Old Firm's UEFA Cup safety net put at risk

From: The Scotsman | Date: January 11, 2002| Author: Mike Collett | Copyright information

TEAMS that fail to qualify for the second phase of the Champions League could lose the safety net of a place in the UEFA Cup, a leading UEFA official warned yesterday.

The news will come as a blow to the Old Firm, who have used the 'consolation prize' to prolong their European campaigns in the past three seasons.

Lars-Christer Olsson, UEFA's director of professional football and marketing, said that the current arrangement, whereby the eight teams that finish third in the first...

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