It’s time to dream big. More. Real Sociedad has confirmed its participation in the next, and last, edition of the Champions League with the current format and it’s time to think about all that will come next year, which is not a few. This season is going to be hard this is exciting and I have warned you imanol after the meeting in Madrid sighing. “These players don’t have a ceiling, but now it’s time to continue growing.”
It is not an easy task but surely the highest continental competition is a litmus test for the maturity of this project. Compete with dignity and go as far as possible, the two main goals, based on the desire and almost obligation to improve the version offered in the group stage 2013-2014, in what will be the fifth participation of the club between the European Cup and Champions. Only Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético, Valencia and Sevilla have more.
11 months of competition
It won’t be long before the continental soccer party begins. In fact, there are already 25 teams that have qualified for the group stage and many more for the previous rounds. There are a few spots left to fill. League champions such as Manchester City’s Manzisidor or Napoli, as well as Arsenal de Arteta and OdegaardMilan The O or the surprising Newcastle of Isaac, Lens and Union Berlin. The official competition starts on June 27 with the first preliminary round and ends on June 1, with the grand final at Wembley. It was almost a year of showdowns, passion, and drama. The first date marked on the calendar for all txuri urdin should be August 30, when the 32-team squad will close and the drums for the group draw on the 31st will be announced.
We won’t hear the Champions League anthem until September 19, which kicks off a group stage that closes on December 13. That’s for sure. From there, the dream is to enter the final phase, which will be held from February 2024.
Stepping up to bass drum 3 is doable
To ease the way, it is important to avoid being part of the hype 4, which increases the chances of getting into the groups of death. Just having the chance to become hype 3 is a milestone that shows the progress of the San Sebastian club.
He currently has 33,000 coefficient points and is in position 52 in the ranking after moving up ten places this year and adding 7,000 points (the coefficient is a sum of the results of European sports in the last five seasons). Many leaders will not play the Champions League. But others do. There are four clubs with the worst ranking already classified for the group stage, and the txuri urdin club will have to find four more, within the six places that are in the air, because one of the remaining will go to Rome or Seville, which is both better located .
Diving into the former, there are only six teams with a better coefficient than Real. Rangers, PSV and Sporting de Braga in the League Route (they have to pass 2 rounds), and Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb and Copenhagen in the Champions Route (the Swiss have to pass one round and the others, three). Why separate them? Because UEFA gives four places in the Champions Route, and only two in the League Route. Therefore, being on the third bass drum is a bit complicated, but nothing unreasonable. Time to please their rivals or for the draw to bring about head-to-head confrontations, which will be important to eliminate the ‘indicated’ teams more easily.
financial reward
The fact of participating in the Champions League, beyond any kind of indirect income in the form of sponsorship, prestige, etc., brings a real injection of money that takes you to the next level. To begin with, without going into UEFA prizes, LaLiga gives juicy money for being in high positions in the table. In particular, 11% of the money from televisions to be distributed by Royal Decree. That is, 25% of the total. Taking the numbers from last season, finishing fourth generates around 39.24 million euros. Almost nothing.
But the real plus is what it means going into the Champions League instead of the Europa League. Just for entering the group stage, Real will come in between 15 and 17 million euros. In addition, you will win prizes based on sports results. For example, for each victory he will get 2.8 million, almost quintupling the earnings of the Europa League. Not to mention the difference in the distribution of money in the concepts of ‘market pool’ or coefficients, which are also increasing. This will undoubtedly help to maintain the current structure, strengthen the team and improve other departments of the club. The Champions League is special, and profitable.
Source: La Verdad
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