Chapter 24: European War Points

　　 Dundee United drew 2:2 with the relegation team at home, but in this round of league, Dundee United's competitors all won.
　　 Inverness defeated Aberdeen 2:1 in the away game, Hartz defeated the Celtics 2:0 at home, Motherwell beat St. Johnstone 4:0 at home.
　　 So after this round of the league, Dundee United dropped one place in the standings, fell to fifth place, and fell out of the European war zone.
　　 The biggest spectacle of this round of the league is that the Celtics and Rangers both lost together.
　　 The Celtics lost to Hartz 0:2 away, and the Rangers lost to Hibainian 0:3 at home.
In fact, every season, the Glasgow duo have the same routine. At the beginning of the season, they have a wave of winning streaks. When they have a sufficient lead over the second group in the middle of the season, they will start to distract themselves from the domestic cup or the European war. At the same time, slowly compare patience with the old opponent.
　　 But it is still rare that both teams lose at the same time.
In the current standings, the Rangers occupy the top spot with 31 points, followed by the Celtics with 30 points, followed by Motherwell with 22 points, Harts with 20 points, Dundee United with 19 points, and 18. Inverness.
　　 The boundary between the first group and the second group is quite obvious.
　　 On November 17th, in the 13th round of the league, Dundee United played against Kimmarnock at home.
　　 This round of the league was held in the middle of the week, but Dundee United also recovered its form, relying on the goals of Lunar Brother and Russell, defeated the opponent 2:1 at home and scored three points.
In this round, Motherwell lost 1:2 to Hibainian in the away game and gave up the position of the second group leader. Hartz took the lead with 23 points after winning, and Dundee United also caught up with the horse. Thurwell had 22 points, only because of a goal difference disadvantage.
　　 However, the two bosses of the first group also recovered their status in this round. After a double win, the points reached 34 and 33 points.
　　 Russell, the 20-year-old teenager, has won two consecutive games. Joan Daly's main position seems to have been challenged. This guy finally got a little nervous, and his training was much more serious than before.
　　 After this round of the game, the Scottish Football Association announced a schedule adjustment. In the 15th round of the league, Dundee United's home game against the Glasgow Rangers will be postponed. The specific make-up time needs to be discussed.
　　 The postponement of this game has nothing to do with Dundee United, mainly for the convenience of Rangers.
The current Rangers’ schedule is relatively tight. The Celtics bite to death in the league, the Scottish League Cup has reached the semi-finals, and the Champions League group stage is about to usher in a life-and-death battle, so the Rangers club previously applied to the Football Association of the Soviet Union. , I hope to postpone the closest match from the Champions League life and death battle to facilitate the team to prepare for the Champions League.
　　 The Football Association of Su quickly agreed to the Rangers' request after discussing it, so the 15th round of the game against Dundee United was postponed.
The Soviet Super League is a duo league. There is no doubt that the Soviet Football Association is dominated by the Celtics and Rangers. If there was such a thing in the past, the Celtics would definitely block it and prevent the wanderings. It is easy to do so.
　　 But this time, Rangers' application was readily approved. The main reason is the European War points.
　　 The European Championship points of various European leagues are the sum of the average European game points of each league in the last five seasons.
　　 Take this year's Scottish League, how many points the five teams that participated in the European War scored, divided by five, is this year's European War average points.
　　 The average points of the last five seasons are added together to get the current total points of the Scottish League in the European War, and then compared with the points of other leagues to get the European War ranking.
　　 In recent years, the performance of the Scottish teams in the European war has been worse than each day. The main reason is that only the Celtics and Rangers can grab points. Other European war teams are basically cannon fodder.
　　 But those two often missed, such as this year's Celtics, so in recent years, the Scottish League's European war points ranking has declined year by year.
　　 Although it occasionally rises, for example, the Rangers reached the UEFA Cup final in the 07/08 season, and they earned a lot of points for the Scottish League, which made the ranking of the Premier League rise.
　　 But overall, the ranking of the Scottish League is declining.
　　 Especially in the European game last season, due to the poor performance of the Scottish team, after the end of last season, Scotland's European game points were surpassed by the Danish League, and the ranking fell to 16th.
　　 According to the current UEFA regulations, the top 3 leagues in the European War have four Champions League places, the 4th to 6th leagues have three Champions League places, and the 7th to 15th leagues have two Champions League places.
　　 The Soviet Super League dropped out of the top 15 last season, which means that in this year's Soviet Super League, only the final champion team can participate in the Champions League next season.
　　 At the same time, if this year's Scottish team wants to qualify for the European war, the league ranking must be guaranteed to be within the top three, or to win the FA Cup.
The European Football Association did not play well, and the Football Association of Soviet Union is also worrying about this. They still hope that everyone will work hard and strive to get the points back with the two Scottish teams in this year’s Champions League. Within 15.
　　 Unexpectedly, not only did other teams lose their temper this year, even the Celtics were dizzy. They did not play in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, fell to participate in the UEFA Cup qualifiers, but still did not play, and even failed to play in the UEFA Cup group stage.
　　 After all, as long as you reach the group stage, you can play six more games and get more European points.
　　The calculation of the points in the European War is not troublesome. In the main stage of the European War, regardless of the group stage, it is the same. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, no points for a loss, and half of the qualifying points.
　　 In addition, there are bonus points. As long as you participate in the Champions League main match group stage, you will get 4 points. If you advance to the Champions League knockout round, you will be rewarded with 5 points. After the top sixteen, you will be awarded an extra point for each round.
There are no points rewards in the UEFA Cup group stage. The knockout rounds are also after the top sixteen, that is, from the promotion to the eighth, one more point is scored for each more round ~EbookFREE.me~ Originally according to the idea of ​​the Su FA, Even if the Celtics can’t make it to the Champions League, it’s not a big problem to make it into the UEFA Cup group stage. If you get more points, plus the Rangers work hard in the Champions League group stage, you might be able to return to Europe. Within the top 15 points, there will be two more Champions League places after next season.
　　 I didn't expect the Celtics to be uncomfortable, but fortunately, the Rangers are still working hard and are working hard in the Champions League group stage.
The Rangers have been divided into the Premier League Manchester United, La Liga Valencia and Turkish Super League Bursa Sports in this year’s UEFA Champions League group stage. At present, they have played 4 rounds in the group stage. Manchester United has 3 wins, 1 tie and 10 points ranking first in the group, and Valencia 2. Wins, 1 draw and 7 points ranked second in the group. Rangers ranked third in the group with 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points.
　　 In the fifth round of the next group stage, the Rangers will face Manchester United at home. This will be a life and death battle for the Rangers.
　　 If you can't win Manchester United, the Rangers will be eliminated from the group stage is a high probability event, but win Manchester United, Rangers will have a lot of chance to advance to the knockout round, because the final round of Valencia will go to the away game to challenge Manchester United.
　　 Once the Rangers reach the knockout round, relying on the generous bonus points, they can basically help the Soviet Super League to return to the top 15.
　　 After all, among the top 15 leagues in the European War, there are the Swiss League, the Belgian League, and the Danish League that just squeezed in. Their European War points are not much higher than the Scottish League. It is entirely possible to come back.
　　 This is also the reason why the Celtics don't mind the Rangers adjusting the schedule. This is good for everyone.
　　 If the Rangers can help the Scottish League to recover the rankings, the Rangers and Celtics will not benefit in the future. After all, the top two in the Super League are taken by them almost every year.