UEFA never imagined that the third level of European competition, the European Association League, which it had imposed, would make itself embarrassed by the appearance of a person.
There is no doubt that this man is Jose Mourinho, the madman who once looked at the world and fought against the whole world on his own.
As the lowest level of the three new European cups, the purpose of the European Union Cup is to provide a stage for grassroots teams to show their style, so that these small and medium-sized clubs can earn more by participating in European competitions. Compared with the european Cup winners' cup that disappeared before, the European Association Cup is still somewhat unjustified and unsmooth - the Champions Cup is a battle of kings, the Confederation Cup is a battle for the strong, and the Cup winners' cup is a cup championship competition. The European Union Cup, on the other hand, is the amusement of a group of mid-league teams, and as for the champion, it is just the taller short selected from the short, nothing more.
Therefore, no matter who the two teams that finally appeared on the final field are, they are just the tallest shorts among the shortsters, and who will pay attention to this rookie chicken pecking at each other except their own fans? Therefore, after careful consideration and careful selection, UEFA chose the final venue of the first European Union Cup at the National Stadium in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
The total number of seats at the Tirana National Stadium is about 23,000, and UEFA's vision is probably - one is not extravagant, two is not wasteful, and three can generate revenue. But this good wish of three eagles was extinguished by Mourinho.
After Roma eliminated Leicester City in the second leg of the semi-finals, mourinho became the brightest business card of the European League, and UEFA really needed Mourinho's presence to add attention to the nascent event of the European Union Cup, but UEFA clearly underestimated Mourinho's influence.
Just yesterday, the official website of UEFA began the pre-sale of tickets for the finals of the three major competitions this season, but unexpectedly, the pre-sale channel has just opened, and the website has immediately flooded with a large number of fans, and most of the fans are snapping up tickets for the UEFA Cup final.
Yes! The number of fans who grabbed tickets to the UEFA Cup final far exceeded the number of fans who booked tickets for the Champions League final and the Europa League final, and it really happened.
In addition to the tickets allocated to the final team, the number of tickets sold on the official website of UEFA is about 10,000, but under the mad rush of hundreds of thousands of fans, the 10,000 tickets in this area were quickly sold out, and in the face of the continued influx of fans, UEFA had to stop the pre-sale of tickets for the UEFA Cup final.
This is not the end, shortly after UEFA closed the sales channel, the final side, Feyenoord protested to UEFA on his official website: claiming that the club has not received any notice of UEFA's advance sale of tickets, resulting in its fans not grabbing tickets for the final.
In addition, Feyenoord pressured UEFA to allocate too few tickets to himself, at least 10,000, and demanded a change of venue for the final.
It is reported that the best ticket for the ticket position of the European Union Cup final has been speculated by scalpers to 10,000 euros 1 ticket, such a high price, it is simply jaw-dropping. You know, in the 2018/19 Champions League final, which was the last large-scale ticket sales of UEFA before the epidemic, the most expensive ticket was speculated to 15,000 euros a ticket, up 50 times! This is still the price on the eve of the Champions League final, and I believe that with the approaching of the Final of the European Union Cup, this price will definitely rise.
Of course, the European Union Cup can certainly not be compared with the Champions League, and the price increase is also related to the scarcity of tickets, but it can push the final of the third level of UEFA to such a high level, Mourinho's influence can be seen!
At present, UEFA has not resumed the pre-sale of tickets for the UEFA Cup, and it is more interesting than when UEFA will change the venue for the final.