Five years ago the portuguese champion (Sporting) had to play against Inter in the 3rd qualifying round for the Champions League. Something is not right with the current structure.And I'm not saying this because I'm portuguese..actually all big 3 (Benfica, Sporting, Porto) have their spot...but it's simply not fair. You may say, if those smaller clubs have better teams they'll earn their spot thru qualifying stages but the thing is, you need good players to have good teams and money to have good players.. Well, we know where the money is. So it's almost impossible for these clubs to get there. Their only hope is to do well in UEFA cup so that they could be seeders and face worse teams next season on CL qualifying stages...