Legend defends Champions League

European Club Association chief and soccer legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge at a news conference in Athens, following the association’s General Assembly. Rummenigge insisted that changes to the Champions League won’t favor the wealthiest clubs, while he denounced a decision by world soccer’s governing body, FIFA, to increase the number of teams at the World Cup to 48. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

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