The current winner of the Champions League and Club World Cup Bayern Munich have issued an official statement that they will not play in the newly created European Super League.
" Bayern are in solidarity with the Bundesliga. It was and is a great pleasure for us to represent Germany in the Champions League.
We all still fondly remember our victory in Lisbon in 2020 - such a happy moment will never be forgotten.. For Bayern, the Champions League is the best club competition in the world, "
On April 19, 12 founding clubs of the new tournament announced the creation of the Super League: Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bInter, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City,.
It is expected that before the first draw of the tournament, three more clubs will join the Super League and also receive the status of co-founders..
Earlier, UEFA threatened Super League participants with harsh sanctions. The European Football Union has promised to exclude Super League participants from tournaments under its auspices, and their players to be banned from representing their national teams.
As TSN Prosport wrote, the football community and politicians exploded with anger at the creation of the European Super League.
EUROPEAN SUPERLIGA FORMAT As reported on the official website of the newly created tournament, 20 clubs will take part in the Super League: 12 founding members, 3 unnamed clubs that will soon join the league, as well as 5 teams that will reach each season. There is no further information on the selection of non-permanent participants..
Super League debut season starts in August 2021. All fights will take place in the middle of the week.
The clubs will be divided into 2 groups of 10 teams that will play against each other at home and away. That is, in the group stage, each of the clubs will hold 18 meetings.
The top three teams from each group will get to the quarterfinals. Two more tickets to the quarter-finals will be played between the owners of the fourth and fifth places, who will converge in the two-match round of the playoffs.
Next, the participants will find the traditional format of two-legged confrontations in 1/4 and 1/2 finals, which is used in the Champions League.
The final of the European Super League will take place in May at a neutral stadium.