Benfica handed major boost over European Super League involvement | OneFootball

Benfica can, after all, be part of the European Super League, and as one of the highest-rated teams in the competition. The Spanish newspaper As revealed that A22 Sports - the company leading the organization of the project - sent a letter to UEFA, following the favorable decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, demanding that the competition be officially recognized.

The competition, now called Unify League, envisions three divisions: Star League, Gold League, and Blue League. Each would have 36 clubs, chosen based on their performance in their respective national leagues, in a model similar to the current European competitions organized by UEFA.

The Star League, the highest tier, would be divided into two groups. Group A would consist of the reigning champion of the competition, the champions of the six main European leagues (Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Eredivisie), and the top-ranked teams in the UEFA club rankings each season.

Following these criteria, the clubs that would make up Group A would be: PSG, Liverpool, Napoli, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, PSV, Real Madrid, Internazionale, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Roma, Benfica - which plays this Tuesday against Ajax - Eintracht Frankfurt, and Manchester United. Thus, the Eagles would be included in this group.

Group B would gather the 18 teams that follow immediately in the same ranking. This group would include: Atalanta, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, West Ham, Sporting, Tottenham, Fiorentina, Milan, Juventus, Lille, Porto, Leipzig, Villarreal, Lazio, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Rangers, and Bodo/Glimt.

Each team would play eight matches, four at home and four away, against different opponents within their group. In Group A, the top six would advance directly to the round of 16, while the next eight would have to go through a playoff. The last four would be immediately eliminated.

In Group B, only the top two would secure direct access to the round of 16. The teams ranked 3rd to 10th would compete in the playoff, and the eight lowest-ranked would end their participation in the group stage without the possibility of continuing.

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