{"id":184852,"date":"2024-05-30T14:36:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/30\/carabao-cup-to-introduce-new-format-due-to-champions-league-expansion\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:36:45","slug":"carabao-cup-to-introduce-new-format-due-to-champions-league-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/30\/carabao-cup-to-introduce-new-format-due-to-champions-league-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Carabao Cup to introduce new format due to Champions League expansion \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Carabao Cup is set to include seedings from next season in a bid to keep some big clubs apart, all in an attempt to ease fixture congestion amid changes to the Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s top competition has dispensed with its traditional group stage, where 32 clubs were divided into eight groups, replacing it with a single 36-team league phase. In the new format, each team will now play eight times, creating two additional matchdays in the first half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>English clubs competing in Europe get a bye to the third round of the Carabao Cup, but next season\u2019s third round on 17-18 September directly clashes with matchday one of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The third round was already going to be split over two weeks, featuring games on 24-25 September to spread the fixture load and ease congestion. The Europa League\u2019s new league phase begins on 26 September, clashing with the Carabao Cup third round\u2019s overspill second week.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0reports that ranked seedings will ensure no Champions League qualifiers are drawn with Europa League teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference League won\u2019t clash then as its league stage isn\u2019t scheduled to begin until 3 October. But it may be necessary to introduce further measures for the Carabao Cup fifth round as there stands to be a fixture clash with matchday six in the Conference League.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/01hz2dsa0xv1g9txxc5b.jpg\" alt=\"The Champions League is changing from 2024\/25 onwards\" title=\"The Champions League is changing from 2024\/25 onwards\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The Champions League is changing from 2024\/25 onwards \/ GABRIEL BOUYS\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>A clash between the Carabao Cup and an international competition has already been seen, with Liverpool forced to field an Under-23 squad for a quarter-final tie against Aston Villa in December 2019 at the same time as the first-team was contesting the FIFA Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Complaints about fixture congestion is valid, especially for those competing in Europe. But some clubs have been criticised for arranging and participating in meaningless exhibition games.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur jetted off to Australia immediately after the Premier League campaign finished earlier this month to play a post-season friendly in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carabao Cup is set to include seedings from next season in a bid to keep some big clubs apart, all in an attempt to ease fixture congestion amid changes to the Champions League. 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