Silent Lonesome Man

The AFC Champions League and AFC Cup practiced a very absurd system unseen by other confederations across the world. With the exception of CONCACAF and OFC, it is the only confederation to expand clubs to 40 teams in both tier. The last time having such a large amount of teams happened in the UEFA Europa League 2020-21 season, the last season to feature 48 teams before the creation of the UEFA Europa Conference League, the third-tier competition of European football. And yet UEFA only limited this expansion in the Europa League, not the Champions League. However, this system has proven to cost more than won. Instead of providing necessary revenues, the expansion has been done with little perpetration due to the ongoing plague of coronavirus pandemic. China, the most powerful nation in Asia economically, has made it difficult due to the country's strict adherence to zero-COVID, making many of these competitive games to be played with limited spectators. What's more to say is the...

When the UEFA announced a new competition would take place, we wondered with a lot of questions. In the end, the UEFA really did: the establishment of the Nations League, modelled from the domestic leagues across the world, divided into four divisions: A, B, C, D. All 55 members were allowed to take place, and the league will act as alternative options for many countries to qualify for the UEFA European Championship, and to a lesser extent, the FIFA World Cup. The foundation of the UEFA Nations League was met with initial scepticism, but once the inaugural season began in 2018, it would become a massive success. Considering that the UEFA officials criticised the ineffectiveness of friendlies, it was quite realistic for the European football makers to have a new, competitive format. Soon after the UEFA did so, the CONCACAF - composed of countries from North America - also announced the same tournament. This left only three federations with little reforms in organising new football tourn...