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Rummenigge is enthusiastic about the final tournament - and calls for CL reform: "Will hit like a bomb"

2020-08-11T21:40:09.730Z


Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is a fan of the final tournament in Lisbon. The Bayern boss calls for a fundamental reform for the Champions League.


Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is a fan of the final tournament in Lisbon. The Bayern boss calls for a fundamental reform for the Champions League.

  • The knockout round of the Champions League * is currently being played in Lisbon .
  • There is no second leg - could that also be a model for the future?
  • Karl-Heinz Rummenigge from FC Bayern * calls for a reform for the premier class.

Munich - Everything is different in the Corona-dominated football summer 2020. The highlight so far is the final tournament of the Champions League in Lisbon . One game decides everything - that makes for a particularly gripping title fight between the best clubs in Europe *. Could the model have a future even beyond this year? Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is thinking aloud about it - and is a big fan.

FC Bayern Munich: Rummenigge predicts: "Modus will hit like a bomb"

“The mode will hit like a bomb. The biggest thrill for the fan is of course the knockout system. In two games, the better team always wins, based on experience, anything is possible in a knockout game, ”said the CEO of FC Bayern on Tuesday in Munich . “The format is actually what we know from the World Cup. It's like a European Club World Cup. The best European teams meet. "

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on the # UCL mode: "The mode will hit like a bomb. The greatest thrill for a fan is the knockout system. In two games, experience always shows the better team that is in a game everything possible." [@kicker] pic.twitter.com/GNawhKxj3Y

- FC Bayern News (@iMiaSanMia_GER) August 11, 2020

There should be a reform in the Champions League in 2024 . Rummenigge already has concrete ideas for this: “I don't think we need an enlarged group stage, the group stage has already been decided with eight groups and four teams on the fourth or fifth match day. That's not what knocks the audience out of their chairs, ”said the 64-year-old.

FC Bayern Munich: FC Barcelona is waiting in the Champions League quarter-finals

“We have to make sure that we get more meat on the bones in the knockout phase . I am a friend of quality and not quantity, "Rummenigge continues. It is necessary to make the premier class even more attractive.

FC Bayern are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after their clear victory over Chelsea . There will be a giant duel with FC Barcelona on Friday . Before the game, Leon Goretzka revealed the secret of the success of the currently strong Munich team. Meanwhile, the transfer of another mega-talent * is on the way.

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Source: merkur

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