Subtle change to Champions League coverage as Amazon Prime set to use feature loved by fans for AC Milan vs Liverpool
AMAZON PRIME will bring back a much-loved subtle feature for their Champions League coverage this season.
Their first match is a blockbuster showdown between AC Milan and Liverpool, two teams who have lifted 13 European Cups between them.
Prime video are set to pull out all the stops to impress fans in their first-ever coverage of Europe’s elite top competition.
It has been confirmed that the popular substitute counter feature will be on display for the match at the San Siro.
The feature appears in the top left corner of the screen above the scoreline.
The tracker shows five little marks above each team – with the number of dashes reducing by one every time a substitution is made.
It makes it easy for fans to see how many more changes their manager has left in a game.
Teams are allowed to make five substitutions per game.
Amazon Prime have used this before when covering Premier League matches last season.
And it proved a hit with fans, who called for it to be adopted by other broadcasters.
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One fan wrote on X: “The new sub tracking system on Prime is very useful. It’s surprising that it hasn’t been introduced sooner.”
A second said: “So handy to see how many subs teams have left to use. It’s the little things.”
While another fan wrote last term: “I like that sub counter Prime Video have… It’s something Sky have to think about implementing too.”
Amazon Prime gained the rights to show one Champions League match a week for the first-time ever this season.
The streaming platform have been given the top pick each Tuesday, with football broadcaster veterans TNT Sports showing the remaining ties.
And there will also be a free-to-air option for UK viewers for the first time in nearly a decade.
That is because the BBC will show a Match of the Day-style highlights programme on Wednesdays as part of a three-year deal with Uefa.
Meanwhile, it’s the fifth Champions League meeting between Liverpool and AC Milan.
Their most famous encounter being the 2005 final in Istanbul when the Reds came back from 3-0 down to win on penalties.
The two sides were also drawn in the same group during the 2021/22 Champions League, with the Merseyside team winning both encounters.
Arne Slot’s side go into their European opener on the back of their first defeat of the Prem campaign.
Callum Hudson-Odi’s strike handed Nottingham Forest a shock win at Anfield last Saturday.