After the two international breaks, the players returned to their respective clubs one after another.

Liverpool have also restarted training and preparations. The aim of their preparation this time is to host their first opponent in the group stage, Sporting Leesbon.

Liverpool's first Europa League group stage game of the new season is Liverpool's first game back in Europe after a one-year absence, so the club attaches great importance to it.

Fight at home, must win!

If they can't win against Sporting Lisbon at home, Liverpool should wash and sleep, and don't do anything about the revival of the spring and autumn dream.

In fact, the Europa League is the League Cup, but the format has been changed, the name has been changed, and the trophy has not been changed. So Chen Yingying is definitely not the first time to participate. But strictly speaking, the Europa League and the UEFA Cup are still two competitions. After all, the names have been changed, so it can't be called the "League Cup".

The Europa League is a policy of Platini's UEFA to vigorously support second- and third-rate league teams in order to fulfill its original promise to pull votes from the football associations of those small football countries. The original UEFA Cup and the Toto Cup were merged to form a new cup competition called the Europa League.

The group stage alone has been expanded to 48 clubs, just like in the Champions League, where each team will play six games in the group stage, that is, against the other three opponents in the same group playing home and away, instead of the previous UEFA Cup, where there is no home and away group stage, and every two teams will only play each other once in the group stage.

The qualifying rounds have also been expanded to three rounds of qualifiers, not including the play-offs, which are counted separately. The scale of the qualifying tournament has expanded, and the number of teams participating in the qualifying tournament has naturally increased, from the original 101 teams to 133, a full 32 teams.

As a result, there are many teams from small national leagues with low ranks who can also participate in this tournament and show their faces on the European stage. In fact, the main reason is not to let them show their faces, but to have money to get after showing their faces, as far as the 2010-2011 season is concerned, as long as they enter the top 48 of the Europa League, they will be the first to get 640,000 euros in participation prize money (). In the same season, the team participating in the Champions League received 3.9 million euros, which is not a bonus of one grade at all.

But for those smaller teams, the 640,000 euros are enough to attract them. After that, the club will receive 60,000 euros for each game, 140,000 euros for each win, and half of the 10,000 euros for a draw, with no prize money for losing. According to this statistics, if a team wins all six games in the group stage, the team can receive a prize fund of up to 1.84 million euros. The teams that reach the round of 32 will receive an automatic promotion bonus of 200,000 yuan, and each team will receive a promotion bonus of 300,000 euros after reaching the round of 16. Reaching the quarterfinals is 400,000. Reached the semi-finals and rose to 700,000 euros. As for the two teams that make it to the final, they will receive a prize of 3 million euros if they win the championship, while the runners-up will only receive 2 million euros.

In this way, if a team can win the championship with a clean record, they can get a maximum of 7.08 million euros. This money is not looked down upon at all in the eyes of those wealthy families.

However, for teams in Eastern Europe, Nordic and other leagues, this bonus is even more than their annual budget.

So the Europa League is still very attractive for small teams.

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Many teams go to the Europa League for prize money, and maybe playing in the Europa League for one season can save the club's financial crisis.

It's that championship honor, not all teams value and are interested in.

However, the purpose of Liverpool's emphasis on this competition is really because of the championship honor.

The more than 7 million euros in prize money for winning the championship, Liverpool FC does not attach too much importance to it and cannot ignore it, if there is one, it can reduce the financial pressure, and if not, it will not fall into the quagmire.

But if the team can win the Europa League, then Liverpool can be declared a strong return. It will be a shot in the arm for boosting Liverpool's morale.

This is a championship that is more symbolic than practical.

Liverpool's ultimate pursuit is the Champions League, but the Europa League can be a step that will take Liverpool to the top.

So Liverpool have to be looking to get a result in this Europa League.

Martin. O'Neill didn't do any special mobilization meetings, he felt that everyone was a professional player, and there were still Champions League winners among these players, and they were playing at home, so there was no reason why they couldn't win it.

The only thing he was worried about was Chen Yingxing, after all, Chen Yingxing's starting point was too high, and he was afraid that Chen Yingying would not be interested in this Europa League.

To be honest, Chen Yingying's current ability is already at the Champions League level, and he should go to the Champions League.

And a chicken rib event like the Europa League, no matter how important it is to Liverpool, is a chicken rib for Chen Yingying.

Not to mention that the Europa League is actually the League Cup, and Chen Yingying has not only won the League Cup, but also won the top scorer of the League Cup since the restructuring.

There's really a limit to what he's pursuing......

You can't blame O'Neill for thinking like that, because it's a common phenomenon in football. There are many players who lose motivation after becoming famous, and they are no longer interested in winning championships and wins. Such examples are not uncommon.

The most recent example is Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan, who won the treble in the 2009-2010 season, fulfilling a dream of club president Moratti. Countless players have made a name for themselves, but what happens after that? Jose Mourinho left Inter Milan to take on a new challenge at Real Madrid, while the Inter players fell into the slackness and emptiness that followed their success.

The team's results plummeted, and everyone's energy was obviously not focused on the pursuit of victory, but on intrigue and seeking profit (). For their own benefit, they can get rid of the coach they don't like, and in order to get rid of the head coach, they can work hard in the game and let the team lose again and again. Even if there are young Inter Milan fans who play "Can you still win?" during the game? Otherwise, I'll be laughed at at school! Such slogans motivated them, but they did not change their attitude, and Inter Milan lost 1-0 at Marseille in the Champions League and then 1-0 in the league to Napoli without Chen Yingying. Instead of comforting their fans with a victory, the Nerazzurri have fallen deeper into a slump.

It all stems from the fact that after these players got all the honors they could get, they fell into a huge emptiness and lost the goal of their struggle for a while.

Martin. O'Neill is worried about the team's top scorer, and the attacking core has developed the mentality that he has done well in the Premier League because the Premier League is still a league he has yet to conquer.

He won all the Europa League titles, he won the top scorer, and he was still the record-breaking top scorer.

He plans to have a good talk with Chen Yingying.

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After Chen Yingying understood O'Neill's intention, he smiled.

Now is the time for him to go crazy for glory and championships, how can he look down on the Europa League? Not to mention the Europa League, if Liverpool qualifies for the Community Shield, he won't even let go of the Community Shield! The Europa League is also the second largest cup competition in Europe, second only to the UEFA Champions League, and such an honor is naturally worth fighting for. Moreover, he was able to kill two birds with one stone, namely the Europa League title and the top scorer, which are two honors.

Of course, he wouldn't say that directly. Speaking is about the way, and this is the art of speaking. In the same sentence, if you say it in a different way, it will make people feel that his image is tall all of a sudden.

What's more, Chen Yingying can't tell anyone else, he has to find some reason.

"No, boss (). I'm never satisfied with the hunger for wins and championships! Chen Yingying held his head high, wishing that his face could emanate with his words

Seeing O'Neill's somewhat surprised look, Chen Yingying said again: "Actually...... I had an idea to win the Europa League. But I'm afraid the boss doesn't mean that, after all, the league is ...... Hmmm......"

Chen Yingying's fighting spirit is a thing that makes O'Neill happy, but the Europa League champion......

The club's top management has vaguely revealed to him that they hope to try to get a championship back if possible. However, he has his own considerations, Champions League qualification is the most important thing, and if there is a conflict between Europa League and Champions League qualification, he will not hesitate to give up the Europa League.

But now what he wants is that Chen Yingying has such motivation, Chen Yingying finally showed a strong fighting spirit as he wished, how could he discourage Chen Yingxing's enthusiasm at this time?

He smiled and nodded, looking very relieved.

"Okay, it just so happens that I also have this idea, Liverpool really needs a championship of enough weight!"

Compared to the Europa League, the English League Cup really doesn't have much weight......

Chen Yingying didn't know what the head coach had in mind, he only wanted to be Martin. O'Neill is supportive of his ideas. He was relieved all of a sudden—he had been worried about Martin before. O'Neill doesn't pay attention to the Europa League, in that case, he won't be able to snatch the title.

After all, his arms can't twist his thighs, he is a player, and he can't decide the team's strategic goals.

If the manager doesn't pay attention to the Europa League, can he still fall out with the manager for this, and finally move out of Chen to wake up and drive O'Neill away?

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