The financial incentives are obvious but there is also a prestige and importance beyond money to being in Europe's premier competition

Plan A still isn't working for City, but is their back-up plan, which they showed versus Chelsea, going to get the job done on Wednesday?

A bold new vision for the Champions League was launched this season. It has involved more games and more money for European soccer’s elite in a rebuttal to the threat of a controversial breakaway super league.