Agreed. Watching teams from all the major European leagues go up against each other makes for some great games. In a way our major three sports here in the US might inadvertently turn us into the soccer fans the rest of the world has longed for us to be!
But it was better when the teams were made up of players from the country where the clubs are located.
Celtic won the Euro Cup in 1967, with all players who were born within 30-miles of Glasgow.