The new Champions League format is so confusing even the teams don't know if they've qualified until the league phase spreadsheet loads.
Champions League table makes fans' heads spin
The revamped Champions League league phase, with 36 teams and eight matches per club, has produced one of the most convoluted standings tables in football history. Fans and pundits are struggling to track qualification scenarios as the new Swiss-system format scrambles traditional group-stage logic.
Source: Champions League table makes fans' heads spin — TNT Sports
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