I didn't expect that a TV station like Zhong Yang TV would broadcast the UEFA Cup.
The ratings of the League Cup even in England are very average. Even the ratings of some League Cup and FA Cup games are lower. Unless there is a strong dialogue and there are English teams that they support, they may have many
Take a look.
However, without a team that you support, the ratings of the UEFA Cup are the lowest among football matches. It is lower than the ratings of English League One, so it is ridiculed as the ratings of advertising. You can imagine the dismal ratings.
Especially after the reform of the Champions League and the merger of the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup has become more and more a useless competition. The major Premier League clubs have little interest in the UEFA Cup.
The Champions League is the big one.
Nowadays, the broadcast fees, bonuses, appearance fees, ticket sharing, and advertising revenue of the Champions League add up to a huge sum of money. A huge sum of money that no one can imagine.
The two clubs with the best revenue in the Champions League are undoubtedly Real Madrid and Bayern.
Because of their outstanding performance in the past few seasons, they have been able to enter the second round of the Champions League every time. Therefore, their income in the Champions League has exceeded 20 million euros in each of these seasons. And they broke through the second round.
In the round of group stage, the income will also increase exponentially.
Just like Real Madrid won the Champions League last season, their total revenue exceeded 50 million euros.
Even for a giant like Real Madrid, 50 million euros is not a small amount. For any strong team, let alone 50 million. As long as 20 million euros is a great income.
The important thing is that now the Champions League broadcast fees, bonuses, appearance fees, etc. are getting higher and higher.
The same goes for advertising shares.
Before this season, an analysis company had already analyzed the revenue of the Champions League this season. If the top European clubs like Real Madrid or Bayern win the Champions League, their revenue can exceed 70 million euros.
Of course, this is just an analysis of the company.
But they are quite authoritative.
This means that this season’s Champions League revenue will increase by 40% compared to last season.
This is all free money.
These don't matter.
As the influence of the Champions League grows, if the club can participate in the Champions League, the club's own corporate sponsorship income will increase. And it is not an ordinary increase.
If you count all these, if you go to the Champions League and have a cool trip, as long as you can pass the first round of the group stage, you will basically have 20 million euros in your pocket.
What kind of income is this.
Therefore, the current clubs are trying their best to squeeze into the Champions League. Why does Ridsdale have to enter the Champions League even if they borrow more than 50 million pounds? It is because as long as they perform well in the Champions League, then those loans can be
Still on.
The influence of the Champions League is growing. As a result, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, which used to stand side by side with the Champions League, have no choice but to merge.
Even the post-merger UEFA Cup is already far behind the Champions League in terms of momentum.
You can see it in the income.
What is the income of the UEFA Cup winner?
Even if they win the UEFA Cup, the total income will not exceed 10 million euros. Even if some small clubs far away from the five major European leagues win the UEFA Cup, the income will be even lower. Just like the UEFA Cup champion last season
Galatasaray, Turkey, the UEFA Cup winner's total earnings are less than 6 million euros.
This amount of income is not even as much as some teams earn if they are eliminated in the first round of the Champions League.
Compared to the Champions League, the UEFA Cup is useless.
Even the income from the UEFA Cup is not as good as the current FA Cup income in England. The income of the FA Cup winner will exceed that of the UEFA Cup winner.
This is the current situation of the UEFA Cup.
Therefore, the ratings for broadcasting UEFA Cup games in England are very low.
I just didn't expect that Zhongyang TV station would also broadcast the UEFA Cup. I was really embarrassed this time.
In fact, these central television stations have also considered it.
But no matter how embarrassing the UEFA Cup is in England, it is different in China.
Chinese fans don't care how embarrassing the UEFA Cup is now. In their opinion, the UEFA Cup is also a European competition. Although it is a lower level than the Champions League, it is also a competition that only cup champions can participate in. It is still good for them.
The most important thing is to be able to see Chelsea coached by Su Yun.
Since you can't watch the Premier League on central yang TV, it's not unacceptable to watch the UEFA Cup.
Therefore, zhong yang TV station does not have to worry about the lack of ratings. Moreover, the broadcast fee of the UEFA Cup is much cheaper than that of the Premier League. Basically, zhong yang TV station just contacted UEFA and they agreed. And the price is very cheap.
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This is not the first time for the UEFA Cup.
Su Yun had already played in the UEFA Cup last season. At that time, Su Yun's dream was to at least reach the top 16. But something happened and he was eliminated by Kaiserslautern.
Su Yun was still very disappointed at that time.
I never thought I would have the opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup.
Thinking that Central Yang TV station was also broadcasting the UEFA Cup game, Su Yun was a little eager to try.
As the old saying goes: Wealth that does not return to its hometown is like walking in brocade at night.
Su Yun is not that ostentatious.
But it doesn't mean that Su Yun doesn't have this idea. Su Yun also wants to show his best side to the domestic audience. He wants them to see his achievements. This kind of thinking does exist.
show off?
may be.
On September 14th, Su Yun sat at Stamford Bridge to face the first round of the UEFA Cup.
The opponent is very weak.
It is a team from Switzerland. St. Gallen, the league champion of the Swiss Super League. This club is not a traditional strong team even in Switzerland. In their century-old history, they have only two top league championships.
But they have an amazing history.
They are the second oldest club in European football. Needless to say, the oldest club is of course Notts County Football Club in England. Modern football originated in England. Therefore, there are many clubs in England with a history of more than a hundred years.
But it is indeed very rare for a Swiss club to have been established for such a long time.
Even in the world, St. Gallen's club ranks as the fifth oldest.
This is St. Gallen.
Unfortunately, being old does not mean they are powerful. They won the second league championship in the history of their club last season. The league champion is eligible to enter the Champions League, but Swiss football is too weak. Even the champion of the Swiss League needs
Only after going through the play-offs.
St. Gallen will directly play in the second round of the Champions League play-offs.
It's a pity that they met Galatasaray.
Their dream of going to the Champions League did not come true. They were directly eliminated by Galatasaray in the second round of the Champions League play-offs. In desperation, St. Gallen had no choice but to come over and participate in the UEFA Cup.
However, the top teams in the Premier League look down on the UEFA Cup. But for teams like St. Gallen, the UEFA Cup is also a good stage.
After all, as long as they perform well on this stage, it is very likely that their players will be spotted by powerful European clubs. Once sold for a good price, a small club like theirs can survive for two or three years.
Su Yun attaches some importance to the UEFA Cup.
After all, you can never lose face in front of the people of the whole country.
But Su Yun did not send too many main players in this game because there was another Premier League game three days later and the game was too intensive.
Like Zola, who is already thirty-four years old.
He must not be able to stand one game every three days. Su Yun weighed it up and felt that this opponent was a bit weak. The Premier League game was more important. So Su Yun rotated a lot of people in this game. But there were also many players because of this.
Young players got opportunities to play.
Including Terry, who showed off in the last game, as well as Melchiot, Darabona in the midfield, and Fussell on the striker.
Among these people, Terry, Darabona, and Fussell are all 19 years old. And they are all very good players in the Chelsea first team. It should be said that they are all players who became famous at a young age, otherwise they would have been replaced by Su Yun.
Cleaned out.
They added Desailly, Williams, Wise, Poyet, Saux and other players. Although Chelsea rotated many main players, their strength is still higher than that of St. Gallen.
St. Gallen's most outstanding player is undoubtedly their forward Amouch.
The Ghanaian striker scored 25 goals in the Swiss League last season.
What a pity.
It's a pity that he is showing off his power in the Swiss League. In front of Desailly, the main center back of the French national team, and Terry, who Su Yun wants to train to become the captain of Chelsea, he is still too immature and has no chance at all.
And Williams is becoming more and more stable in the defensive midfielder position.
Sitting in the defensive midfielder, few people can break through his defense.
Not to mention St. Gallen.
Their strength is very limited.
The game was played very easily. Much easier than Su Yun imagined. In the 17th minute of the first half, Poyet opened the scoring for Chelsea. And before the end of the first half, Fosse, who played for the first time this season,
Er, received a pass from Darabona and scored the second goal of the game.
In the second half, Wise once again expanded Chelsea's lead.
Su Yun is very satisfied with the state of these veterans.
If possible, Su Yun really doesn't want to clean them up. Including Wise and Poyet, with their current state, there shouldn't be any big problem even if they play for two or three more seasons. And the important thing is that they know how to maintain their form. The team
You can top it up when needed.
But Su Yun knew that it was impossible to follow Su Yun's wish.
Because Bates no longer has a good impression of these veterans. The salary is high, they are old, and they have squeezed out two head coaches in a row.
Su Yun must slowly eliminate them.
The game is easy.
At the end of the game, Chelsea swept St. Gallen 4-0. In the 86th minute of the second half, substitute Hasselbaink scored the icing on the cake.
Su Yun was very happy.
Because Su Yun just wanted Hasselbaink to go up and warm up and get some feeling.
Hasselbaink has not played a game for more than half a month. Unexpectedly, Hasselbaink felt very good and scored a goal the first time he touched the ball.
The 4-0 score allowed Chelsea to advance to the second round of the UEFA Cup with almost no doubt.
After the game, many reporters asked Su Yun questions. Among them, Su Yun also found reporters from China.
Su Yun answered their questions one by one. In the end, he said with a smile: "Since I have come to the UEFA Cup, I will not go in vain." (To be continued...)
