Inter-Champions: Sky blocks all matches – LaPresse -spaziointer.it
Important news arrives reported by The sun 24 hours regarding the vision of the next editions of the European cups.
Inter graduated at the end of this year champion of Italy 5 days in advance. Simone Inzaghi’s men have thus secured access to the next edition of the Champions League. As we have known for months, in the next season, the way to win the big-eared cup will be different from previous years. The main change in the reforms announced by the UEFA Executive Committee is the abandonment of the current group stage system.
From the 2024/25 season, there will not be 32 teams qualified for the Champions League, but 36. Under the new format, teams will play eight matches in a new phase a single group. Each club will face eight different teams, playing half of the matches at home and half away. To determine the eight different opponents, the teams will initially be classified into four pots. Each team will then be drawn to play against two opponents per tier, playing one home match and one away match against the two teams in that tier.
Inter-Champions League: no free-to-air matches
According to the indiscretion reported by The sun 24 hours, for the next three years the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League will be on exclusive for pay-TV subscribers. The newspaper writes that Sky will not share any matches with other broadcasters, which means goodbye to free-to-air matches on Canale 5 and TV8. The matches will then be exclusive to Sky (and Now) with the only exception being Amazon, which on Prime Video will broadcast the best Champions League match of Wednesday.
Therefore, no free-to-air matches in the next few years as Mediaset terminated the contract at the beginning of the month which allowed it to broadcast one free-to-air match on Canale 5 and all the matches on Infinity. As written above The sun 24 hours Sky it doesn’t seem intentional to grant any matches in order to further retain its season ticket holders and attract new customers.
With the new format, the Champions League will have the 47% of matches more than in previous editions. Furthermore Italy will have eight teams involved in European cups, of which 5 in the most important competition. The Nerazzurri fans are hoping for some twist but it seems unlikely that Sky will change its mind: the satellite broadcaster has in fact decided to focus on a rich part of European football to consolidate its status.
