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Chapter 169 Lu Chen's Dependency

At the end of the game, 1860 Munich was still tied 0:0 at home, but with a goal difference in the away game, 1860 still advanced to the group stage of the Europa League.

At this time, I have to talk about the complicated competition system of the Europa League:

The UEFA Europa League is the European Football Association (UEFA Europa League), which is what we call UEFA Europa League. Europa League.The event was formed by merging the UEFA Cup and the UEFA INTER TOTO CUP.Now, UEFA has fixed the event as the second largest club event in European football.

The competition system of the UEFA Europa League is the same as that of its predecessor UEFA Cup. Except for the group stage and the final, it adopts the two-round elimination system of host and guest. Each team will play home and away games with the other three teams in the same group, and the top two teams in the 12 groups will advance to the knockout round of 48.

The qualifications for the UEFA Europa League are more complicated and are divided into four rounds of qualifying rounds:
第一轮资格赛：分别是来欧足联排名37至51位国家（列支敦士登除外）杯赛的冠军球队、还有欧足联排名37至51位国家（列支敦士登除外）国家联赛的亚军球队、欧足联排名22至51为国家（列支敦士登除外）联赛的No.3以及三支欧足联公平竞赛奖国家的球队。以上的球队共46支，将进行主客场两回合的淘汰制比赛，胜方晋级下一轮比赛。

第二轮资格赛：由第一轮胜出的23支球队，加上另外57支球队，一共80支球队进行主客场两回合制淘汰赛。这57支球队是：欧洲足联排名30到53的国内杯赛冠军、排名19到34的国内顶级联赛亚军、排名16到21的国内顶级联赛季军，排名10到15的国内顶级联赛No.4、以及排名第7到第9的国内顶级联赛No.5的球队。

第三轮资格赛：由第二轮胜出的40支球队，加上另外30支球队，一共70支球队进行主客场两回合制淘汰赛。另外30支球队是：欧洲足联排名18到29名的国内杯赛冠军、排名16到18的国内顶级联赛亚军、排名10到15的国内顶级联赛季军、排名第7到第9的国内顶级联赛No.4、排名第4到第6的国内顶级联赛No.5，排名第1到第3的国内顶级联赛No.6的球队。

第四轮资格赛：由第三轮胜出的35支球队，加上另外41支球队，一共76队进行主客场两回合制淘汰赛。另外41支球队是：欧冠联赛第三轮资格赛被淘汰的15支球队、在欧洲足联排名第1到17的国内杯赛冠军、排名第7到第9的国内顶级联赛No.3、排名第4到第6的国内顶级联赛No.4、以及排名的1到第3的足协的联赛No.5的球队。

After the fourth qualifying round, the 38 winning teams entered the Europa League group stage. (Supplement: If the champion of a certain country's cup wins the qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the runner-up of the country's cup will replace his place in the Europa League.)
The next step is the group stage. There are 48 teams in the Europa League group stage, divided into 12 groups, with 4 teams in each group.The top two teams in the 12 groups will advance to the knockout round of 32.This competition system is almost the same as the Champions League.

The 38 winners of the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League qualifying round, plus the 10 teams eliminated in the final qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the defending champions of the Europa League, a total of 48 teams entered the Europa League group stage.

而在淘汰赛阶段，欧洲联赛32强淘汰赛的参赛球队包括小组赛阶段12个小组的前两名共24支，以及欧冠联赛小组赛阶段八个小组No.3组成。16场对决的胜者进入16强淘汰赛，然后依次是1/4决赛和半决赛。

Like the Champions League, the Europa League final will be a one-off match and will be played in a neutral city at 20:45 CET on Wednesday.

After talking about the finals, I have to talk about the championship trophy.

The UEFA Europa League trophy still uses the Bertoni Trophy, the predecessor of the UEFA Cup.The trophy itself weighs 15 kilograms. The cup body is made of silver and the base is a piece of yellow marble. It was designed and manufactured by a studio named Bertoni in Milan, Italy for the 1972 final.

This trophy has no handle and is beautiful in its simplicity.Above its pedestal is a group of images of players fighting for the ball, which are in fact the supports for the octagonal trophy, which is also adorned with the UEFA logo.

As the champions of the German Cup in 1860, of course they directly participated in the fourth round of qualifying places.

Although it is said that the teams that can participate in the fourth qualifying round are among the best teams in the leagues of various countries.

But facing a team like Aktobe, 1860 was still playing so hard, Kurz was also questioned by reporters at the press conference after the game.

"Mr. Kurtz, may I ask if your team has 'Lu Chen dependence'? Without Lu Chen on the court, your team seems to be unable to attack!"

Facing the reporters' criticisms, Kurtz shrugged his shoulders and said directly: "Let's put it this way, Lu Chen is also a member of the team. Is there a problem with our team's tactics with Lu Chen as the core?"

Kurtz is also really new. He didn't avoid the so-called "Lu Chen's dependence", but directly faced the problem.

Kurtz admitted openly that his team's offense relied on Lu Chen. The reporters were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't continue to ask questions.

"But Lu Chen is not a robot. Everyone has times when they are not in good shape or unable to participate in the competition. Then, Mr. Kurtz, how can you guarantee your offense at that time?" Reporters still have a lot of things to do. Looking for topics, after all, this is their specialty.

Kurtz didn't evade this question, "I know what you mean, but anyone who knows Lu Chen knows that last season, Lu Chen was the one who participated in the most games on our team. I don't think he will play this season. Will miss a few games."

"But Mr. Kurtz, no one will guarantee that there will be no accidents. In case Lu Chen is suspended with a red card or is injured, how should you deal with it?"

After hearing this sentence, Kurtz stared at the reporter who asked the question angrily, "Your question is very good, but I refuse to answer your question because I think you are cursing me." player of!"

(End of this chapter)