The elite of european football

The elite of european football

It's not fair, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup were merged.

The original European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup formats were so aesthetic, will we ever see a return to them?

No. Because $$$

Juventus didn't win that European Cup Winners' Cup

>tfw we are the only Portuguese team that can become elite

Cup Winners' Cup was crazy and comfortable.

(((they))) won't aloow it to turn back.

If you played in the UEFA Cup/Europa League then it means you were too shit to play in the European Cup/Champions League. You may as well include the Intertoto Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Teams most likely to join that list:
AC Milan
Dortmund

Less Likely:
Spurs
Barca
Atletico Madrid

Never:
Arsenal

>Intertoto Cup
Not even a cup because there wasn't an overall winner.

If it was introduced today with a different name autists would bitch and complain about it. If it had the same name they would love it

>CSKA London
>elite of european football

You do know that back then, only league winners played in the CL? UEFA cup was far more prestigious back then, and quality not that different from today's CL

It still was a third tier tournament

Ah, no it obviously wasn't. If it was this season, you'd have Barcelona, Man City, Tottenham, Man U vying for it, while the 5th place EPL team is in the CL.

Name one current Ajax player without googling

>while the 5th place EPL team is in the CL.
Why is an african team in the CL?

Kluviert's son?

>1st place gets to play in the European cup
>2nd place gets to play in the UEFA Cup
>somehow this means the UEFA Cup > European Cup
Chelsea and Real Madrid being as poor as they have been this season is an anomaly.

can't be done

>you'd have Barcelona, Man City, Tottenham, Man U vying for it,
Nope, Barca and Man United would be in the Cup Winners Cup

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