Alexandre Ceferine used the Champions League draw for propaganda purposes and threw a regrettable dart at the Super League during the presentation of the new format of the top European competition. The UEFA president played the role of actor in the announcement of the premiere of the new competition and thus also became the protagonist of all the memes of the Champions League draw.
The new Champions League The starting signal was given on Thursday 29 August, with the celebration of the draw for the competition, which has its new format with a regular league in which 36 teams will participate and play eight matches, four at home and four away. For this reason, UEFA wanted to organise a special event during which its president, Alexandre CeferineHe played an actor alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Buffon.
European football’s top executive took advantage of his participation as an actor to throw a dart at the Super League. “It’s like a Superl…” Zlatan Ibrahimovic said during his speech, to which the UEFA president responded in the interpretation by ordering the former footballer to be silenced with a devastating phrase: “It will never happen.”
Ceferin also took centre stage during the Champions League draw after presenting the awards to Buffon for being the best goalkeeper in the competition’s history and to Cristiano Ronaldo, who received the award for the all-time top scorer in European competition.
Ceferin’s memes and the Champions League draw
Ceferin in this draw#UCLtirage pic.twitter.com/pcxUskJjG8
–Paddy Power (@paddypower) August 29, 2024
Ceferin: “Zlatan, you have never won the Champions League”
Zlatan: pic.twitter.com/OXXX9wewKh
– Troll Football (@TrollFootball) August 29, 2024
Aleksander Ceferin (UEFA President): “I hope Cristiano Ronaldo will return to the Champions League.” pic.twitter.com/8VElT2074J
– Madrid Universal (@MadridUniversal) August 29, 2024
This interaction between Zlatan Ibrahimović and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin during the discussion about the new Champions League format 😂 pic.twitter.com/CkUiGwuFXa
–ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 29, 2024
Ceferin when they talk about Real Madrid pic.twitter.com/AkHhoTh9iQ
-Sergio (@Sergio22Mr) August 29, 2024
