Alright, bored and ready to post about things you could easily find with a google search
Champions League results
Teams with a bye- Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico, Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa
The draw happens tomorrow and there are groups of 4 teams that could end up playing each other in a certain order. So I will list them as A B C D but just know that A and B cannot play each other and C and D cannot play each other
Section 1- Monaco, Brest, PSG, Benfica
Section 2- Sporting, Brugge, Atalanta, Dortmund
Section 3- Celtic, Man City, Real Madrid, Bayern
Section 4- Feyenoord, Juventus, Milan, PSV
Liverpool and Barcelona get Section 1
Lille and Aston Villa get Section 2
Atletico and Leverkusen get Section 3
Arsenal and Inter get Section 4
Europa League
Teams with a bye- Lazio, Athletic Club, Man U, Spurs, Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiacos, Rangers
Section 1- Ferencvaros, Porto, Roma, Ciktoria Plzen
Section 2- Twente, Fenerbahce, Bodo, Anderlecht
Section 3- USG, PAOK, FCSB, Ajax
Section 4- AZ Alkmaar, FC Midjylaand, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray
Lazio and Athletic get Section 1
Olympiacos and Rangers get Section 2
Frankfurt and Lyon get Section 3
Man U and Spurs get Section 4
Conference League
Match ups are already made so this will be bracketed a little differently
Gent vs Real Betis
Copenhagen vs Heidenheim
Chelsea and Vitoria SC get the winners
Celje vs APOEL
Molde vs Shamrock Rovers
Legia Warsaw and Cercle Brugge get the winners
Celje vs APOEL
Omonoia vs Pafos
Djurgarden and Lugano get the winners
Vikingur vs Panathinaikos
Borac vs Olimpija
Fiorentina and Rapid Wien get the winners
(Seriously though, if Fiorentina or Chelsea don't win this then I have serious questions for them because I only recognize a few clubs from here as memes and everyone else is unknown)
Notable Teams that missed out
Champions League- Stuttgart, Shakhtar, RB Leipzig
Europa League- Braga, Hoffenheim, Besiktas, Nice
Conference League- Hearts, Istanbul Basaksir
So I was listening to a recap podcast and they brought up a unique idea that would make this league format more fun and I agree with them.
There shouldn't be a draw for who plays whom for the playoff. It should work as a pick em style playoff that is set by the better team. For example, the teams who finished 17th through 24th which would be: Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Man City, Sporting, and Club Brugge, are put in a group and then a representative from the other 8 clubs get to pick which one of them they want their opponents to be. So Atalanta get to pick first out of the 8, then Dortmund pick second and have their choice of the remaining 7 (since they can't play Atalanta's opponent), Real Madrid get to pick from 6 etc etc until Benfica get the last one.
Then after the playoff rounds, Liverpool get first pick of the remaining 8 teams that won their playoff, Barcelona second, Arsenal third, etc etc until Aston Villa get the final pick. But the bracket is set by the top 8 teams. So the winner of the Liverpool game plays the winner of the Aston Villa game, Barcelona winner would play the Lille winner, Arsenal winner plays the Leverkusen winner, and Inter winner plays Atletico winner. Then the Inter-Atleti winner plays the Liverpool-Villa winner and the Arsenal-Leverkusen winner plays the Barcelona-Lille winner and then you get the Champions League final.
I think this would be way cooler than a draw and you would definitely tune into the broadcast to see who is seeded where