Irish Daily Mail

This is no Champions League

- PHIL CHAPMAN, by email.

IT’S called the Champions League, but it is neither a competitio­n solely for champions nor is it a league. The final is a one-off game. How can a winner of this tournament be called champions of Europe when they may not be champions of the own national league? The rightly called World Cup has a similar format of a mini league followed by knock-out rounds.

 ?? ?? Big game: Liverpool will play Real Madrid in the Champions League final
Big game: Liverpool will play Real Madrid in the Champions League final

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