UEFA is to alter the Champions League rules for next season to give home advantage to the best teams in the League Phase throughout the knockout rounds -- after Arsenal and Barcelona both faced semifinal heartbreak.

In 2024-25, the first season of the expanded 36-team tournament, clubs who finished in the top eight of the League Phase were guaranteed to play second leg of their round of 16 tie at home. But for the quarterfinals and semifinals, an open draw was held, diluting the value of performance in the table.

In this season's semifinals, Paris Saint-Germain (15th) and Inter Milan (4th) were both drawn to play the second leg at home, even though they finished lower in the table than their respective opponents, Arsenal (3rd) and Barcelona (2nd). PSG and Inter both went throug

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