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The only likely contenders for the Champions League title come from England, Spain, Germany and Italy.
Che, this is not true, the 2004 final was Porto v Monaco. PSV Eindhoven have reached the sf's/qf's on a regular basis. CSKA Moscow played well in this years comp and were unlucky to lose out in a tough group. There have been plenty of upsets, Dynamo Kiev also reached the Semi's in the late 1990's.
Also Subhankar makes a good point about Belgian teams as an example of playing in the Champions League year after year but not improving, Anderlecht haven't improved at all, despite being in the group stages seemingly every year.
I agree that Eastern European champions shouldn't have to play more qualifying games than the 4th placed English/Italian/Spanish team etc, thats why the Champions League should be expanded. With more groups, there would be more places, and the quality would not drop because all the best teams would still be there, and the Eastern European teams would be able to compete on a more equal footing.
Reducing the quality of the Champions League is taking football backwards in my opinion.
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