Too easy! Increased rewards, good news for Manchester United, the Premier League swept the Champions League, and 6 teams competed for the top eight

In the Champions League stage, just half of the game has been completed. The six Premier League teams showed strong strength and continued their outstanding performance in this round. Except for Chelsea's draw with Qarabach, the other five teams all scored three points. Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle and Liverpool successfully squeezed into the top eight, with only Tottenham and Chelsea slightly behind, ranking 10th and 12th respectively.

People often say that the Premier League and La Liga are the two top leagues in Europe. Comparing the two leagues, we can see that La Liga as a whole is slowly going downhill, while the Premier League has always maintained a high winning rate. In this round, among the 5 teams in La Liga, only Atletico Madrid defeated the Belgian leader San Giros, Real Madrid lost to Liverpool, Bilbao lost to Newcastle, Barcelona drew with Club Brugge, and Villarreal lost to AEP Paphos, with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in 5 games. The results were really bad.

Looking back at the Premier League, Liverpool defeated Real Madrid. Slott could finally breathe a sigh of relief and claimed that winning only one goal was really too little. Arsenal, Newcastle, Manchester City and Tottenham all successfully defeated their opponents. World champion Chelsea unfortunately could not defeat Qarabakh and was the only team that did not win in the Premier League this round. Maresca underestimated his opponents too much and rotated half of the main players. This is an important reason.

What is even more rare is that although the Premier League has 6 teams participating, which is the largest number, the results are not bad at all. In 24 games, they achieved a total of 17 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. Looking at La Liga, they have lost 3 games this round, while the Premier League has only lost 3 games in 4 rounds. The difference is clear. Therefore, all 6 Premier League teams are ranked in the top 12, which happen to be distributed at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. These six even-numbered rankings are not difficult to understand.

Look at the competition between La Liga and the Premier League. Arsenal defeated Bilbao and Atletico Madrid, Manchester City defeated Villarreal, Newcastle lost to Barcelona and defeated Bilbao, Liverpool defeated the Madrid duo, and Tottenham can also defeat Villarreal. Chelsea has not yet played against a La Liga team. In 8 "English-Spanish confrontations", the Premier League won 7 games, and only Newcastle lost 1 game.

It seems that the Premier League not only swept the Champions League, but also swept La Liga. Next, there are two meetings between the Premier League and La Liga, with Chelsea playing Barcelona at home, and Manchester City playing Real Madrid away. I wonder if the two top giants in La Liga can save some face.

Since only the top eight teams can directly qualify for the top 16, the six Premier League teams are overall strong and are eager to qualify for direct promotion. It should be difficult to win 6 seats, but the chances of winning three to four seats, or even five seats, should not be small.

Looking at the rankings of these 6 teams in the Premier League, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool are ranked in the top three respectively, Tottenham and Chelsea are 6th and 7th, and Newcastle is the worst, ranking 12th in the bottom half. Even Newcastle, which is struggling in the Premier League, can still rank sixth in the Champions League. From this perspective, is the Premier League too difficult and the Champions League too easy?

Due to the modification of the European points rules this season, there will be different reward points for the rankings in the league stage, and the weight of the top rankings has increased a lot. In the past, as long as you advance to the top 16 of the Champions League, the bonus points will basically not differ much. Now it is different. The first place in the Champions League stage will have a full 12 bonus points, and then they will decrease in sequence.

If the Premier League continues to maintain its status quo, it will not be difficult to obtain additional Champions League reward places for two consecutive years. In this case, it is good news for Manchester United. The fifth place in the Premier League can continue to participate in the Champions League, and the chance of qualifying for the Champions League can be greatly increased. Is Amorim ready?

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