can be drawn against.

They are going to have to manipulate the shit out of the seedings to avoid that happening.

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Yeah I can’t see how it will work, probably get away with saying can’t play the same side as last year. That would probably be doable

“Hi everyone, UEFA here. We have heard your feedback, even complaints, about the structure of our newly designed competition. We have reviewed them in detail and after careful consideration we decided to ignore it all and do something else completely fucking wild that no one was asking for”

https://x.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1942666837348487235

Why is it a good one for Arsenal fans?