The new Champions League arrives with a modern version of its anthem. This Tuesday, September 17, a new era begins in the European competition and in addition to the new format, it will also have new music before the start of the matches. The composition made by Tony Britten in 1992, which has become the great symbol of this tournament, will sound something different from the first day. This change already announced by the UEFA This generated a great deal of controversy among fans due to the changes related to the appearance of wind instruments.
THE Champions League The anthem will also be launched in the new format of the competition that begins this Tuesday, September 17, in which a total of 36 teams will compete in what will now be called the championship phase, which replaces the traditional group stage. In this new format, each team will play eight games (instead of six previously), four at home and four away, against eight different rivals, which will be two from each of the four groups in which the UEFA distributed the participants according to the coefficient of recent years.
At the start of this new era, with a competition that tried to plagiarise the Super League, UEFA also wanted to modernise the legendary Super League anthem. Champions Leaguea great symbol of the competition and which is a work of name Zadok the priest and which was made by Tony Britten in 1992. This composer from the Royal College of Music was inspired by Handel’s style to create a hymn of Champions League which was performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with an exceptional result, considering what has been observed in recent years.
Over the seasons, it has become one of the most iconic songs in football history and that is why UEFA wanted to modernise it. On the occasion of the draw, it decided to reveal in preview what will be the new anthem of the Champions League causing great indignation among social media users, who reacted negatively to the presentation. The modernization of the ancient anthem is linked to the introduction of some events related to wind instruments.
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– UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 16, 2024
The lyrics of the Champions League anthem
The anthem of the Champions League It is composed in three languages, English, German and French, which are the official languages of the UEFA. For this reason, throughout its six stanzas you can find phrases in each of these three languages that make an ode to the greatest European competition.
These are the best teams
There are the best teams
The main event
The Masters
The Best (The Best)
The big teams
The champions
A beautiful encounter (A beautiful encounter)
Eine gros sportliche Veranstaltung (A great sporting event)
The main event
The Masters
The Best (The Best)
The big teams
The champions
They are the best
Sie sind die Besten (They are the best)
These are the champions
The Masters
The Best (The Best)
The big teams
The champions
