Actual Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has this week aired his grievances with the new-look Champions League system.
Actual Madrid, in fact, are one of a complete host of high-profile golf equipment dealing with as much as an additional spherical of fixtures on the continent over the weeks forward.
After already being pressured to take to the pitch eight occasions as a part of the brand new league section, the competitors holders might be pressured into an additional pair of outings, in a playoff tie for a spot within the Champions League’s Final-16.
While the brand new format in Europe’s premiere membership competitors was initially broadly praised, the truth of the scenario has now begun to set in…
And as a lot has given rise to widespread complaints concerning the sheer variety of video games now required to advance to the knockout rounds.
Chatting with the media within the aftermath of his facet’s victory over Stade Brestois on Wednesday, the topic of the brand new Champions League setup was in flip put to the aforementioned Carlo Ancelotti.
And Actual Madrid’s headmaster was not shy in admitting:
“I don’t like this new format. Too many video games.”
Conor Laird – GSFN