Uefa's forward thinking creates great Women's Champions League climax


Clubs can register up to six new players for August tournament which Arsenal must win to get into next season’s competition

It would be easy to say Uefa’s decision to allow clubs to register up to six new players for the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals undermines the sporting integrity of the competition.

To be frank, it fundamentally alters the nature of it. Now, it is very much a mini-tournament that has cut ties with what preceded the Covid-19 shutdown; it is a pre-season cup competition, but with a lot more at stake.

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