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We are still only two gameweeks into the new 36-team, one-group UEFA Champions League format, but it has already caused quite a stir.
Change can be difficult to process for soccer fans, especially to longstanding mechanisms in the game, and this latest one has been seismic. In fact, it has ripped up the very fabric of the competition. Whether you like or hate the changes at this early stage, everyone can agree that it still feels a bit weird. But the key question is whether the pushback we're seeing from fans is a product of typical, initial resistance that will eventually soften, or something deeper.