7 things Celtic MUST know about Champions League revolution – exclusive weeks, tiebreakers and NO safety net
dailyrecord.co.ukIt's the last time for a while that a Scottish team will go straight into the Champions League proper, but after being crowned champions on Wednesday, Celtic are guaranteed at least one crack at the shiny new format.
Rivals Rangers may join them if they can come through qualifying but Brendan Rodgers and his side can start preparing for the revamped competition which will see the group stage scrapped altogether for a new league phase that will see 36 of Europe's best all lumped in to one mammoth division - separated only by the fixture generator.
The Swiss Model, they call it. It's all a little confusing but at a conference broadcast from Nyon on Thursday, UEFA officials provided the most detailed explanation yet for how the new format will work in practice.
We learned just how they plan to organise the fixtures, what each position in the table means, and how they're aiming to maximise 'interconnectivity' to eradicate dead rubber games for good.
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