There will be an opening game in the Champions League from 2027. As the European Football Union UEFA decided with its clubs, the defending champions will play the first game of the new premier class season in the future – in front of their home crowd.
The only game should take place on Tuesday in order to focus on the winner of the previous season. All other participants only start the new season on Wednesday and Thursday “To ensure maximum visibility for all clubs”the statement said.
PSG would have made the start this year
If the regulation had been introduced at the start of the current season, defending champions Paris would have Saint-Germain against Atalanta Bergamo in Paris Princes Park the highest European club competition opened.
But the French, who won 4-0, only played on Wednesday – where, like Tuesday and Thursday, there were six games each on the program. It is not known whether such a change is also planned for the women’s premier class.
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