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The Champions Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Winners' Cup, these are the three traditional European cup competitions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, at the end of the last century, the Cup Winners' Cup was cancelled by UEFA, which decided to incorporate the competition into the UEFA Cup, as the level of the cup had fallen to rock bottom and the format was criticized.

But this time, after seeing the results of the League Cup reform, UEFA's idea of the Cup Winners' Cup has also begun to resurge, but at present, it is only a proposal, and it is still unknown how it can be implemented and whether it can be implemented.

"In UEFA's conception, aside from the leagues of various countries, if it is simply divided by the European cup competitions, the Champions Cup is undoubtedly the top of the pyramid of European competitions, and UEFA is bound to do everything in its power to ensure that the Champions Cup continues to expand its influence, after all, this is the leader of European competitions, if the Champions Cup is not done well, the other two competitions will also be finished!"

Florentino's words are easy to understand, for example, the reason why this season's UEFA Cup is so popular is because all the strong teams are chasing the Champions Cup group stage tickets, which is equivalent to the championship and runner-up of their league, just think, who doesn't want it?

But if the Champions Cup one day becomes the chicken rib role of the League Cup in the past few years, will it still be able to make Atletico Madrid, Arsenal and other teams fight for the blood?

The answer is obvious, no way!

Therefore, UEFA is not stupid, they clearly see that the Champions Cup is the source and core of everything!

In the past, the Champions Cup and the League Cup were two distinct competitions, but now UEFA has built a bridge of communication between the League Cup and the Champions Cup by changing its policy, which immediately benefits both competitions, and the League Cup has also changed its role as a chicken rib in the past.

Some people analyze that one of the reasons why the League Cup is so popular this season is the quota for the group stage of the Champions Cup, which is equivalent to two pieces of fat meat, tempting those coveted wolves.

And after careful analysis, it is not difficult to find that the relationship between the Champions Cup and the League Cup is essentially equivalent to the relegation relationship between the Premier League and the Championship, and there are two group stage places between each other, which makes all the teams participating in the League Cup see the way to the Champions Cup.

The two group stage places, too much and too little, will not affect the success of the Champions Cup, and at the same time can improve the positive surname of the League Cup team, and at this point, the reform can be said to be very successful.

At present, UEFA has begun to introduce a series of policies to further strengthen the development of the League Cup and strive to restore the glory of the three major European cups in the last century, which is not only related to the influence of European football, but also related to the distribution of benefits that UEFA can obtain.

"In the same way, they are going to apply this system to the Cup Winners' Cup, but relatively speaking, the reforms will go a little deeper, for example, teams eliminated from the Champions League Qualifying Cup can be relegated to the current season's League Cup and play with teams from the League Cup."

"Once the Cup Winners' Cup is established, it will no longer be the champions of the previous European countries, but will continue to maintain the current allocation of places in the Champions Cup and the League Cup, and instead allow teams from the lower leagues to participate in the Cup Winners' Cup."

For example, in the Premier League, according to the rules, the top 3 can directly enter the group stage, the 4th place participates in the qualifying round, the 5th and 6th place participate in the UEFA Cup, and the League Cup and FA Cup winners also participate in the UEFA Cup.

If the Cup Winners' Cup is confirmed, these places will remain the same, and the league's 7th, 8th and 9th teams will play in the Cup Winners' Cup, which will also be played in an all-knockout format, with the teams in the last four qualifying for the next season's UEFA Cup, or qualifying.

In other words, for the three teams 7-9 in the Premier League, if they can reach the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, it is equivalent to winning a cup title, or getting the 5th and 6th places in the league to qualify for the League Cup.

In the same way, the teams eliminated from the previous rounds of the UEFA Cup will also play in the Cup Winners' Cup, in the same way that the third team in the Champions League Group will participate in the League Cup.

After listening to Florentino's introduction, Xiao Yu reacted immediately, which is equivalent to improving the relegation system of a major European league.

The Champions Cup is equivalent to the first level of the league, the League Cup is equivalent to the second level of the league, the Winners' Cup is equivalent to the third level of the league, there are 2 places between the first and second divisions, but between the second and third divisions, in order to attract more attention and improve competitiveness, the number of places has been expanded to 4, but the champions and runners-up can directly participate in the main competition, and the third and fourth are to participate in the qualifying round.

With the Champions Cup as the top of the pyramid, UEFA is slowly developing its pedestal, and it is clear that they want to further tap the potential of European competitions after seeing the popularity of the League Cup.

It is foreseeable that the Champions Cup is undoubtedly the top priority, participating in the Champions Cup is still the pursuit of all teams, the League Cup will also become higher because of the popularity of the Champions Cup, and the Winners' Cup will also benefit, although the influence of these three major cups is decreasing, but in the end it is a European event, as long as it is done properly, it can reproduce the scenery of the three major European cups at the end of the last century.

"It seems that UEFA wants to further block the opening of the European Super League!" Xiao Yu said with a wry smile.

Florentino immediately nodded, "Yes, I couldn't figure it out at first, but slowly thinking about it, they are treating the Champions Cup as a European Super League, and then moving down to the second and third levels of European competitions, once these three competitions are really stable, then even if our club wants to form a European Super League on its own, it may be very small." ”

Countries have their own league systems, and now Europe will develop a three-tier cup system of Champions Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup, so to speak, Europe's club competition will become saturated and it will be difficult to accommodate other cups and leagues.

UEFA is not stupid, will not give the initiative to these clubs for no reason, they also want to win more chips for themselves, so the re-running of the Cup Winners' Cup is undoubtedly one of the steps, it is foreseeable that if the Cup Winners' Cup is really re-run, UEFA will definitely strengthen the connection between the three major cups, to consolidate, as a bargaining chip to share the interests with the club, rather than let the club shout and slaughter!

Of course, it does not mean that if the three major cups are established, the club will return to the era of following UEFA's instructions, after all, it is really deadlocked, and the giant teams can still form the European Super League on their own, but no one wants to see the results.

"Johansson is also a ruthless character, it is estimated that he has seen the rapid expansion of the European professional club league in the past few years, and his influence has increased faster and faster, and he is a little worried that we are out of control, so he will come up with this method to fight for more bargaining chips in order to win more benefits for them." Xiao Yu said with some admiration.

In the final analysis, FIFA, UEFA and the club federation are all for the sake of profit, whoever has the most say in hand will be able to share the most benefits, and Johansson's approach is to ensure that UEFA has enough right to speak, otherwise, he is worried that one day he will be struck out by the club.

"It's interesting now, FIFA and UEFA have a disagreement, we have the same goal as UEFA, we get along, but in fact we are secretly wary of each other, FIFA sees us as a thorn in the side, but at the same time they don't dare to offend us." Florentino never imagined that one day the club would be able to achieve an equal position with FIFA and UEFA, and it can be said that Xiao Yu gave him this direction.

Nowadays, it seems that the possibility of achieving this goal is very large!

"This is just the beginning, I hope that one day, the European Professional Club League can get rid of Europe and become the World Professional Club League, and then we will have the strength to really compete with UEFA and FIFA and fight for the benefits we deserve!"

In the current situation, UEFA and FIFA check and balance each other, but there is no guarantee that one day they will not come to a consensus, especially when you think that the two institutions are equally dark inside, and you have to worry that once they join forces, the club will be back on the underdog.

Xiao Yu's idea is that it is not good for either side to dominate, and the best thing is to compete with each other, so he has proposed at the meeting of the European Professional Club League that the next goal should be put on the whole world, attracting professional clubs from all over the world such as South America, North America, and Asia, and improving the voice of the professional club league.

Only by confronting each other, cooperating with each other, and achieving a win-win situation, can we avoid some shady transactions as much as possible, and can we try to ensure fairness in the field of football.

Of course, there is undoubtedly a long way to go to achieve this!

At least from the current point of view, the European professional club league does not have the strength to compete with FIFA for the time being, and can only rely on the alliance with UEFA to fight for more interests and living space for itself.

…………………… The draw ceremony officially began at 13 o'clock, and was presided over by UEFA Secretary General Olsen and former Russian goalkeeper Dasayev, the representative of the host city of this year's Champions League final.

Among the 8 teams in the top 8 of the Champions League, all 4 teams in the Premier League have advanced, which also makes people see the prosperity of the Premier League, and the two heroes of La Liga have also successfully qualified.

Serie A is more unlucky, Inter Milan was eliminated by Valencia, making La Liga a total of 3 teams in the top 8, second only to the Premier League 4, and the Italian team is only left with the only remaining AC Milan, but AC Milan's performance this season is not as good as in previous seasons.

Since it is the draw of the top 8 knockout rounds and semi-finals, the 8 teams will be divided into 4 matchups in the upper and lower halves, and according to the rules, these 8 teams will be completely broken up for the draw, so many media predict that according to the current trend of La Liga and the Premier League, the showdown with the national team is almost inevitable.

The first draw was made in the top half of the draw, and the first team to be drawn was Manchester United in the Premier League. Jill immediately laughed, but he couldn't hide the nervousness in his heart, after all, the other 7 teams were not fuel-efficient lamps, and no one was sure of winning.

Dasayev pulled out a small ball again, took out the paper from it, then turned it over, showed it to the guests, and read it aloud: "AC Milan!" ”

Galliani obviously has a gloomy face, this year's draw of the Premier League team can be regarded as a bad signing, if the draw of Chelsea is a signing, then the draw of Manchester United is a signing, because the strength of the Red Devils is very strong.

Soon Olsen made the next draw, immediately drawing Valencia, and at this time all the teams in the stadium were eager to wait for the next draw to have their club's name among them.

Looking at the top 8, the easiest soft persimmons to pinch are Valencia and Droisden, especially Valencia, the strength of this team is a big drop compared to Xiao Yu's previous life, and it is no big surprise to be able to reach the top 8.

However, Dasayev could only grab a small ball with both hands, and there was only the name of one club in the ball, which could not satisfy the hearts of the five teams present, so when he called out the name of Real Madrid, everyone else could only be disappointed.

Florentino breathed a sigh of relief, after all, his team's crossing of Valencia was almost a foregone conclusion, and Valencia was no match for Real Madrid in La Liga.

In the first half of the top 8 knockout rounds, the Spanish derby was staged, which also made many people present applaud excitedly, and the remaining four teams are the Red Rebels, Chelsea, Barcelona and Droysden, it can be determined in advance that there will be an English derby, and this half is undoubtedly the most concerned.

After the top 8 was announced, the Premier League occupied 4 places, and among the other 4 teams, Real Madrid, although not weak, but the record between the Premier League teams is not ideal, and Real Madrid still has a big flaw, which lies in the back and defense, which makes it difficult for Real Madrid to pose a threat to the Premier League team.

AC Milan and Valencia have not been in good form of late, with the Rossoneri in rapid decline, and Silvio Berlusconi starting to tighten his trouser pockets, which is already a well-known thing, while Valencia is not yet in a position to compete with Premier League powerhouses, especially the Red Rebels and Manchester United.

Barcelona have naturally become the team that everyone agrees to be the biggest threat to the Premier League.

Now, Barcelona and the three Premier League teams are placed in the bottom half, which not only proves that UEFA does not want the Premier League to continue to monopolize the Champions League semi-finals, but also shows the intensity of the second half.

However, the biggest suspense is still between the Red Rebels and Barcelona, will these two teams really meet as they wish?

(To be continued)