"What martial arts are you talking about? Win a Champions League group stage to get an extra €1.5 million in prize money! ”

Many people forget that the Champions League is not only about the ownership of the Big Ears Cup, but also about the money bags of the major participating teams.

Thanks to the lucrative income from the commercial operation of the Champions League in recent years, UEFA has also set a high level of bonuses for the Champions League.

This season, the prize money in the Champions League has surged by more than 50%, and the prize money has been significantly increased in all grades.

Therefore, playing in the Champions League means a lot of money for many teams.

According to UEFA's Champions League sharing standard, as long as you enter the Champions League, even if you are eliminated without a win, you can get at least a basic guarantee of more than 12 million euros.

In addition to the most basic guaranteed income, there are also different levels of bonuses for the group stage, the knockout round, the top 16, the top 8, the top 4 and the champion and runner-up.

A win in the group stage will be rewarded with 1.5 million, a draw will be 500,000, and if you successfully qualify for the round of 16, you will be able to get an additional bonus of 5.5 million euros for the top 16.

If you are lucky or the team is strong, you can advance from the round of 16 to the last 8 and get a prize of 6 million euros for the top 8.

Successfully reaching the semi-finals can also get another 7 million euros, and the two teams that advance to the final will be even more, with the runner-up getting 10.5 million and the champion getting 15 million.

Note that these bonuses are cumulative, and if any team can win the championship, he will be able to get all the prize money from the group stage to the championship.

These bonuses alone have already reached more than 50 million euros, and if they win all of the group stage, they can get up to 54.5 million euros.

In addition, there is a share of the TV broadcast, but this is related to the league in which the team is in and the number of teams in the competition, and generally speaking, the top five leagues have a higher share of the broadcast compared to the teams in other leagues.

Last year, Manchester City received a total of 30.5 million broadcast shares, and this year's broadcast share should not be lower than this number.

If Manchester City win the title again this year, these prize money could add up to more than 90 million euros.

Of course, if the winning team were to be replaced by Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, that figure would likely exceed 100 million euros.

The reason for this is that they have more points in European history than Manchester City, and the prize money in this area is several times higher than Manchester City.

The Champions League prize money is divided into four parts:

1. Basic Finalist, 12 million euros.

2. The competition performance award is related to the results, ranging from 0 to 42.5 million.

3. Broadcast sharing award.

4. Historical points commission.

The historical points are distributed according to the points accumulated in the Champions League, Europa League and other competitions in the past ten years, and the higher the accumulated points, the more points are divided.

For example, last year, Manchester City, as the defending champion, received a total of 68 million euros in prize money, while the runner-up Barcelona received a prize of 78 million euros, 10 million euros more than them!

How did Barcelona do this?

The answer is simple, 30% of the Champions League's prize money is based on the historical points from the past ten years of European competition.

In the decade from 2004 to 2014, the team with the most European points was Barcelona.

As a result, they have the highest all-time points draw, up to 20 million euros.

Before last year, Manchester City had only played in the Champions League twice, one of which was at the bottom of the group, and the round of 32 was stopped and the title was won once.

Therefore, compared with other giants, they are undoubtedly a huge shortcoming in terms of historical points, and among the 32 teams last year, Manchester City only ranked 19th in historical points, and only got 8 million euros in historical points commission.

It is worth mentioning that Juventus, which stopped in the quarterfinals last year, finally won a prize of 62 million euros, almost catching up with Manchester City.

The reason why they got such a high prize money is that last year only two teams in Serie A were Juventus and Roma, and all the broadcast share of Serie A was naturally exclusive to these two teams.

This resulted in Juventus' broadcast share being the highest of any participating team, reaching a staggering €48 million.

This amount of money is not a small amount of money for any team.

Therefore, for the major giants, participating in the Champions League is not only about the honor and status of the team, but also an important source of income for the team.

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For Pep Guardiola, 1.5 million euros doesn't matter much, and Manchester City are not bad moneymakers.

The reason why he sent a large number of main players in this game instead of coming off the bench was because the substitutes had already played in the Carabao Cup and were not yet fully fit.

Second, this is a home game and the last game of the group stage, and he hopes to end the game perfectly with a win, and by the way, let the players get familiar with the rhythm of European competition, and prepare for the upcoming knockout round.

The second-place finishers in each group this year are not very strong, as long as the luck is not particularly bad, there should be no big problem.

But it can't be taken lightly, in the Champions League, there are examples of giant teams overturning every year, and he himself once planted a heel in the dark horse of Atletico Madrid, at that time he led the defending champion Bayern Munich!

In the face of Manchester City, which has been recuperating for a long time, there is nothing Borussia Mönchen can do.

At the end of the game, Manchester City swept Borussia Mönchen 3-0 at home.

The latter's dream of qualifying from the group was also completely shattered at the Etihad Stadium.

After learning the news that Manchester City had taken Borussia Monchenchen lightly, the other two teams also breathed a sigh of relief.

In this game, Juventus went against the norm and launched a fierce attack on Sevilla as soon as they came up.

Theoretically, they could qualify with a draw, but they behaved extremely positively, and seemed to be going to advance with a victory.

After the start of the game, Alvaro Morata's performance was undoubtedly the brightest on the pitch!

In the 4th minute, Morata received the ball from Marchisio on the right side and leaped to the top, but the ball was slightly off the goalframe.

In the sixth minute, Morata burst into the box from the left baseline and fired a low shot at the post from a tight angle.

In the 9th minute, Morata burst into the box again, got rid of it in succession and fell in the box, but the referee did not say anything.

This caused strong dissatisfaction among the Juventus players, who besieged the referee in protest and received two yellow cards for this.

Although the attack was fruitless in the opening stages, it did not affect Juventus' aggressive attack in the slightest.

Throughout the first half, they firmly dominated the field and beat Sevilla with little to no counter-attack.

However, Juventus were scoreless, storming the entire first half, missing numerous chances, and the score remained 0-0.

In the 66th minute of the second half, Sevilla took advantage of a counter-attack and scored with a header from former Juventus player Llorente to break the deadlock on the field.

The goal pushed Juventus to the brink of a cliff and if they lose by that scoreline, they will be eliminated from the competition along with Borussia Mönchen.

So, in the final moments of the game, Juventus completely opened up and desperately laid siege to Sevilla's goal.

But Sevilla's players stuck to their own goal, repelling attacks again and again.

Seeing that the game was coming to an end, it was Morata who stepped up in the end.

In the 91st minute, Cuadrado crossed from an inverted triangle and Morata did not squander another chance.

After receiving the ball, he calmly dunked the defender, adjusted the angle, and then smashed the far corner into the goal.

The score became 1:1!

Juventus beat Sevilla and successfully advanced to the knockout round!

Since the match was played on Spanish soil, both Real Madrid and Barcelona sent their respective scouts to observe the game.

The meaning of Barcelona's side is unclear, and it seems that they are looking at Argentine rising star Dybala.

And the purpose of Real Madrid's scouts is very clear, which is to come to Morata.

Although Morata squandered many opportunities in this game, in the final moments, under great pressure, he withstood and finally stepped up to help the team change their destiny.

This left Real Madrid's scouts very pleased with his performance, praising Morata's performance during the inspection.

It seems that Morata is one step closer to returning to Real Madrid, which he has always wanted.

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The final game of the Champions League group stage was marked by a lot of drama.

In Group B, where qualification is in turmoil, Manchester United lost 2-3 in the final round against Wolfsburg.

In the other game, PSV Eindhoven beat CSKA Moscow 2-1 at home.

As a result, Manchester United was finally defeated by PSV Eindhoven in a good situation to finish third in the group and miss out on the knockout round, while Wolfsburg and PSV Eindhoven advanced together.

In Group E, although Bayer Leverkusen stubbornly drew 1:1 at home to the mighty Barcelona, they ultimately missed the knockout round with a goal difference, allowing Roma to advance.

In Group F, Arsenal, who were defeated in the first four rounds, knocked out Olympiacos 3-0 away in the last round, while Bayern Munich defeated Dinamo Salegab 2-0 in the other game.

This allowed Arsenal to finally stage a shocking miracle with only theoretical hope of qualifying, advancing to the knockout stage with six points.

At the end of the game, even Wenger himself couldn't contain his excitement, hugging the players and crying tears.

This time, their path to the cut was really not easy!

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After the Champions League group stage, the draw for the knockout stage was also held shortly afterwards.

Gunners fans, who were still immersed in the joy of advancing from the group, soon couldn't laugh anymore.

Because they only crossed the mountain of Bayern Munich with their front foot, they met their bitter master - Barcelona with their back foot!

When the camera showed Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, I saw the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, and he seemed to be speechless about this result.

He can't even remember how many times his team has met Barcelona?

Can't you just change the trick?

It's not Bayern or Barcelona, who did Arsenal recruit and provoke whom?

The Gunners fans couldn't laugh and the Blues fans were equally bitter.

Although they qualified for the knockout rounds as group winners, Chelsea drew perhaps the strongest of all the group runners-up – Paris Saint-Germain!

Although Paris Saint-Germain is only second in the group, in terms of strength, their strength is definitely above Chelsea.

With Chelsea's form this season, if you meet Paris in the Champions League, you will definitely be abused and doubt your life.

"Oh hoo, it's over, Chelsea and Arsenal are gone again!"

"Alas, Manchester United has also been eliminated, and now only Manchester City is left?"

"I'm used to it, it's not a day or two!"

Premier League fans are also mixed when they see the results of this draw.

Before Manchester City's rise, there was always talk of the Premier League's decline.

Premier League fans have always refuted this claim in the past, but in recent seasons, after seeing the performances of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool and other teams in European competitions, even they have to admit it.

If Manchester City is removed, in terms of overall results, the Premier League's European results are indeed regressing, and they are far worse than La Liga.

La Liga's three heroes have achieved very good results in the Champions League in recent seasons, completely pressing the Premier League teams under them.

If it weren't for Manchester City's façade, they would have been beaten down by La Liga long ago.

So there's a saying that's been particularly popular lately: it's not the Premier League that's strong, it's Manchester City.

With both Chelsea and Arsenal in sight of qualifying, Premier League fans have to pin their hopes on Manchester City.

"In the second group is the strongest Juventus and Grand Paris, Grand Paris was withdrawn by Chelsea, Juventus was on the same team as Manchester City before, and the rest of the teams are not strong enough to pose a threat to Manchester City, and they have no problem advancing to the quarterfinals!"

"After the quarterfinals, there are such strong teams, and it depends on their own performance how far they can go!"

Although Manchester City is very strong, there is not much confidence in the hearts of Premier League fans.

After all, the results of other teams in their own league are so stretched that they can't help but start to doubt the success of the Premier League.

Could it be that the Premier League is really inferior to La Liga?

Otherwise, why are La Liga teams doing so well in Europe?

Not to mention Barcelona and Real Madrid, even Atletico Madrid, which has sprung up in recent years, has achieved much better European results than many of their traditional giants in recent years.

In anticipation of Premier League fans, the draw results for Manchester City have also been released.

Their opponent in the round of 16 is Dynamo Kyiv of the Ukrainian League.

There is no doubt that this is a good signing, the opponents are not strong, and apart from being a little difficult to play away from home, they do not pose much of a threat to Manchester City.

Seeing the results of Manchester City's draw, the fans who were worried before were instantly half relieved, while the fans of Chelsea and Arsenal were about to cry.

Why can't our team draw such good signings?

In fact, the signing of several top giants is quite good, Real Madrid drew Rome, with the strength of Rome, Real Madrid has almost no suspense to advance to the quarterfinals.

Barcelona drew Arsenal, Barcelona has a great hope of advancing to Arsenal, and even hopes to kill the opponent home and away.

Bayern's luck was a little bit worse as they drew Juventus.

However, Bayern's record this season is very terrifying, even Juventus, it must be difficult to stop them from advancing, so the outside world is more optimistic about Bayern advancing to the quarterfinals.

Atletico Madrid, another team in La Liga, are also on the right track, drawing PSV Eindhoven and having good hopes of qualifying.

In the quarter-finals of this year's Champions League, it is likely that there will be three teams from La Liga again.

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