On the other hand, though I wouldn’t agree with the analogy myself, one could also say Continental Cups like the Gold Cup and Euro Cup pale compared to the World Cup, why hold those?
Real Madrid especially has always been able to get the best players, Di Stefano, Puskas up to Zidane. Barcelona in the last 20 years moreso with Ronaldinho and Messi. I’d say too, both teams have had a number of stars from their own country of Spain.
So, it may be a good argument if one says Liverpool doesn’t need to fool around with a Europa League schedule.
So, I definitely think it is a mix of good and bad.
Makes sense, Juve big underdogs vs. Barcelona. The Catalans.
Also, they just make it so these clubs play as many games as possible to make money for UEFA and FIFA.
They should play less games in the Champions League, that’s another problem with the schedule of games. Same for the Europa.