Chapter 116 The League Ends (2)
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After talking about the three teams in the relegation zone and Everton, who finally got on the shore after finally getting lucky, let's take a look at the lucky ones who have been qualified for the UEFA Cup next season.
Although the FA Cup final has not started yet, the battle in the British League has completely extinguished, and the three quotas of the League Cup belonging to England have been basically confirmed. Millwall, Liverpool and Newcastle have become the final winners in this League Cup qualification battle and won a valuable European quota!
By the way, if you want to select one of the twenty British teams this season and choose which club is the most popular, then most fans will definitely choose one from Bolton and Newcastle.
The reason why Newcastle is also among them is that this Magpie, who won the third place in the British League last season under the leadership of Robson, used their poor performance this season to perfectly interpret what it means to be a teammate like Shepard. The management of the Magpie, who was qualified for the Champions League, broke the bridge after the team qualified for the Champions League, accused Robson of investing too much in the transfer market but not bringing enough championship trophy; the young talent who Robson strongly advocated to introduce also began to disobey the discipline under Shepard's intentional indulgence after the score was achieved, thinking that his wings were hard and there was no need for an old man to point fingers around him every day; even the Magpie fans also became more arrogant after the team qualified for the Champions League, and put forward higher requirements for Robson!
Not only did he ask the head coach to lead the team to achieve better results, but he didn't want to give the opponent much real money to strengthen the lineup. He also always encouraged players and fans to make trouble behind his back. Shepard and the Magpies' management teams have proved with a series of facts that what is not the stupidest, only the stupidest!
After all, not every head coach has the ability of Wenger. While helping the club sell the main players in the transfer market every year to make profits, it can also ensure that the team can get a Champions League seat at the end of the season.
Therefore, it is actually quite amazing to lead such a problem-provoking Newcastle to the sixth place in England and to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
It is precisely because of this that people list Newcastle as the most popular team. Yi clearly has the strength to compete for the Champions League qualification, but because of the internal strife of the club and the brainstorms of the management, they almost fell out of the European war zone, so they are naturally qualified to compete for this seat.
As for Liverpool, which ranks fifth, not many fans feel sorry for the Reds' league ranking this season. If it were last season, fans would have been somewhat of a pity for Liverpool. After all, Liverpool at that time had at least been the league leader for a while, but in the end, he fell to the fifth position of the league due to the injury of the main player. Liverpool this season was left behind by Yi Group early since Yi, and it was still relying on the yi wave in the second half to reach the fifth place in the league. It is already quite lucky to be qualified for the League Cup. Why would anyone feel sorry for him?
The reason why fans chose Bolton was because the club was too unlucky. Not to mention that due to historical problems, it was difficult for Bolton to recruit high-level local players. Take this season for example. They finally reached the final of the League Cup under the leadership of Allardyce, but met Tottenham in the final and lost to the other side. Unfortunately, they passed by the championship trophy and only won the runner-up of the League Cup.
The most detrimental thing is that according to the relevant regulations of the FA, the League Cup and FA Cup champions can automatically win yi League Cup seats. If the team that wins the League Cup has already obtained the Champions League qualification, then the qualification of this League Cup is not replaced by the team that wins the runner-up like the FA Cup, but will be transferred to the team that has the highest ranking in the league and does not have the European qualification!
This means that Bolton, who won the runner-up of the League Cup but only ranked ninth in the league, will lose the qualification to participate in the UEFA Cup next season! And Millwall, who has reached the FA Cup final, can get a place in the League Cup no matter what the result of the game!
Therefore, there is naturally no controversy in listing Bolton as the most unlucky British club this season.
Allardyce was naturally very dissatisfied with this result and frequently fired at the FA, believing that this extremely unreasonable system should be changed. However, although Sam is considered a number one in the English coaching circle, he is still just a slight person in the eyes of the FA. Therefore, Allardyce's request was directly ignored by the FA and did not cause any turmoil.
Let’s take a look at the four teams that qualified for the European Championship next season. Last summer, Manchester United, who officially entered the reconstruction period, created their lowest league ranking since the founding of the British League this season. Although the fourth place in the league can guarantee that Manchester United will get a Champions League place next season, Ferguson is extremely dissatisfied with this. After all, it is just missing Beckham, so Manchester United fell from last season’s league championship to fourth place. Isn’t this a mistake to say that his decision to sell Beckham before was wrong?
For Ferguson, who is very proud of his face, this is something he absolutely cannot tolerate. As a result, the culprit that caused Manchester United to withdraw from the championship battle, Tim Howard, who made constant low-level mistakes in the second half of the season, was in trouble and was directly thrown into the cold palace by Ferguson. If nothing unexpected happens, unless Howard suddenly jumps into the ranks of top goalkeepers, this American goalkeeper will no longer be the main goalkeeper of Manchester United.
Chelsea, who won the third place in the UK this season, was not at peace at this time. Although Ranieri led the Blues to the club's best results in the top league in England for nearly half a century, the third place ranking did not satisfy Abramovich. Especially when Abramovich witnessed George turning Tottenham from a team that could not even enter the European team to the second place in the UK, and Chelsea, who had better investment in the league, ranked behind Tottenham in the league and was eliminated by Monaco in the Champions League, the Russian tycoon who already felt that the tumbler was not as handsome as a giant coach, naturally felt that he was entrusted with something wrong.
Chapter completed!