On August 18, the second round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon was not alone, being held to a draw at home by Berensis.

As a result, they have stabilized outside the top 10 in the Portuguese Super League rankings.

"Sporting Lisbon draws and loses, where is the problem? 》

"Poor recruitment! Sporting Lisbon failed to replicate the highlights of last year's recruitment, and the strength of the players introduced this year is mediocre! 》

"Except for Ronaldinho, Sporting Lisbon is in a slump of all players! 》

The Quadruple Champion overdraws all the enthusiasm of the players? Ronaldo lost a single knife, Deng Kai lost a point, Guardiola was soft! 》

Four Million? A million midfielders are not worth a million! 》

Impotent Fury? Deng Kai slapped the turf wildly in the past two games, and his teammates did not dare to approach! 》

"The five crowns are nonsense, Bayern Munich has the ticket to win the UEFA Super Cup! 》

Sporting Lisbon's performance has made people more optimistic about Bayern.

More than 92 per cent of fans believe Bayern can beat Sporting Lisbon to lift the trophy.

Soon, though, some changes in the game spread.

That's the question of the pitch of the game.

Since 1998, the venue for the UEFA Super Cup has been the Stade Louis II.

The stadium is home to Ligue 1 team FC Monaco and the Monaco national football team.

It is located on the land created by land reclamation from the sea, so the area is small and there are many space constraints.

Its underground parking lot is even right below the pitch turf.

Among the famous European stadiums, the Louis II Stadium is a very small one, with a capacity of only 18,500 spectators.

Even if the seats are temporarily installed, the capacity is difficult to exceed 25,000.

This was enough before, because the UEFA Super Cup was not a big honour and there was only one game a year, so there was no continuity.

But this year is different.

In this year's UEFA Super Cup, although most people are optimistic about Bayern, the biggest gimmick has nothing to do with Bayern.

It's not even a feud between Mateus and Bayern's team doctor and team-mates.

It's that Sporting Lisbon, if they win the title, will become the first team to win the five crowns in three decades!

Second only to Ajax under Cruyff in 1972.

According to the data obtained by UEFA, at least more than 50,000 fans will definitely pay to watch the game in person.

There are also more than 100,000 fans who are willing to watch it, and in this part, no matter how much it can be converted into 20,000 or 30,000 fans.

The ticket revenue generated by this match is about the same as last season's UEFA Cup final, and more than last season's Champions League quarter-finals.

Believe it!

If this can really only sit for two people, how much will it lose?

UEFA wanted to solve this problem at the first time and choose a new stadium.

The Mansour consortium, which has officially launched the acquisition of Manchester City Football Club, has played an active role, and has conducted a lot of communication between UEFA and Manchester City, and paid to meet the needs of both parties.

In the end, the venue for this year's UEFA Super Cup was changed from Louis II Stadium to Manchester City's home stadium - Maine Road Stadium.

With a capacity of more than 80,000 fans, the stadium is the second largest stadium in England after Wembley, known as Wembley of the North.

This incident has touched Manchester City fans a lot.

Before the birth of the future Abu Dhabi consortium and Qatar consortium, people's financial requirements for football club owners were relatively low.

The Mansour consortium is already relatively rich for England fans.

Of course, there are many club owners in England who are richer than the Mansour consortium.

But in terms of input, they are nowhere near as good as Mansourdo.

Mansour's performance in the operation of the stadium this time is completely very willing to invest in the team.

He even gives the feeling of "Moratti of England".

It's a great way to win the hearts and minds of the fans.

Not only that, but Mansour has also revealed in private that if he accepts Manchester City, he will push forward with the construction of a new stadium within two years of completing the acquisition.

This is a huge improvement in the local economy, employment, popularity, team prestige, team configuration, etc.

Therefore, for the time being, it seems that the acquisition of Manchester City by the Mansour consortium is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Perhaps it is only one last fire that can make this matter have a happy conclusion.

Of course, the outside world is generally not optimistic about the acquisition of the Mansour consortium.

Because Manchester City have lost two consecutive games in League One.

They don't look at all like a team that was still playing in the Premier League last season.

If Mansour is really successful, he will still play in League One next season.

Then the purchase price they are proposing now is much higher than the value of Manchester City.

It's going to be a loss.

……

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

As soon as the stadium problem was resolved, UEFA had a second problem.

That is, the Mansour consortium to solve the stadium problem made a "small request".

With the game approaching, the Mansour consortium wants certain important players from Sporting Lisbon not to miss the game.

On the one hand, it is considered to sell tickets.

On the other hand, it is also due to Mansour's personal hobby.

He is a fan of a certain player in Sporting Lisbon.

The relevant person in charge of UEFA took so much money from Mansour this time, and they have long been friends, can they not agree to this small request?

They said yes, then went back and found the player Mansour had requested.

Deng Kai!

In the semifinals of the UEFA Cup last season, in the match between Sporting Lisbon and Barcelona, Deng Kai received a red card and was banned for three additional games because of his bad behavior.

However, under the appeal of Sporting Lisbon, Deng Kai finally managed to appear on the pitch of the UEFA Cup final and led the team to defeat Liverpool to win the treble.

At that time, the reason was that Deng Kai was under the age of 16, and for the protection of minors, the relevant punishment could not take effect until after the age of 16.

And now, Deng Kai is sixteen years and nineteen days old!

The UEFA Super Cup is also a UEFA competition, and it stands to reason that Deng Kai will be banned.

This is indeed a problem.

But if you get the money, you have to do something, and the UEFA side quickly came up with a response plan through a meeting.

They have made some reforms and explorations for this year's UEFA Super Cup.

The aim is to give the fans the best of the game.

Aspects of reform and exploration include:

Choose a bigger stadium to get more fans to see the game.

Broaden the types of live media, such as preferential treatment for online new media led by "Understanding the Ball".

The quota of traditional live broadcast media has been increased to broaden its international influence.

Increased sponsorship channels and more sponsor opportunities.

and the temporary relaxation of disciplinary regulations.

As we all know, the lower the word count, the more important the content.

The further back things are, the more central they are sometimes.

As for the last provision of "temporary relaxation of disciplinary regulations", some media went to conduct a careful study, and once they did, they found that it was not possible.

"On the premise of not changing the nature of the UEFA Super Cup, temporary amnesty will be given to the suspension of players from both sides, the suspension of coaching staff members, and the punishment of fans from entering the stadium to watch the game."

What do you mean?

It means that Deng Kai, Pepe, Maxa and others who are banned can all participate.

For a time, the German media shouted that it was unfair.

Bild has publicly criticised UEFA for creating flexible employment for Deng Kai, oh no...... Flexible ban system!

Think of this as a destruction of UEFA's credibility.

(End of chapter)