UEFA Champions League, six home and away games in the group stage, according to the points system to divide the first, second, third and fourth, such a system is quite provative, the top two of the four teams can advance to the knockout round, the third place can be relegated to the League Cup to participate in the finals, as long as they do not fall to the last place, there will be European competitions to play.

But now the League Cup is no longer the original world's top competition, all teams participating in the Champions League, hope to qualify for the Champions League knockout round, in the eyes of many small teams, even if they fall in the round of 16 knockout round, it is better than a League Cup trophy.

This is linked to the benefits of the event.

Champions League competitions, especially in the knockout stage, each game can have millions of euros in revenue, that is, as long as you participate in one more Champions League match, you can make the team earn millions more, the specific figure depends on the final share, but according to UEFA estimates in August, this season's Champions League revenue will reach 950 million US dollars, which is 29% more than last season, and will not be affected by the economic environment.

Each team that qualifies for the group stage receives an entry fee of $8 million, and depending on the results of the six matches, they will also receive another part of the tournament reward, such as $950,000 for a group stage victory. The eventual winner of the Champions Cup will receive an additional $10.8 million in championship prizes, while the runners-up will also receive $5.9 million.

In this way, if a team wins all six group stage games, advances to the knockout stage and wins the final title, the club will total more than $35 million, not including the benefits from television rights.

In the new season's Champions Cup, global TV rights revenue is expected to reach $381 million, up $40 million from last year. Last season's Real Madrid were the clubs that benefited the most from television rights. Together, they earn $25.6 million, and Premier League teams tend to take the lion's share of this, as the Premier League has been the world's largest TV payout in recent years.

Above, you can imagine how important it is to participate in the UEFA Champions League.

As long as you can participate in the UEFA Champions League, regardless of the results, a team can earn more than 10 million dollars. If they can play well and even win the final championship, they can earn tens of millions of dollars more in a single season, which is very, very impressive for a football club, even if it is a big team like Barcelona and AC Milan.

Therefore, no matter how bad the results are, Roma cannot give up the Champions League, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Drinel will lead the team to do their best to qualify for the group.

It's just that the group format is really grim.

Roma want to qualify. If they have to go over one of Real Madrid or Dynamo Kyiv, they have to expect not only to win, but also to expect their opponents to lose, and in the next round against both teams, they have to guarantee a win, and with three rounds remaining, they must win two rounds to have a chance.

Think about the current shape shì, even if you win Bayer Leverkusen. There's really nothing to be happy about.

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But these are all things that Drinel and AS Roma need to worry about, for the Roma media and fans. The win over Bayer Leverkusen is something to celebrate.

The next day, a lot of media reported on the game.

The media outside of Rome, such as the representative "Milan Sport" and "Torino Sport", praised Zhang Tiehan's cousin, who scored a hat-trick in the game and became the best player of the game, if you don't watch the game, you will only think that he scored three goals. That's all, but after watching the game, you will find that Zhang Tiehan's role is more than just scoring goals.

Roma played rather passively in the first half.

It's like a Bayer Leverkusen reporter asked Zhang Tiehan, 'Is the game easy?' It's not easy, it's really not easy. Bayer Leverkusen completely suppressed Roma in the first half, but in that case, Zhang Tiehan helped Roma take the lead, and his second goal crushed Bayer Leverkusen at home.

"His watch xiàn dominated the end of the game." This is a review from the newspaper Sport Milano.

Torino Sport also praised Zhang Tiehan, but in addition to praising Roma, they did not forget to sarcastically go down to Roma, after all, the two teams of Roma have always been opponents of Juventus, 'he is the only bright spot for Roma right now', their press release said.

Finally they reminded Juventus that they should pay attention to the young man who is not yet twenty years old, and that 'the best way to defend him is to bring him all to Turin', they insisted.

It is said that many Roma fans who support Zhang Tiehan decided not to subscribe to this newspaper again after reading the "Torino Sports Newspaper".

In contrast, in the local media reports in Rome, the comments on Zhang Tiehan are a bit 'shabby', they have very little praise for Zhang Tiehan, most of them are just covering the game, the focus is on Montella, who scored a goal in the game, they said, "The 'little plane' is still in form, and he will continue to be competitive for the Italian Golden Boot." ”

As for Zhang Tiehan?

'He scored three goals for Roma.

"He scored a hat-trick."

"It's not bad, but it's also inseparable from Totti's support, Totti's subtle passing always brings a considerable threat to the opponent, and he is not a 'Roman prince'."

This is a comment related to Zhang Tiehan.

In general, the Roman media's coverage of Zhang Tiehan is like a little daughter-in-law talking to a man inside and outside the house, there is always some secretive meaning, they talk about the game, say that Zhang Tiehan scored three goals, but they don't praise his table, just introduce, introduce, and then introduce, but Totti, Montella, and even D'Agostino, who only played ten minutes as a substitute, have been praised, only the best Zhang Tiehan has not.

It felt like halfway through a speech, "Ah! He scored three goals ......", and then, no more.

They used more pages to introduce Roma's Champions League qualifying shì, as well as AC Milan and Juventus' qualifying shì, and also introduced various analyses such as Roma in the league, in short, they just don't make any comments on Zhang Tiehan's table.

This makes Roma fans very strange.

Even they know that the Roma media like to praise their players, not Lazio or Roma, as long as there are players who are good. The Roma media will boast a lot, as fans, they also like to see these reports, and look forward to the players in the report are getting better and better, leading the team to be better and better, but now Zhang Tiehan is so good. The Roman media turned a blind eye.

What the hell is going on? Roma fans couldn't read it.

In fact, the Roman media was also depressed, they felt quite depressed when they wrote articles like this, but what could they do? You must know that the guy who has a grudge against the Roman media is good, if other people are good, they will naturally write a big book, but Zhang Tiehan...... Hum.

Even under pressure, they are reluctant to do more.

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At the same time, Roma is putting themselves into training.

After returning to the club. Drinel started to work on tactical issues, and the game against Bayer Leverkusen was not just a win, he knew the team better, he knew more about the ability of each player and the coordination of the whole team, so that he was ready to let the team do more tactical training in order to get the team used to a few tactics and some small combinations.

It's a long-term job.

If you can do this job well, let each player play tactics and cooperate. Blended into the bones, Rome can be completely free from Capello's influence. Re-established as a full-fledged team.

So when there was time, Drinel asked the players to work tactical training.

Zhang Tiehan spared no effort in this regard, he was originally weak in tactics and coordination, and it was exactly what he hoped for to increase the training time in these aspects in daily training, so he was very involved in training. Many times when he is not good, he will be an assistant coach. Even his teammates said a few words, but Zhang Tiehan still liked this kind of training, after all, they were all kind reminders to themselves.

But there's really not much time to train.

After the game against Bayer Leverkusen, Serie A was again a few days later, this time against Palermo. A promoted horse from the First Division.

Palermo is a giant team in Serie B, with Italy international Toni, Italian Olympic team members Bazagli and Zacardo, two former Chievo stars in the midfield, Collini and Barone, and two Argentines, Santana and Ferias, are very practical. In the pre-season "Moretti Beer Cup", Palermo beat Inter Milan and Juventus to win the championship in one fell swoop, which has already shown good strength and boosted the team's confidence.

With good strength, coupled with the fact that the head coach is "Little Zhuge " Guidolin, the media believes that Palermo's ambition for the new season is by no means just relegation.

In the first six rounds of the league, Palermo also had a good result, with two wins, three draws and one defeat, the same result as Roma, and the same natural points and standings, but this is a shame for Roma...... With the same number of points as a promoted team, there is absolutely nothing to brag about, not to mention, in terms of overall opponents, Palermo have a more difficult schedule, they drew with Inter Milan and Juventus in the first six rounds, while Roma only drew with Inter Milan, Juventus are stronger this season and they are now top of the Serie A table.

So when it comes to Roma, even if it's away, Palermo is not afraid at all.

The young team were quite tenacious at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and after falling behind by one goal in the first half, they scored twice in the opening of the second half to almost achieve a big comeback, but in the final moments of the game, Zhang Tiehan equalized with a furious shot, and finally Roma and Palermo drew with a draw.

After playing Palermo, it is the match with Juventus, the leader of the league, and this game is definitely the biggest focus of this round of Serie A!

The focus is not on Juventus, the focus is on Capello!

Capello coached Roma last season, and suddenly terminated his contract with Roma in the summer and came to Turin to coach Juventus, and his departure did not come without warning, and even before leaving, he had a one-year contract with Roma, and he was almost the same as a temporary defection, which is also the biggest reason for the endless problems of Roma.

Now Rome met Capello.

Many players in Rome can be Capello's disciples, such as Totti, who was previously considered by the Italian media to be Capello's 'godson', Cassano and De Rossi were all brought up by Capello, and Mancini, Del Vecchio and others were brought to Rome by Capello.

Wait a minute.

In short, there is a shadow of Capello all over Rome.

Therefore, this game is also very interesting, and many Italian media believe that Roma will start a life-and-death battle with Juventus at the New Alp Stadium, which is an ordinary league and a long-brewing feud.

When the game was over and the results were seen on the scoreboard, the Romans could only walk away in disgrace.

3:0。

With a humiliating scoreline, Drinel's Roma are no match for Juventus at all. Once Roma's Zebina and Emerson became Juventus players, they also have the world's top defender Cannavaro, superstar Ibrahimovic, etc., these stars are tightly combined by Capello, and Roma has no temper.

Roma didn't get any good chances throughout the game.

Zhang Tiehan started the game, but after playing, he only felt 'Juventus's football art', in his opinion, it should be called 'disgusting' football, he was very uncomfortable, Juventus's players are very strong, that's all, but their tactical ability is stronger, their tactics are related to the rhythm, the whole field is slow, and the sudden attack is immediately faster, that disgusting feeling makes Zhang Tiehan can only give them a thumbs up.

But in his heart, he still admires it.

For the first time, he felt so caught up in the game, his team-mates couldn't penetrate the Juventus defence, and the opponent's sudden attacks always caught them off guard.

He had two shots on goal throughout the game.

One of them was a little threatening, but it was successfully defused by the opposing goalkeeper, even so, Zhang Tiehan is also one of the best players in Roma, perhaps only the captain Totti can be compared to him, Totti's game experience, he and Juventus play, the table is still very active, although it was very difficult, but after the game, "Torino Sport" still gave Totti an evaluation of 6.5 points, which is the highest in the Roma team, Zhang Tiehan only has 6 points, ranking second in the Roma team, his evaluation is' Good ability to take chances, fierce defensively'.

The defense added a lot of points to him.

But no matter what the table is, 3:0 is a shame for Rome, the important thing is that the opponent is Juventus, the opponent is Capello, all Roma players hope to beat Capello, and only Zhang Tiehan is not interested in Capello or something, Capello? Who is he?

However, after the game, he also followed his teammates to silence. (To be continued......)