Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 206 A clever "Mu" is hard to cook without rice

Three days later, the second round of the Europa League kicked off, and the Celtics came to Rome for an away challenge.

The score of 0 to 4 in the first round has already announced the end of the series. Celtics coach Postkoglu is not ready to fight hard for a miracle.

His first goal is still in the Scottish Premier League.

At present, the Celtics lead the Rangers by 6 points, and there are still 10 rounds in the league, and the championship is still unpredictable.

Under the leadership of new coach Van Bronckhorst, although the league performance was not as good as last season, Rangers double-killed the Portuguese Super League team Braga in the Europa League in two rounds, and reached the semi-finals by surprise.

Since the Soviet Super League has not had a third team that can play in European competitions after the Rangers went bankrupt and relegated, they can only rely on the Celtics to support and maintain the Champions League points.

However, the Soviet Super League, which has been ranked 11th in Europe this season, originally won only one play-off qualification for the league champion, but after the fight between Russia and Ukraine, UEFA, in order to cooperate with the sanctions of European countries and the European Commission The paper ban canceled the places in the Russian Super League and replaced them with the Soviet Super League and the Ukrainian Super League in the 11th and 12th leagues.

Therefore, if the Celtics can win the league this season, they will directly advance to the Champions League group stage next season.

This is undoubtedly a huge incentive, especially when the only opponent in the league, Rangers, is also distracted by the Europa League.

Participating in the UEFA Champions League this season can get a guaranteed bonus of 860 million euros. Entering the group stage, you can get another 170 million guaranteed bonus. In 6 group matches, the appearance fee for each game is 34 euros, winning 280 million and tying 96. million euros.

Calculated in this way, even if you lose all 6 games in the group stage, you can get at least 1230 million euros in bonuses. Make another small fortune.

And this data, with the development of the Champions League, is increasing every year.

In the next season, that is, the UEFA Champions League in the 22-23 season, even if they lose all six games in the group stage, they can get 1564 million euros.

This money is not a small reward for the Celtics, but also for Serie A giants like Inter Milan and Juventus.

After all, after working hard for a whole season and winning the Serie A championship, the broadcast fee share is only 2340 million euros...

And like the top-ranked major leagues, there is also a bonus pool design in the total bonus of the Champions League.

Of all the approximately 20 billion euros in prize money in the Champions League, 55% are allocated based on the specific record of the Champions League this season.

这部分的奖金是固定的，比如冠军奖铁定获得2000万欧元的固定奖励，亚军则是1550万欧元，4强1250万、8强1060万、16强则是960万。

The remaining 45% is variable bonuses.

Among them, 30% will be allocated according to the European War points of each team in the first 10 years.

All 32 teams that qualify for the group stage get the money, but the gap is huge.

The 32 teams are ranked according to points. The first place can get 1 ​​rakes, which is about 32 million euros, while the last can only get 3638 rake, which is only 1 million euros.

Obviously, UEFA set up this part of the bonus to compromise with those wealthy clubs, that is, those clubs that want to create the UEFA Super League, as well as individual top teams like Bayern and Paris.

The creators of the UEFA Super League also feel that this part of the bonus is not enough for them.

The remaining 45% of the 15% is the broadcast share, with a total value of 3 million euros.

Of the 3 million euros, half will be handed over to the broadcast leagues of various countries, and will be distributed to participating teams in each country according to the market share of each country determined by UEFA.

Correspondingly, Britain, Spain, Italy and Germany, which have more audiences, received more.

The other half is based on the number of home games of each team. The rules are also very simple. The farther you go, the more you get.

So there is another interesting point here. For example, countries such as England and Spain, which are competitive and have a high market share, once other teams are eliminated collectively and only one team remains, then All prize money belonging to the country's broadcast prize pool will be given to this club.

Therefore, from the fans' point of view, it is natural to feel relieved to see the mortal enemy of the same league being eliminated from the Champions League. From the perspective of the club, seeing the early exit of the same league team is actually secretly happy.

Compared with the total prize money of the Champions League of 20 billion, the total prize money of the Europa League this season is about 4.65 million euros, while the Europa League is 2.35 million euros.

This is also the reason why the giants generally give up the Europa League and focus on the league to compete for the Champions League.

The opponents in the Europa League are not so weak that they can be easily controlled. If they are drawn to a distant country, it will take a lot of time and effort, not to mention not earning much money, but also increase the risk of injury and affect the progress of the league.

This is also a major "crime" of the giants against UEFA's bonus distribution principle.

In their eyes, the Europa League is already tasteless, and all the prize money should be put in the Champions League. At present, in order to take care of smaller leagues and clubs, UEFA not only ignored the giants, but also created a Europa League. , Those giants couldn't bear it anymore, and announced the UEFA Super League to foreign officials.

Regardless of these grievances, the European football ecology based on the Champions League has in fact become the number one factor in the league competition of various countries.

The participation bonus is only a superficial figure, and behind it is the increase in sponsorship brought about by the increase in team influence. Excellent players will also give priority to clubs that can participate in the UEFA Champions League when choosing clubs for transfer, and being able to participate in the UEFA Champions League can also improve their performance. The value of the team's main players, so that they can be sold at a better price when they are transferred to further increase the revenue of small and medium teams.

In summary, it is reasonable for the Celtics to give up the European Cup and concentrate on the Scottish Premier League.

The same is true for Mourinho.

In such a game where victory or defeat is no longer important, it is not necessary to send the main force to fight with real swords and guns. The mind still needs to stay in the more critical league.

Ever since, both sides tacitly sent a "youth team" with only one-third of the main force.

Chen Xiaoliang, Cesco, Abraham, Mancini, Wellertu, Malaysia and others did not play, and instead let Pellegrini, who has recently been occupied by Chen Xiaoliang and has fewer starts, and was suspended for domestic competitions due to a red card Zaniolo led the team, allowing Wu Lei, Carles Perez, Shalawi, Darbo, Bove, Kumbra, Trippi and others to play and exercise.

He even "carefully" assigned the third goalkeeper Boll.

According to the rules of the European War, as long as the players who played, even for 1 second, if the team wins the championship in the end, they can also get the championship medal.

As a result, the two sides played a sleepy 90-0 in 0 minutes.

Wu Lei got two good one-handed chances, but without Chen Xiaoliang's passing and tacit connection bonus, his old problem of single-handed failure reappeared, with one kick crooked and one kick on the opponent's goalkeeper.

But this result is very satisfactory to Mourinho.

No injuries, the rest of the main force, and a smooth promotion, what else can you ask for?
For Chen Xiaoliang, although he failed to play in this game, he also got a "huge" improvement.

Sitting on the sidelines and chatting with teammates for the whole game, when I returned home and turned on the system, although I only completed the task of [Enter the squad for the next game] and got [Reward: 1 skill value], but it just happened This 1 point increased his skill value from 99 to 100.

He lit up a new skill that he had prepared for a long time:
【Good at passing the ball from one side of the court to the other】

This skill can improve the accuracy and speed of the long-distance cross pass, greatly speed up the speed at which the team encounters a tight defense on one side and transfer the ball to the other side, improves the transition from the strong side to the weak side on the field, and helps initiate Attacking from the side can also force the opponent to adjust the focus of defense and expose defensive loopholes.

So far, Chen Xiaoliang already has 5 skills.

Improves tackle speed and accuracy【Adept at ground tackle】

Improve the home atmosphere and make the players more excited [good at motivating the audience]

Improve the ability of close marking and reduce the efficiency of the players being marked [good at close defense]

And just unlocked [good at passing the ball from one side of the court to the other]

And that passive skill [halves the duration of all sports negative states]

Skill value 100→0
Now that the defensive and passing abilities have been formed, if the next step is to add possession, attacking and strengthening shooting ability, Chen Xiaoliang can become the real all-round midfielder envisioned by Gerrard and De Rossi at the time !

But even if there is a system, the road has to be taken step by step, and the training has to be done day by day.

With the elimination of the Celtics, the top 16 knockout rounds of the European Cup have basically been completed.

Among the top 8, Roma is located in the upper half. The opponent in the next round will be the Greek Super League team PAOK, and the other matchup also in the upper half will be the veteran Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven. Play against Leicester City, which is ranked 8th in the Premier League this season.

The winners of the two matches will enter the top 4 and compete for tickets to the final.

In the second half, Marseille in Ligue [-] played against Slavia Prague in the Czech First Division. Like Leicester City, this Czech team also played against Chen Xiaoliang.

In the other game in the second half, the Eredivisie team Feyenoord played against Partizan Belgrade in the Serbian Super League.

On the whole, except for the unpredictable victory between Eindhoven and Leicester City, the rest of the games are basically strong and weak.

And Roma's opponent PAOK is the team with the lowest value and the lowest prestige among the eight teams.

But after entering the top 4, whether Eindhoven or Leicester City, these two teams are one of the most powerful remaining teams in this competition.

At the same time, as AC Milan eliminated Juventus, who had no interest in fighting and focused on the fourth in the league, the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia have also been decided.

According to the rules, there will be two rounds of home and away matches in the semi-finals.

Rome's opponent will be Fiorentina, and on the other side, it will be the two-round Milan derby between AC Milan and Inter Milan.

But having said that, although the opponents in the next round of the two cups are relatively the weakest among all opponents, Mourinho's goal is not only to enter the semi-finals or enter the finals. If the cup cannot win the championship, even if it is the Champions League It is meaningless to reach the final and fail to win.

If you want to go to the end, you must have the ability to defeat all opponents.

Fortunately, the team still has time to continue to adjust and continue to wait for the return of the injured.

The team rested for another 2 days and went to the away game to usher in the first semi-final of the Coppa Italia to challenge Fiorentina.

After selling Vlahovic, who scored 8160 league goals in half a season, for 17 million euros, Fiorentina did not become a tiger with its teeth pulled out as expected by the outside world.

They bought French winger Ikone from Lille for 1400 million euros, Polish center Piatek from Bundesliga Hertha Berlin, and finally Brazilian center from Swiss team Basel for 1556 million euros. Cabral.

It cost 3000 million euros to reorganize the entire attack line, and made a net profit of 5000 million euros. This wave of transactions in Florence's winter window has the taste of European black shops such as Benfica and Monaco.

In the last few rounds of matches, several newcomers have gradually adjusted after their arrival, and their state has gradually improved. They have won nearly 3 home games in the league, and their rankings have surpassed Atlanta, which has suffered a wave of losing streak, and stood at No. 8. There is a chance Make an impact on the UEFA Cup next season.

For Mourinho, there is a not so good situation.

Spinazzola, who was gradually participating in low-intensity training with the ball, didn't know whether it was because he hadn't exercised for a long time or something. He got a viral cold. It wasn't a thing at all, but it spread in the team. .

Chen Xiaoliang, Sesco, Kumbra, and Malaysia all suffered from low-grade fever.

Mourinho angrily reprimanded the team doctor for failing to detect the symptoms in time and let Spinazzola go home to rest, but continued to let him stay in the team for training until the symptoms came out before he reacted.

In order to avoid further infection, he had to keep all the people with colds in Rome and let them go home to rest.

Matic, who was slightly unwell in the first round against the Celtics, and Zaniolo, who was suspended for the last game, also did not go to the away game.

If the last game against the Celtics was a tacit agreement between the two sides and intended to let the main players take turns, then Mourinho really has no cards to play in this game.

He can only play double forwards with Abraham and Pellegrini based on the existing lineup, and put Wellertu in the central midfielder position that Chen Xiaoliang usually plays, with Christian and teenager Volpato behind him. ;

The only three main central defenders all played, and Zalewski and Binia played as wingbacks from left to right;
Patricio's fracture is still a month away, and No. [-] goalkeeper Forzato continues to start.

On the Fiorentina side, new aids Ikone, Cabral, and Piatek all went into battle;

Backline captain Biraghi, Milenkovic and Venuti are all healthy and start together;
The midfielder Bonaventura has been in good form recently and is in charge of the right side of the midfield, while the tall and tough Moroccan midfielder Amrabat plays a single midfielder, and the left midfielder is Ghanaian international Alfred Duncan.

With four defenders and a single midfielder, Fiorentina Italiano made it clear that he wanted to take advantage of the home field and rush to Roma's defense, trying to preemptively strike in the two rounds of the game as much as possible to earn more goals.

After the opening, just as Italiano had imagined, Viola started to attack in the first second.

They did not pay as much attention to the possession of the ball as Atlanta and Juventus, and frequently turned their feet in order not to lose the possession of the ball, looking for opportunities to attack again.

If they have a chance tonight, they must attack. If they can make a shot, they will not hesitate, and if they fail to attack, they will immediately fight back.

Chen Xiaoliang and Cesko, two injured and sick, were sitting on the sofa at home watching the game while blowing their noses.

Watching the games of the team they play for on TV is something they haven't encountered for a long time.

Erica even laughed at them for losing their jobs.

Wu Lei's wife enthusiastically brought over boiled ginger soup and white vinegar that many people in the Red Country believed could kill "cold germs".

He also taught Helena how to burn vinegar and how to distribute the smell of vinegar in the room to "sterilize".

Although he knew there was nothing wrong with it, Chen Xiaoliang was too embarrassed to defy Mrs. Wu's kindness directly, so he had to watch Rome being dominated by Florence in his home with the doors and windows closed according to the "secret" and filled with sour smell.

On the contrary, Cesko and Erica felt that the method of the people from the Red Country was miraculous, and smelled the slightly pungent sour smell, as if their noses were cleared up a little...

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