The new Champions League format means it is not easy for any team, said Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone before his side visit Czech champions Sparta Prague on Tuesday. Europe's top-tier club competition now has 36 teams in a league table, a format where each side faces eight different opponents instead of groups with three home and-away ties. The top eight qualify automatically for the last 16 and the next 16 go into a two-legged playoff to join them. "From what the results are showing us,