Chapter 456 Arsenal staged a miracle, Manchester City got a good draw in the Champions League
"What kind of martial ethics are you talking about? Winning a Champions League group match can get you an extra 1.5 million euros in bonuses!"
Many people have forgotten that the Champions League is not only about the ownership of the Champions League, but also about the pockets of the participating teams.
Thanks to the huge income brought by the commercial operation of the Champions League in recent years, the prize money set by UEFA for the Champions League has also risen.
This season, the Champions League prize money has increased by more than 50%, with prize money at all levels being significantly increased.
Therefore, participating in the Champions League means earning a considerable amount of income for many teams.
According to UEFA's Champions League profit-sharing standards, as long as a team enters the Champions League finals, even if they are eliminated without winning a single game, they can at least get a basic guarantee of more than 12 million euros.
In addition to the most basic guaranteed income, there are also different levels of bonuses for different rankings such as the group stage, knockout stage, round of 16, quarterfinals, semi-finals, and championship and runner-up.
A win in the group stage will earn you 1.5 million euros, a draw will earn you 500,000 euros, and if you successfully qualify for the round of 16, you will receive an additional 5.5 million euros in bonuses for the round of 16.
If you are lucky or the team is strong and advance from the round of 16 to the quarterfinals, you can get a bonus of 6 million euros for the quarterfinals.
If you successfully make it to the semi-finals, you can get another 7 million euros in rewards. The two teams that advance to the finals will get even more. The runner-up can get 10.5 million and the champion 15 million.
Please note that these bonuses are cumulative. If a team can win the championship, it will be able to get all levels of bonuses from the group stage to the championship.
These bonuses alone have reached more than 50 million euros. If the team wins all the group matches, the maximum bonus can be 54.5 million euros.
In addition, there is also the share of television broadcasting, but this is related to the league the team is in and the number of participating teams. Generally speaking, teams in the top five leagues have higher shares of broadcasting than teams in other leagues.
Last year, Manchester City received a total of 30.5 million in broadcasting revenue, and this year's broadcasting revenue should not be lower than this figure.
If Manchester City wins the championship again this year, the accumulated bonuses will likely exceed 90 million euros.
Of course, if the winning team is Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern, the figure will likely exceed 100 million euros.
The reason is that they have many more historical points in European competitions than Manchester City, and the bonus for this aspect is several times higher than that of Manchester City.
The Champions League prize money is divided into four parts: 1. Basic qualifying prize, 12 million euros.
2. Competition performance award, which is related to results and ranges from 0 to 42.5 million.
3. Broadcast profit sharing. 4. Historical points commission.
The historical points commission is distributed according to the points accumulated in the Champions League, Europa League and other competitions in the past ten years. The higher the accumulated points, the greater the share.
For example, last year, as the defending champions, Manchester City received a total bonus of 68 million euros, while the runner-up Barcelona received a bonus of 78 million euros, 10 million euros more than them!
How did Barcelona do this? The answer is simple. 30% of the Champions League bonus is divided according to the historical points of the past ten years of European competition.
From 2004 to 2014, the team with the most points in European competitions was Barcelona.
As a result, they received the highest historical points commission, up to 20 million euros.
Before last year, Manchester City had only participated in the Champions League twice, once finishing last in the group stage and reaching the round of 32, and once winning the championship.
Therefore, compared with other giants, they undoubtedly have a huge shortcoming in historical points. Among the 32 teams last year, Manchester City's historical points ranked only 19th and only received 8 million euros in historical points commission.
It is worth mentioning that Juventus, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals last year, finally won a bonus of 62 million euros, almost catching up with the champion Manchester City.
The reason they received such a high bonus is that last year there were only two teams, Juventus and Roma, participating in the Serie A competition, so all broadcasting revenues of Serie A were naturally enjoyed exclusively by these two teams.
This resulted in Juventus receiving the highest share of broadcast rights among all participating teams, reaching a staggering 48 million euros.
This amount of money is not a small sum for any team.
Therefore, for the major clubs, participating in the Champions League is not only about the team's honor and status, but also an important source of income for the team.
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For Guardiola, 1.5 million euros is not a big deal, and Manchester City is not short of money.
The reason why he sent a large number of main players instead of substitutes in this game was that the substitute players had already participated in the League Cup and their physical strength had not yet fully recovered.
Secondly, this is a home game and also the last game of the group stage. He hopes to end it perfectly with a victory, and at the same time let the players get familiar with the rhythm of European wars and prepare for the knockout rounds that are about to begin.
The second place teams in each group this year are not very strong, but as long as their luck is not too bad, there shouldn't be any big problems.
But we can't take it lightly. In the Champions League, there are examples of top teams failing every year. He himself once fell on the dark horse Atletico Madrid, but at that time he was leading the defending champion Bayern Munich! Facing Manchester City, which had played all its main players and had been resting for a long time, Monchengladbach had no way to deal with it.
At the end of the game, Manchester City defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 3:0 at home.
The latter's dream of qualifying from the group stage was completely shattered at the Etihad Stadium.
After learning the news that Manchester City easily defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach, the other two teams also breathed a sigh of relief.
In this game, Juventus broke with their usual style and launched a fierce attack on Sevilla right from the start.
Theoretically, they could qualify with a draw, but they were unusually aggressive, as if they wanted to advance with a fair and clear victory.
After the game started, Morata's performance was undoubtedly the most eye-catching on the court! In the 4th minute, Morata received the ball from Marchisio on the right side, and made a diving header, but the ball went slightly out of the goal frame.
In the 6th minute, Morata broke into the penalty area from the left bottom line and hit the post with a low shot from a small angle.
In the 9th minute, Morata broke into the penalty area again, broke free from the opponent and fell in the penalty area, but the referee did not make any comments.
This aroused strong dissatisfaction among Juventus players, who surrounded the referee to protest and received two yellow cards for this.
Although the attack was fruitless in the early stages, it did not affect Juventus's active attack at all.
Throughout the first half, they firmly took the initiative on the field and beat Sevilla to the point where they had almost no chance to fight back.
However, Juventus had the upper hand but failed to score. They attacked fiercely throughout the first half and missed countless opportunities. The score remained 0:0. In the 66th minute of the second half, Sevilla took advantage of a counterattack and former Juventus player Llorente scored with a header, breaking the deadlock.
This goal pushed Juventus to the edge of the cliff. If they lost with this score, they would be eliminated along with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
So, in the final moments of the game, Juventus gave it their all and desperately besieged Sevilla's goal.
But Sevilla's players defended their own goal and repelled the opponent's attacks time and time again.
As the game was about to end, Morata finally stood up.
In the 91st minute, Cuadrado made a reverse triangle pass, but Morata did not waste the opportunity again.
After receiving the ball, he calmly dribbled past the defender, adjusted the angle, and shot into the far corner.
The score became 1:1!
Juventus defeated Sevilla and successfully advanced to the knockout stage!
Since the game was held in Spain, both Real Madrid and Barcelona sent their scouts to observe the game.
The intention of Barcelona is unclear, it seems that they are observing the Argentine rising star Dybala.
The purpose of Real Madrid scouts is very clear, they are targeting Morata.
Although Morata wasted a lot of opportunities in this game, but in the final moments, under tremendous pressure, he withstood and finally stood up to help the team change its fate.
This made Real Madrid scouts very satisfied with his performance, and they praised Morata's performance during the inspection.
It seems that Morata is one step closer to returning to his dream club Real Madrid.
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The final match of the Champions League group stage saw a lot of drama.
In Group B, where the qualifying situation was confusing, Manchester United unfortunately lost the game 2:3 in the last round away to Wolfsburg.
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In another match, PSV Eindhoven beat CSKA Moscow 2:1 at home.
As a result, Manchester United was finally reversed by PSV Eindhoven when the situation for qualifying was very good, and finished third in the group and missed the knockout stage, while Wolfsburg and PSV Eindhoven advanced together.
In Group E, although Leverkusen tenaciously tied the powerful Barcelona 1:1 at home, it ultimately missed the knockout stage due to the disadvantage in goal difference, allowing Roma to advance smoothly.
In Group F, Arsenal, who lost all four games in the first round, defeated Olympiacos 3:0 away from home in the last round. In another match, Bayern Munich lived up to expectations and defeated Dinamo Salageb 2:0.
This allowed Arsenal to perform a miracle and advance to the knockout stage with 6 points despite having only a theoretical hope of qualifying.
At the end of the game, even Wenger himself couldn't contain his excitement. He hugged the players and cried tears of joy.
Their road to promotion this time was really not easy!
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After the Champions League group stage ended, the draw ceremony for the knockout stage was held soon.
The Gunners fans, who were still immersed in the joy of advancing to the group stage, soon stopped laughing.
Because they had just overcome the huge mountain of Bayern Munich, and then they met their bitter enemy - Barcelona! When the camera was given to Arsenal coach Wenger, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he seemed speechless about the result.
He can't even remember how many times his team has faced Barcelona? Can't they try something different?
It's either Bayern or Barcelona, what did Arsenal do to offend anyone? Gunners fans can't laugh, and Blues fans are also in pain.
Although they advanced to the knockout stage as group leader, Chelsea drew what might be the strongest team among all the second-placed teams in the group - Paris Saint-Germain!
Although Paris Saint-Germain is only second in the group, in terms of strength, they are definitely stronger than Chelsea.
Given Chelsea's form this season, they will definitely be abused and question their lives if they meet Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
"Oh no, Chelsea and Arsenal are far away again!"
"Alas, Manchester United has also been eliminated, and now only Manchester City is left?"
"You're used to it, this situation hasn't been going on for just one or two days!"
Premier League fans felt mixed emotions when seeing the result of the draw.
Before Manchester City's rise, there were always people saying that the Premier League was in decline.
Premier League fans used to always refute this statement, but in recent seasons, after seeing the performance of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and other teams in European competitions, even they have to admit it.
If Manchester City is removed, judging from the overall results, the Premier League's European performance is indeed declining and is far behind La Liga.
The three giants of La Liga have performed very well in the Champions League in recent seasons, completely suppressing the Premier League teams.
If it weren't for Manchester City's support, they would have been surpassed by La Liga long ago.
So recently there is a popular saying in the outside world: it is not the Premier League that is strong, but Manchester City.
Seeing that Chelsea and Arsenal have no hope of advancing, Premier League fans have to pin their hopes on Manchester City.
"Among the second-placed teams in the group, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are the strongest. Paris Saint-Germain was pulled out by Chelsea. Juventus was in the same team as Manchester City before. The remaining teams are not strong and cannot pose a threat to Manchester City. They will have no problem advancing to the quarterfinals!"
“There are many strong teams after the quarterfinals. How far they can go depends on their own performance!”
Although Manchester City is very strong, Premier League fans do not have much confidence.
After all, the overseas performances of other teams from their own league are so poor that they themselves can't help but begin to doubt the quality of the Premier League.
Is the Premier League really inferior to La Liga? Otherwise, why do La Liga teams perform so well in European competitions? Not to mention Barcelona and Real Madrid, even Atletico Madrid, which has emerged in recent years, has performed much better in European competitions than many of their traditional giants.
Amid the anticipation of Premier League fans, Manchester City's draw results were also released.
Their opponent in the round of 16 is Dynamo Kyiv of the Ukrainian league.
There is no doubt that this is a good draw. The opponent is not strong and will not pose any threat to Manchester City except that it is a little difficult to play away.
After seeing Manchester City's draw results, the fans who were worried before were instantly relieved, while the fans of Chelsea and Arsenal were about to cry with envy.
Why can't our team draw such a good draw? In fact, the draws of several top giants are quite good. Real Madrid drew Roma. Given Roma's strength, there is almost no suspense that Real Madrid will advance to the quarterfinals.
Barcelona drew Arsenal. Barcelona has a treasure against Arsenal, so the hope of advancing is very great, and there is even hope of defeating the opponent both at home and away.
Bayern's luck in the draw was a little bit bad, as they drew Juventus.
However, Bayern's record this season is very terrifying. Even Juventus will probably find it difficult to stop them, so the outside world is more optimistic about Bayern's advancement to the quarterfinals.
Another La Liga team, Atletico Madrid, also had good luck in the draw, as they drew PSV Eindhoven and have great hopes of advancing.
This year's Champions League quarterfinals will likely see three La Liga teams appear again.
(End of this chapter)