champion professor

Chapter 444 Reform of Lottery

Even if you have devoted yourself to it for half a century, it is difficult to accomplish anything due to your innate inadequacy.

Relying on his profound background, Shao Bo was able to bring the team to where it is today in just a few years, and if he were to lead Auxerre—I am afraid that Shao Bo will be given another ten years. There is no way for him to bring Auxerre to where Arsenal are today.

Not to mention that he is not as familiar with Auxerre and Ligue 4 as the Premier League, but even the small town with only [-] people is a flawed place. If he does not relocate, Shao Bo will have no way to solve the club's financial problems.

However, apart from a few deranged investors, no football club chooses to leave the place where they were founded.

This is not the time when the order was not established a hundred years ago. At that time, for better development, Arsenal could relocate from Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames to Highbury, but even so, Arsenal at that time Na also encountered great difficulties.

Now they have moved from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, even if the distance between the two is not a few hundred meters, it has been protested by many fans.

If it is really a proposal to "turn Arsenal's main venue into Wembley Stadium" as originally proposed by the board of directors, it will definitely encounter greater resistance.

And if they want to change the fate of Auxerre, the club must stay away from here and go to a large city with a large population.

In that case, it is no different from when Wimbledon moved out of the local community and was boycotted by all Wimbledon fans, moved to Milton Keynes, and even changed the club's name.

Then Shao Bo might as well start from scratch and create a new club by himself.

After all, traditions are difficult to change. Football represents more of regional culture and contains the concept of community.Otherwise, how could West Ham United have a fan base in London that is not weaker than Arsenal?
Even if Arsenal's results are several chips higher than West Ham United!

This is a tradition that Shao Bo also respects and does not wish to destroy.

It can only be a pity that the foundation of the team is there. If they can win the European competition, it will really create a miracle that the world can hardly imagine.

But even if a miracle is possible, its probability is too low.

Relying on their unrivaled strength, Arsenal defeated Auxerre upright and won the place in the quarter-finals.

This is the right way!
Even the news of Arsenal's victory over Auxerre wasn't big news.Arsenal's victory over their opponents is nothing worthy of people's attention. Everyone is more interested in AC Milan's rout of Lyon and Real Madrid, and Manchester United's surprising double exits.

Although Lyon now monopolizes the Ligue [-] championship, judging from the performance of the three Ligue [-] teams this year, there is no doubt about their decline.

Lille had no power to fight back in the group stage, even against Leverkusen.The performance of Auxerre was amazing, but it was a pity that they met the defending champion Arsenal immediately after qualifying.

This kind of signing luck always makes people suspect that God is at work.As for Lyon being defeated by AC Milan, that is purely their own problem.

Tactical mistakes, personnel adjustment problems, players' misplacement... .Such a team can still cover the sky in Ligue [-], which really makes people doubt the gold content of Ligue [-].

No wonder Drogba, Ronaldinho and other stars are now fleeing Ligue [-] and turning to other leagues.

Chelsea, which eliminated Real Madrid, and Barcelona, ​​which defeated Manchester United, are even more eye-catching.Both teams now lead their respective league standings.

Now people are speculating whether Chelsea, an upstart football team, will be able to replicate the miracle Shao Bo created at Arsenal in the future.

And Barcelona's silence in La Liga has been long enough. In any case, they are also the only giants in La Liga that can match Real Madrid's performance. Valencia and Atletico Madrid are still far behind.

After officially replacing Antić as the head coach of Barcelona on June 2003, 6, Rij Kald flourished in Catalonia, and the strength of the team was strengthening day by day.

The "Galaxy Battleship" model that Florentino insisted on has gradually begun to show its disadvantages.

With so many teams gathered together, how could it be possible not to have some conflicts?
They are all world-class players. They are disobedient to each other on weekdays. When it comes to games, they start to lose their temper and play big names. Is there anything good about such a team, and can they play well?

If there is no problem against the underdogs, relying on the flash of a superstar's inspiration, it is enough to crush most La Liga teams. However, when teams like Valencia and Atletico Madrid come to the Bernabeu, they can cooperate The disadvantages of not being tacit at all have emerged.

Even if they have already won nine Champions League trophies, the tenth may not be won for a long time.

Most of Barcelona's current team are young youth players, and occasionally there are one or two stars invited with a lot of money to strengthen their strength.

No matter who it is, when they see the huge gap between Real Madrid, which ranks third in the standings, and Barcelona, ​​which is the first in March, they will feel that the former has no hope of making a comeback.

And this is probably Barcelona's first league championship in many years!
No, it should be Barcelona's first championship since the 21st century!
From 1999 to the present, they have not won any league championship for five years, and it seems that the persistence of many years has finally paid off.

The years of turmoil brought about by Luis Figo's sky-high move to Real Madrid also appear to have stabilized, with the impact gradually dissipating.

At this time, Barcelona has not yet transformed La Masia into a film and television academy, and their golden years are approaching.

The strength of the team is getting stronger and stronger, even if there are some accidents, it is difficult to shake the foundation of the club.This ensures that the club can conduct stable multi-line operations without being greatly affected.

At least on the basis of such a deep bench this year, the players are generally in good condition.

It's a pity that in the Premier League standings, they slipped to third again, allowing Manchester United to surpass the past.

After the UEFA Champions League round of [-] promotion games are all over, they will prepare to draw again.

UEFA's competition reform is progressing very quickly. In the past, the top [-] draws were completed, and it was enough to draw again at the top four stage, but now it is necessary to draw lots every round, increasing unpredictability— —Or in Shao Bo's evil guess, it is to increase the manipulability.

Now Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, AC Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Benfica.

Porto almost won the treble last season, and after Mourinho left his home team to join Chelsea, he mercilessly brought many of his main players to Stamford Bridge.

Porto, who lost a lot of blood, was unable to compete for various honors this season and retreated early.

Taking advantage of the low domestic competitive pressure, Benfica has now reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Except for Benfica, the rest of the small national league teams were wiped out, and those who could advance to the quarterfinals were all giants in the "big five leagues".

In other words, except for Chelsea, all of these top eight teams are from G14.

In a very simple comparison, the development of modern football has led to the importance of money becoming more and more important, and only the big football countries and wealthy clubs have the strength to support huge investment.

The rest of the teams, just like Udinese, which has played very well in China, can only become a talent training base for other giants.

And if this is not the case, there is no way for those small teams to survive.

After the draw in Nyon, Switzerland, there was no way for any team to breathe a sigh of relief.After all, those who can reach the top eight are not characters that can be easily dealt with.

After learning about his opponent, Shao Bo, who was sitting there, could only take a deep look at Liverpool—there was no way, maybe it was to curb the Premier League, which occupied the top eight this year, or the top four in the Champions League last year. In the current La Liga, UEFA has made the latest regulations.

"The draw for this round is no longer subject to any restrictions. Any two teams may face off, regardless of their performance, whether they are from the same country, or whether they have already met in the group stage. In addition, the order of home and away games in the first leg will also be unlimited. .”

This directly led to the early encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool in the quarterfinals!
Barcelona's opponent is Benfica, Bayern Munich has to fight Juventus, and AC Milan's opponent is Chelsea, the last Premier League team.

When the result of the draw came out, Shao Bo left in a hurry. They still had league tasks, and the same was true for Liverpool. For them, there was another League Cup final to play.

Even if the UEFA Champions League is coming soon, the League Cup, which has already reached the final, is not something that can be easily let go!

In just a few days, Liverpool was destined to play multiple consecutive games against Arsenal and Chelsea.

This is a great test for several teams. When the time comes, someone will know who can break through these tests, and who can only be a loser.

Although Manchester United were eliminated by their opponents in the Champions League, they can now confidently and boldly devote all their energy to the Premier League.

They are currently ranked second in the league standings, not too far away from Chelsea.

Ferguson has just been revitalizing the club for the past two years, carrying out the work of upgrading and replacing the old with the new, and the project is almost complete.

Can the Manchester United team, which was once powerful in the 90s, come back?
(End of this chapter)