Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 823 Europa League (first change, ask for a monthly pass)
After the end of the two national team match days, the players returned to their respective clubs one after another.

Liverpool also restarted training and preparations.The purpose of their preparations this time is to face Sporting Lisbon, their first opponent in the group stage, at home.

Liverpool's first UEFA Europa League group match in the new season is also Liverpool's first game back in Europe after a one-year absence, so the club attaches great importance to it.

The home game must be won!
If they can't win Sporting Lisbon at home, Liverpool should go to sleep, and don't have any big dreams of revival.

In fact, the Europa League is the UEFA Cup, but the competition system has been changed, the name has been changed, and the trophy has not been changed.So Chen Yingxiong is definitely not the first time to participate.But strictly speaking, the Europa League and the UEFA Cup are still two events.After all, the name has been changed, so it cannot be called the "League Cup".

The Europa League is a policy of Platini's UEFA to vigorously support the second and third-tier league teams in order to fulfill its original promise to attract votes from the football associations of small football countries.The original UEFA Cup and Toto Cup have been combined to form a brand new cup called the Europa League.

In the group stage alone, 48 clubs will participate. Just like the UEFA Champions League, each team will participate in six games in the group stage, that is, they will compete with the other three opponents in the same group for home and away games, instead of Like the previous UEFA Cup, there is no home and away group stage, and every two teams only play against each other once in the group stage.

The scale of qualifying rounds has also been expanded to three rounds of qualifying rounds, which does not include the play-offs, which are counted separately.The scale of the qualifiers has been expanded, and there are naturally more teams participating in the qualifiers. The original 130 teams have increased to 32 and three, a full [-] more teams.

In this way, many low-level teams from small national leagues can also participate in this competition and show their faces in the European arena.In fact, the main reason is not to let them show their faces, but to get money after showing their faces. For the 2010-2011 season, as long as they enter the top 48 of the Europa League, they will be the first to receive a participation bonus of 64 euros.In the same season, the teams participating in the UEFA Champions League received 390 million euros, which is not a level of bonus at all.

But for those small teams, the 64 euros is enough to attract them.For every game after that, regardless of whether the club wins or loses, the club can get an appearance fee of 14 euros. The team can get 180 euros for each game won, and only half of the 32 euros for a tie.According to this statistics, if a team can win all six games in the group stage, the team can get a maximum bonus of 20 million euros.The participating teams that reach the top 30 can get an automatic promotion bonus of 40 yuan, and each team can get a promotion bonus of 70 euros after reaching the top 300.Entering the quarterfinals is 200.Into the semi-finals, rose to [-] euros.As for the two teams that entered the finals, if they finally win the championship, they can get a championship bonus of [-] million euros, and the runner-up is only [-] million euros.

Calculated in this way, if a team can win the championship with a record of victory, they can get up to [-] million euros.This amount of money is simply not worth it in the eyes of those wealthy families.

But for teams in Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and other leagues, this bonus is even more than their annual budget.

So the Europa League is still very attractive for small teams.

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Many teams participate in the Europa League for bonuses. Perhaps participating in the Europa League for one season can save the club's financial crisis.

But the championship honor, not all teams are interested in it.

However, the reason why Liverpool value this event so much is really because of the championship honor.

The winning bonus of more than 700 million euros is not too important for the Liverpool club and cannot be ignored. If there is, it can reduce financial pressure. If not, it will not fall into the quagmire.

But if the team can win the Europa League, then it can announce Liverpool's strong return.It will be a shot in the arm to boost Liverpool's morale.

This is a championship that is more symbolic than practical.

What Liverpool ultimately pursues is the Champions League, but the Europa League can become a step to take Liverpool to the top.

So Liverpool must pursue to achieve results in this Europa League.

Martin O'Neill didn't do any special mobilization meetings. He felt that everyone was a professional player. Some of these players had won the Champions League, and they were playing at home. There was no reason why they couldn't win.

His only concern is Chen Yingxiong. After all, Chen Yingxiong's starting point is too high. He is afraid that Chen Yingxiong will not be interested in this Europa League.

To be honest, Chen Yingxiong's current ability is already at the level of the Champions League, and he should participate in the Champions League.

And a tasteless competition like the Europa League, no matter how important it is to Liverpool, is tasteless to Chen Yingxiong.

Not to mention that the Europa League is actually the UEFA Cup, and Chen Yingxiong has not only won the UEFA Cup championship, but also won the top scorer of the UEFA Cup since its restructuring.

What he can pursue is really limited...

Can't blame O'Neill for having such an idea, because this phenomenon is very common in football.There are a lot of players who become famous and then lose motivation and are no longer interested in championships and winning.Such examples are not uncommon.

The most recent example is Mourinho's Inter Milan, that team once won the Triple Crown in the 2009-2010 season, fulfilling a dream of club chairman Moratti.Countless players have achieved success and fame. After that?Mourinho left Inter Milan and went to Real Madrid to meet his new challenge, while the Inter Milan players fell into the slack and emptiness after their success.

The team's performance plummeted, and everyone's energy was obviously not put on the pursuit of victory, but on intrigue and seeking benefits.For their own benefit, they can get rid of the coach they don't like. In order to get rid of the head coach, they can work hard in the game and let the team lose again and again.Even if some young Inter Milan fans used slogans such as "Can you still win? Otherwise, I will be laughed at at school!" to motivate them, their attitudes did not change. First, they lost to Marseille 0:1 away in the Champions League, and then lost 0:1 to Naples without Chen Yingxiong in the league.Not only did the Nerazzurri fail to comfort the fans with victory, but fell into a deeper trough.

It all stems from the fact that after these players got all the honors they could get, they fell into a huge emptiness and lost their goal for a while.

Martin O'Neill is worried about the team's top scorer, and the core of the offense also has this mentality-he performed well in the Premier League because the Premier League is still a league for him that he has not yet conquered.

He has won all the Europa League titles, as well as the top scorer, and he is still the record-breaking top scorer.

He planned to have a good talk with Chen Yingxiong.

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After Chen Yingxiong understood O'Neill's intention, he laughed.

Now is the time when he is going crazy for honors and championships, how could he look down on the Europa League?Not to mention the Europa League, if Liverpool is eligible to participate in the Community Shield, he will not let go of the Community Shield!How to say the Europa League is also the second cup competition in Europe, second only to the UEFA Champions League. Such an honor is naturally worth going all out to strive for.What's more, he can kill two birds with one stone, that is, he won the Europa League championship and the top scorer. These are two honors.

Of course, he would not say so directly.Speaking is to pay attention to the way, this is the art of speaking.For the same sentence, if you say it in another way, it will make people think that his image will suddenly become taller.

What's more, the inside story, Chen Yingxiong, couldn't tell others that he had to find some reason.

"No, boss. I will always be in a state of insatiable hunger for victory and championship!" Chen Yingxiong held his head up, wishing that his face could radiate with his own words.

Seeing O'Neill's surprised look, Chen Yingxiong said again: "Actually... I have an idea, that is, I want to win the Europa League championship. But I'm afraid the boss doesn't have that intention. After all, the league is... um..."

O'Neill is happy that Chen Yingxiong has such fighting spirit, but the Europa League champion...

The club's executives vaguely revealed to him that they hoped that if possible, they would try their best to bring back a championship.However, he has his own considerations. The qualification for the Champions League is the most important thing. If there is a conflict between the qualifications for the Europa League and the Champions League, he will definitely give up the Europa League without hesitation.

But now what he wants is that Chen Yingxiong has such motivation. Chen Yingxiong has finally shown his strong fighting spirit as he wished. How could he dampen Chen Yingxiong's enthusiasm at this time?

He smiled and nodded, very pleased.

"Okay, I happen to have the same idea, Liverpool really needs a champion of sufficient weight!"

Compared with the Europa League, the English League Cup really has no weight...

Chen Yingxiong didn't know the plan in the head coach's mind. He only thought that Martin O'Neill supported his own ideas.He was relieved all of a sudden - he was worried that Martin O'Neill would not pay attention to the Europa League. In that case, he would not be able to win the championship.

After all, his arms can't twist his thighs. He is a player and cannot determine the team's strategic goals.

If the head coach doesn't pay much attention to the Europa League, can he still fall out with the head coach because of this, and finally move out of Chen Xing to drive O'Neill away?

Willfulness is not such a willful law.

(End of this chapter)