What level of competition is the Europa League award?
I heard that the Europa League is like the Champions League for mid-table teams!
If you win the Europa League, wouldn't you be proud to say: "I'm the best in the whole European mid-table team!" ”
Haha, this is much better than taking "Best Humanitarian Award", "Best Cooking Award" and so on!
What level is the Europa League?
In theory, it is second only to the Champions League in European club competitions.
Of course, the Europa League in different periods has different "gold content".
In the era of the "three European cups" of the last century, the European Club Champions Cup, the UEFA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup each had their own characteristics.
At that time, the "Champions League" was not large, often the league champions could participate, the number of games was very few, and the chance was also very large, so some teams in "small leagues" such as Portugal, the Netherlands, Romania or Yugoslavia could also win the championship.
The Cup Winners' Cup is played by the cups winners of various countries, and the chance is even greater, so no one has successfully defended the title for decades.
The UEFA Cup is played by the "non-champions" of each league, and if the Champions League is a testament to the strength of the league champions, then the UEFA Cup proves the overall strength of the league.
At that time, the UEFA Cup was very high, many strong teams and superstars were also playing, and big stars such as Ronaldo Baggio had relied on the performance of the League Cup to win the Ballon d'Or.
In the era of "two European cups", the "European Club Champions Cup" was transformed into the "UEFA Champions League", and they expanded to include more football giants and top stars.
The merger of the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup eventually became the "Europa League", which was heavily blood-sucked by the Champions League, and the level of the competition is certainly not comparable to the "era of the three major cups".
However, for different teams, the Europa League means different things to them.
For the giants, playing in the Europa League is somewhat awkward, and when it comes to "keeping the big and small" between the Europa League and the league record, they are likely to focus on the league.
What attracts them to the Europa League is to try to qualify for next season's Champions League through Europa League results.
But for small teams, the meaning of the Europa League is different, no matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is also meat, there is a European game to play, why not? If you can win the championship, it will be even more amazing.
This is like if you are a top student, you take Tsinghua Peking University as the goal, accidentally play abnormally and drop to the second book, you must feel that it is not interesting.
What if you are a regular student? If you can get into a similar university, you must be satisfied, right?
So, what is the level of the Europa League? It depends on whom.
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