Chapter 456 Arsenal performed a shocking miracle, Manchester City got a good draw in the Champions L

"What kind of martial ethics are you talking about? If you win a Champions League group match, you can get an extra 1.5 million euros in bonus!"

Many people have forgotten that the UEFA Champions League is not only about the ownership of the Big Ears Cup, but also about the wallets of the major participating teams.

Thanks to the huge income brought by the commercial operation of the UEFA Champions League in recent years, the bonuses set by UEFA for the UEFA Champions League have also increased.

This season, the prize money of the Champions League has increased by more than 50%, and the prize money of all levels has been increased significantly.

Therefore, participating in the Champions League means a lot of money for many teams.

According to UEFA's Champions League sharing standards, as long as you enter the Champions League main match, even if you fail to win a game and are eliminated, you will receive at least 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, top 16, top eight, top four, championship and runner-up.

If you win a game in the group stage, you will be rewarded 1.5 million, and if you draw 500,000, if you successfully advance to the top 16, you will receive an additional bonus of 5.5 million euros in the top 16.

If you are lucky or the team is strong, you can get a bonus of 6 million euros from the top 8 if you advance from the top 16 to the top 8.

If you successfully reach 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.

Note that these bonuses are cumulative. If a team can win the championship, he can get all levels of bonuses from the group stage to the championship.

These bonuses alone have reached more than 50 million euros. If they win the group stage, they can get up to 54.5 million euros.

In addition, there is a TV broadcast share, but this is related to the league in which the team is located and the number of participating teams. Generally speaking, the five major leagues have a higher broadcast share than teams in other leagues.

Last year, Manchester City received a total of 30.5 million in broadcast shares, and this year's broadcast share should not be lower than this number.

If Manchester City wins the championship again this year, the cumulative bonuses will likely exceed 90 million euros.

Of course, if the winning teams are replaced by Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern, this number is likely to exceed 100 million euros.

The reason is that their historical points in the European war are much more than that of Manchester City, and the bonus in this aspect is several times higher than that of Manchester City.

The Champions League prize money is divided into four parts:

1. Basic finalist award, 12 million euros.

2. Competition performance awards are related to performance, ranging from 0 to 42.5 million.

3. Broadcast share award.

4. Draw commission from historical points.

The historical points draw is distributed based on 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, which was 10 million euros more than them!

How did Barcelona do this?

The answer is simple. 30% of the Champions League prize money is divided based on the historical points in the European war over the past ten years.

In the ten years from 2004 to 2014, the team with the most European points was Barcelona.

As a result, they received the highest points draw in history, up to 20 million euros.

Before last year, Manchester City had only participated in the Champions League twice, one of which was eliminated at the bottom of the group and stopped in the top 32, and one of which won the championship.

Therefore, compared with other giants, they undoubtedly have a huge shortcoming in terms of historical points. Among the 32 teams last year, Manchester City only ranked 19th in historical points and only received 8 million euros in historical points.

It is worth mentioning that Juventus, which failed to reach the quarterfinals last year, finally received a bonus of 62 million euros, almost catching up with Manchester City as the champion.

The reason why they received such a high bonus is that last year, only two Serie A teams, Juventus and Roma, participated. Naturally, all Serie A broadcast shares were exclusively shared by these two teams.

This resulted in Juventus's broadcast share being the highest among all participating teams, reaching an astonishing 48 million euros.

This amount of money is not a small sum for any team.

Therefore, for 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 doesn't matter much, and Manchester City is not the main one who is short of money.

The reason why he sent a large number of main players instead of substitutes in this game is because the substitute players had already participated in the League Cup game before and their physical fitness has not yet fully recovered.

Secondly, this is a home game and the last game of the group stage. He hopes to end it perfectly with a victory, and by the way, let the players get familiar with the rhythm of the European war and prepare for the upcoming knockout rounds.

The second place finishers in each group this year are not very strong. As long as their luck is not particularly bad, there should be no big problem.

However, we cannot take it lightly. In the Champions League, there are examples of wealthy teams overturning every year. He himself also stumbled on the dark horse of Atletico Madrid. At that time, he was leading the defending champion Bayern Munich!

Facing Manchester City, which has used all its main players and has been recharging its energy for a long time, Borussia has nothing to do.

At the end of the game, Manchester City swept Borussia 3-0 at home.

The latter's dream of qualifying from the group was completely shattered at the Etihad Stadium.

After learning that Manchester City had easily defeated Borussia Monchengladbach, the other two teams also breathed a sigh of relief.

In this game, Juventus was uncharacteristically attacking Sevilla from the very beginning.

In theory, they could qualify with a draw, but they showed extremely positive performance, and seemed to want to advance openly with a 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, jumped forward, and the football missed the goal frame.

In the 6th minute, Morata broke into the penalty area from the left baseline and hit the post with a low shot from a small angle.

In the 9th minute, Morata broke into the penalty area again, fell to the penalty area after getting rid of it continuously, but the referee did not say anything.

This aroused strong dissatisfaction from Juventus players, who surrounded the referee to protest, and received two yellow cards for this.

Although the attack at the beginning was fruitless, this did not affect Juventus' active attack at all.

Throughout the first half, they firmly took the initiative on the court, leaving Sevilla with little power to fight back.

However, Juventus had the advantage but did not score. They attacked fiercely throughout the first half and missed countless opportunities. The score was still 0:0.

In the 66th minute of the second half, Sevilla used a counterattack and former Juventus player Llorente scored with a header, taking the lead in breaking the deadlock.

This goal pushed Juventus to the edge of the cliff. If they lose with this score, they will be eliminated together with Borussia Monchengladbach.

So, at the last moment of the game, Juventus was completely desperate and launched a siege on Sevilla's goal with all their lives.

But Sevilla's players stuck to their own goal and repelled the opponent's attacks time and time again.

Seeing that the game was about to end, Morata finally stood up.

In the 91st minute, Cuadrado made an inverted triangle pass, but Morata did not squander the opportunity again.

After receiving the ball, he calmly dunked past the defender, adjusted his angle, and succeeded in pushing the shot into the far corner.

The score became 1:1!

Juventus defeated Sevilla and successfully advanced to the knockout rounds!

Since this game was played in Spain, both Real Madrid and Barcelona sent their own scouts to observe the game.

Barcelona's intention is unclear, and it seems that they are inspecting Argentine star Dybala.

The purpose of Real Madrid's scouts is very clear, they are here for Morata.

Although Morata squandered many opportunities in this game, at the last moment, under tremendous pressure, he withstood and finally stood up to help the team rewrite its destiny.

This made Real Madrid's scouts very satisfied with his performance and praised Morata's performance during the inspection.

It seems that Morata is one step closer to returning to the Real Madrid that he longs for.

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The last game of the Champions League group stage saw a lot of drama.

In Group B, where the qualifying situation is confusing, Manchester United unfortunately lost the game 2:3 in their last round away game at Wolfsburg.

In another game, PSV defeated CSKA Moscow 2:1 at home.

As a result, Manchester United finally suffered a reversal from PSV despite a good qualifying situation, ranking third in the group and missing the knockout rounds, while Wolfsburg and PSV advanced together.

In Group E, although Leverkusen tenaciously tied the powerful Barcelona 1:1 at home, they ultimately missed the knockout round with a goal difference disadvantage, allowing Roma to advance smoothly.

In Group F, Arsenal, who had lost all the first four rounds, defeated Olympiacos 3:0 in the last round away from home. In another game, Bayern Munich lived up to expectations and defeated Saleg 2:0. Budinamo.

This allowed Arsenal, with only the theoretical hope of qualifying, to finally perform a shocking miracle and advance to the knockout round with 6 points.

At the end of the game, even Wenger himself couldn't restrain his excitement. He hugged the players and burst into tears.

Their path to promotion this time is really not easy!

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After the Champions League group stage, the draw ceremony for the knockout rounds was held soon.

The Gunners fans, who were still immersed in the joy of advancing from the group, soon stopped laughing.

Because they just crossed the mountain of Bayern Munich with their front foot, they met their bitter master - Barcelona!

When the camera showed Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he seemed speechless about the result.

He couldn't even remember how many times his team had encountered Barcelona?

Can't you do it differently?

Either Bayern or Barcelona, ​​who did Arsenal provoke whom?

The Gunners fans couldn't laugh, and the Blues fans were equally miserable.

Although they advanced to the knockout rounds as the group leaders, Chelsea drew perhaps the strongest second among all groups - Paris Saint-Germain!

Although Paris Saint-Germain is only second in the group, in terms of strength, their strength is definitely above Chelsea.

With Chelsea's form this season, if they meet Paris in the Champions League, they will definitely be tortured and doubtful about their lives.

"Oh hoo, it's over, Chelsea and Arsenal are far away again!"

"Alas, Manchester United has also been eliminated, and now only Manchester City is left?"

"You've got to get used to it, this situation won't last for a day or two!"

Premier League fans also have mixed feelings when they see this draw result.

Before the rise of Manchester City, there were always people saying that the Premier League was in decline.

Premier League fans would always refute this statement before, but in the past few seasons, after seeing the performance of teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool in the European War, even they have to admit it.

If Manchester City is removed, from the overall performance point of view, the Premier League's European war performance is indeed regressing, far behind La Liga.

The three La Liga heroes have performed very well in the Champions League in the past few seasons, completely suppressing the Premier League teams.

If it weren't for Manchester City's support, they would have been outclassed by La Liga.

Therefore, there is a saying that is particularly popular in the outside world recently: It is not the Premier League that is powerful, but Manchester City.

Seeing that both Chelsea and Arsenal have no hope of advancing, Premier League fans have to pin their hopes on Manchester City.

"Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are the strongest in the second group. Paris Saint-Germain were taken away by Chelsea. Juventus and Manchester City were on the same team before, and the remaining teams are not strong enough to compete against Manchester City. If they pose a threat, they will have no problem advancing to the quarterfinals!”

"There are so 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 don't have much confidence in their hearts.

After all, the results of other teams in their own league in foreign games were so poor that they themselves couldn't help but start to doubt the quality of the Premier League.

Could it be said that the Premier League is 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 suddenly emerged in recent years, has performed much better in European competitions than many of their traditional giants.

Amid the expectations of Premier League fans, the draw results for Manchester City have also been released.

Their opponent in the round of 16 is Dynamo Kiev of the Ukrainian League.

There is no doubt that this is a good signing. The opponent is not strong. Apart from being a bit difficult to play away from home, it does not pose any threat to Manchester City.

Seeing the draw results of Manchester City, the worried fans were instantly relieved, while the fans of Chelsea and Arsenal were about to cry.

Why can't our team draw such a good pick?

In fact, the draws of several top giants are quite good. Real Madrid drew Roma. With Roma's strength, there is almost no suspense for Real Madrid to advance to the quarterfinals.

Barcelona was drawn against Arsenal. Barcelona has the best weapon against Arsenal and has great hope of promotion. There is even hope of double defeating the opponent at home and away.

Bayern's luck was slightly worse, and they drew Juventus.

However, Bayern's record this season is very scary. Even Juventus must not be able to stop their progress, so the outside world is more optimistic about Bayern's advancement to the quarterfinals.

Atletico Madrid, another La Liga team, also had a good draw. They were drawn to PSV and have great hopes of advancing.

This year's Champions League quarter-finals are likely to see three teams from La Liga again.