by azriahmad » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:23 am
Since they expanded the CL to include more teams por the purpose of milking more money in 1998-99 (if I am not mistaken), the CL is already devalued.
In fact, the 1999 final was contested by 2 teams, manure and Bayern Munich, who finished SECOND in their respective leagues - it was not even a final between the Champions of England and Germany. For the powers that be, the CL needs to be expanded as there are 2 at least top/galmour teams in each major league - AC Milan and Juventus, Real Madrid and Barca (and perhaps another team), Bayern Munich and another German team (the second glamour team always change), manure and Arsenal and now Chelski - which are able to draw large crowds and tv interest.
However, the format needs to be changed so that we don't get a repeat of 2 Italian teams shutting out each other with a dour game like the Juve-AC Milan final in 2003.