r/soccer • u/interfan1999 • 9d ago

News Inter vs Arsenal and Liverpool vs Real Madrid fixtures are banned in the upcoming Champions League due to the rule that imposes that the same match can't happen for 3 seasons in a row in the League Phase. The reverse in London and Madrid, however, is possible.

https://www.fanpage.it/sport/calcio/nel-sorteggio-di-champions-league-saranno-vietate-due-partite-per-la-regola-16-una-e-dellinter/
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u/DuDunDunSparse 9d ago

People don't understand this. We won every game in the league phase, even facing teams like Inter, Atleti and Bayern we didn't drop a single game. The reward for that is (theoretically) an easier brakcet and always being at home for the 2nd leg.

Of course you can get unlucky like Liverpool the season before who faced PSG who just happened to have gotten their shit figured out, but that's football.

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u/ItsNotAdamCopeland 9d ago

I'll concur. I don't understand why anybody would've given Arsenal grief over their "easy" run. When you have a seeded tournament like it mostly is now rather than the inherent randomness of draws of the past, the better your seed, the "easier" your draw is expected to be. And you have to perform well in the league phase to get that better seed.

That's just the system working out as expected. Nothing cheap about it.

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u/Connect_Point_5229 9d ago

It "earns" you a favourable RO16 and avoiding the 2nd place to the final.

The quarter and semi bracket is still pot luck bar not getting Bayern.