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Is the FA Cup a good thing or a bad thing?

Fans of the big teams that were eliminated from the tournament without exception thought it was a bad thing because their beloved team was eliminated; But for the fans of the upset team, as well as the more neutral fans, the cooldown turned out to be a good thing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

According to the research survey of Reading Power TV, a number of Premier League teams in the third round of the FA Cup were knocked out of the competition, which increased the ratings of the FA Cup matches in the fourth round by 15%, and it is believed that with the elimination of the three heavyweight teams of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, the next round of the FA Cup will be more optimistic.

Of course, Reading TV also said that the increase in FA Cup ratings is partly due to the fact that the FA Cup has been moved from Saturday to Tuesday and Wednesday, allowing fans to stagger the time slots for watching other national leagues, which has led to the FA Cup ratings being improving for two years after the introduction of the winter break.

Not only that, but this season's UEFA Cup has been reformed, with both teams reaching the final of the UEFA Cup hopeful of qualifying for next season's Champions League, and while reaching the FA Cup is not the same as direct promotion to the Champions League, at least there is another way.

"For many teams in the middle of the Premier League, such as Everton, Tottenham, Aston Villa and other powerhouses, it is far less difficult to play the League Cup than in the Premier League, because the current competition in the Premier League is too fierce, the strength of the Red Rebels, the recovery of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea's tiger power is still there, and the rapid rise of Droysden and Manchester City."

"According to our statistics, if these seven teams are placed in any other league in Europe, they all have the strength to win the championship, even if they go to La Liga, meet Real Madrid and Barcelona, they are not without a fight, but in the Premier League, we can see that they can only compete for the League Cup."

"From this point we can see that the competition in the Premier League is becoming more and more fierce, for Everton, Tottenham and other mid-table teams, through the cup to enter the League Cup, this is their best opportunity to participate in European competitions, and then work hard to reach the final, after all, the competition in the League Cup is not as good as the Champions Cup, and the strength of the Premier League team is still very strong, anyone has a chance!"

The analysis of Reading Power TV almost represents the outside world's evaluation of the FA Cup, especially in the context of rising ratings, the FA Cup has ushered in a rising tide in the two years after the reform, and it is said that the FA is currently focusing on negotiating the increase in the broadcast rights of the FA Cup, as well as contacting more sponsors.

This is a good cycle of good people, after all, the income increases, the more bonuses there are, and the more teams can be attracted.

However, there is a trouble after the reform, that is, the attendance rate has dropped a lot, after all, they all go to the away games of the weak teams, and the home capacity of some teams in the lower leagues is very poor, and the attendance rate is naturally not high.

The FA clarified this, saying that according to the business report, the FA Cup is sharing the fruits of the Premier League's leap to the world's first league, and the FA will also launch a series of measures to attract investment and improve the competitiveness of the FA Cup in the summer, which will further promote the influence of the FA Cup.

In addition, this season's FA Cup final is once again scheduled to be played overseas, due to the temporary transfer from the FA to Singapore last year, this season the FA has decided to compensate the company, and the next two FA Cup finals will be scheduled in Tokyo and Yokohama.

And this is a godsend for the Premier League, as well as for the two sides participating in the final, to develop the market.

In addition, after half a season of warm-up, the reformed League Cup has now begun to gradually enter the **.

Unlike the previous UEFA Cup, even in the round of 16, which was filled with a large number of teams from weak countries and uneven strength, this season's League Cup round of 16 is almost all from the mainstream European leagues, and the top three Premier League teams have all entered the round of 16, namely Everton, Arsenal and Manchester City.

In addition, there are traditional powerhouses such as Bayern, Marseille and Schalke 04 who have been eliminated from the Champions Cup, and they are all ready to show their strength in the UEFA Cup, especially those who cannot secure Champions Cup qualification in their respective leagues, and they all want to break through from the UEFA Cup.

After all, if you can win the League Cup, you will not only win an honor, but also participate in the group stage of next season's Champions Cup, which is a temptation that no team can ignore.

Considering the heat wave of the League Cup, UEFA has seen the business opportunities, so before the reform, they signed a contract with broadcasters and sponsors for one season, and the longest is 2 seasons, and I believe that after seeing the popularity of the League Cup this season, I am afraid that it will be several times on the original basis in the future.

…………………… The Red Rebels and Manchester City have undoubtedly become the most important strong dialogue in the 24th round of the Premier League.

The two teams have been in very different positions this season, with Manchester City failing to make much of a breakthrough in the league despite a series of big investments, the best being last season, when they reached the Champions League only to be eliminated by Chelsea.

Last season, Manchester City's results declined, and even almost missed the European competition, Van Gaal was under huge pressure from public opinion, if it were not for the title of world famous coach, plus there would be no manager with a bigger name than Van Gaal for a while and a half, it is estimated that he would have left class early.

So far this season, Manchester City's results have not been ideal, and despite the introduction of a number of powerful stars such as Tevez, Van Gaal has not been able to unite Manchester City as a team, and his explanation for this is that it will take time.

Van Gaal is a master tactician, there is no doubt about that, but the sudden influx of so many famous stars on him has greatly improved the team's strength, but it has caused no small trouble.

When he was at Ajax, he was able to succeed more because of the academy players, who could easily understand and grasp Van Gaal's tactical requirements, and the young players were like a blank sheet of paper on which Van Gaal could easily draw his own pattern.

But this group of famous stars can't, at first they were able to follow Van Gaal's instructions, but slowly, their hearts also began to resist, after all, they all have their own playing habits, Van Gaal stubbornly forced them to follow their own tactics, that is a kind of torture for them.

And in the final analysis, the purchased big-name stars are always not as obedient as the children they have cultivated, especially in the cohesion of the team, which has almost changed the main force of the team in a few years, and the cohesion and loyalty of the team can be imagined.

Every confrontation between Mourinho and Louis van Gaal always gives the media a lot of room for hype.

Although the duo live in Manchester, they don't actually have any contact with each other, and even before every Red Rebels game against Manchester City, they have the customary habit of attacking each other.

This time it was Van Gaal who took the lead in the war, and he believes that the Red Rebels have been in good form recently, but Mourinho will have to jump into the sea sooner or later, because with the current situation of the Red Rebels, the results will definitely be affected before the real big game.

Mourinho is not to be outdone, believing that many of Manchester City's main players have left the team to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, which will have a greater impact than the Red Rebels, and Van Gaal should think about his own team at this time, not whether he can jump into the sea or not.

After that, the two naturally had another round of mutual comments in the media, and the content was nothing more than that.

But when it came to the court, although the two sides had their own tricks, they still couldn't tell the winner in the end.

1:1, the Red Rebels were forced to draw by Manchester City!

Throughout the game, Manchester City played more defensive counter-attacking tactics, visiting the Red Rebels Stadium, in Colo? Toure, Yaya? With Toure out of the middle, Manchester City seem to be more defensive than ever, after all, the Red Rebels are notoriously brave here, even if they are as proud as Louis van Gaal, they dare not attack easily.

Jose Mourinho's tactics were very proactive, with Ismael, Ronaldo, Messi and Aguero looking for opportunities at the beginning, and in the 36th minute, Messi picked up a cross in the box and assisted Ronaldo to score a goal to help the team take the lead in the first half.

However, in the second half, Van Gaal still increased the suppression of the Red Rebels' attack, especially in the midfield, Van Gaal's five midfielders included Van Bommel and Vieira and other fierce generals, as well as Tevez and other fierce characters, they were all encircling and suppressing the Red Rebels in the midfield.

Cesc Fabregas's game was obviously affected by this kind of encirclement, and his performance was very average.

But what is even more depressing is that in the 63rd minute, in a scramble with the retreating Tevez, De Rossi, the main defender of the Red Rebels, was accidentally kicked in the right leg and fell to the ground on the spot.

Jose Mourinho was forced to bring on Nemanja Vidic in place of De Rossi, moving Curtis forward to a central midfield position.

It is not without precedent for Curtis to play in the midfield, he often cuts forward, and he is quite familiar with the position of the midfielder, and he often makes cameos in this position in training, so he can be regarded as experienced.

Originally, Beckham was still sitting on the bench, but the Portuguese were worried that Beckham's arrival would cause the Red Rebels' midfield to become weak, so he finally moved forward Curtis.

In the 78th minute, in a counterattack by Manchester City, Curtis hesitated a little out of the habit of a central defender, resulting in Sneijder's wonderful pass to Tevez, the beast carried Terry with a strong body, stabbed in front of the goal, and equalized.

The 1:1 result was maintained until the end, but there was no doubt that this time it was the Red Rebels who were depressed.

After all, on the football field, no one can guarantee a complete victory!

After the match, Mourinho lashed out at Van Gaal's conservatism in a press conference.

'In a football game, especially against a strong player like the Red Rebels and Manchester City, when a team goes into the game with a mentality that doesn't want to score, the outcome of the game is already killed. I'm proud of my players' performances because we did our best and I think we should be the winners because the offense is always more creative than the defense, more in line with the charm of football and more difficult! ”

What Mourinho meant was that the Red Rebels played the game in a more difficult way, while Manchester City played the game in an easier way, and the two sides played to a draw, and the Red Rebels were considered to have won.

But in the Premier League standings, there is no consideration of difficulty at all, and it is precisely because of this that Van Gaal does not fight back against Mourinho's rhetoric, he is just laughing, a very annoying laugh!

Van Gaal's smile made Mourinho furious, but there was nothing he could do about the latter, because the game was over!

Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home, Arsenal beat Newcastle 5-0 at home, Liverpool beat West Ham United 0-1 and Droysden beat Middlesbrough 0-1...... After the whole round of the league, the Red Rebels fell to second in the league in frustration, Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League with a 2-point advantage, and Arsenal, Liverpool, and De Roysden all began to rebound strongly, only Chelsea, after Ancelotti left, Chelsea was obviously affected.

The only fortunate thing is that immediately after the press conference, Mourinho received a text message from the laboratory, and Professor Flair gave De Rossi a detailed examination, and it was found that De Rossi's right leg only had a slight muscle damage, which was fine, but it was better to rest for a week.

In other words, De Rossi will not be able to play against Birmingham City in midweek and Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend.

This is undoubtedly a problem for the Red Rebels' midfielders, because after Essien and Mikel left for the Africa Cup of Nations, the Red Rebels' strong midfielder is currently only available to De Rossi, although Mourinho has tried to use young players in the cup after the winter break, De Rossi has still played a lot of games.

Now that he is injured, the originally spacious back position has suddenly become a big problem for the Red Rebels.

Two games a week, both of which are Premier League games, are games that the Red Rebels who aspire to win the Premier League cannot afford to lose, but what is even more tragic is that in the Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana and Nijlia have performed well, Essien and Mikel have not been able to return early, and Mourinho has been dwarfed in the selection of the midfielder.

Even after learning that De Rossi was injured and out for a month, the media began to release frequent predictions, and even some media outlets that were happy to see the Red Rebels' jokes began to help Mourinho pay attention to the climate in the English Channel.

"In order to prevent Mr. Mourinho from being found after jumping due to strong winds and waves, I suggest that he be found the day after the game against Birmingham, when the wind is lighter!"

As for the ridicule of the outside media, Mourinho did not give any rebuttal, because he knows very well that Birmingham has always been the bitter master of the Red Rebels. Bruce's team only lost 2-1.

Now that De Rossi is injured, it is understandable that the outside world is not optimistic about the Red Rebels, but this does not mean that Mourinho has accepted his fate!

(To be continued)