Arsenal missed the Champions League seed team, Premier League set two major records, missing the 10th place in the European Cup

Major European leagues have come to an end, Naples beat Inter Milan to win the championship, and 29 teams have qualified for the Champions League. According to the rules, multiple media calculated the division of the Champions League next season, and Arsenal just missed the seeds.

The just past weekend, the Serie A championship battle was the most eye-catching focus among the five major leagues. Two former Manchester United players, McTominay and Lukaku, both scored goals, helping Naples regain the league championship. Subsequently, McTominay was elected the best player in Serie A, and Anthony was selected as the best player in the half-time La Liga by fans. I wonder what Manchester United feels like at this moment.

However, according to the new rules of the Champions League, except for the Champions League champions, the classification of grades is determined based on European points. Therefore, even if Napoli wins the championship, it cannot become the first team next season, commonly known as the seed team, just like Leverkusen this season. Even said that due to the low European points, Naples cannot even enter the second level and can only fall into the third level.

This season, the new rules are used in the Champions League. In the group round-robin, 36 teams are divided into 4 levels, each level has 9 teams, each team has 8 games, and 8 opponents draw two teams from four levels, with the principle of avoiding the same country. Therefore, in a sense, the seed team does not have special "benefits", it just makes people feel that it is "good".

Since Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain reached the Champions League final, all the first teams in the Champions League next season are confirmed. There are three teams in the Premier League, including Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, and two teams in La Liga and Bundesliga, namely Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as well as Bayern Munich and Dortmund. The remaining two teams happen to be Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.

Arsenal is at the top of the second team, and Tottenham is temporarily ranked first in the third place, but if Benfica or Bruges cannot pass the playoffs, then Tottenham can move to the second place. Newcastle is the lowest-ranked team among all teams for the time being, and can only be locked into one of the fourth tiers. I believe anyone who meets Newcastle will be very unhappy.

Because Tottenham won the UEFA Cup championship and ranked last in the Premier League relegation zone, and the Premier League received an additional "reward" spot, there are 6 teams in the Premier League to participate in the Champions League next season, setting a record of the largest number of teams participating in the Champions League in history. In addition, a total of 9 teams can participate in the three major European Cups, which is also the most in history. The two records are enough to prove the overall strength of the Premier League.

However, because Chelsea qualified for the Champions League, it means that the Premier League missed the 10th European spot. According to the explanation of UEFA Deputy Secretary-General last season, if the UEFA Champions League champion team happens to be ranked as the UEFA Champions League qualification in the league, then the UEFA Champions League qualification can be postponed and an additional qualification will be obtained. This is a bit similar to last season's situation. With Chelsea entering the top five in the Premier League, this script no longer exists regardless of whether it wins the European Union.

This season, both Serie A and Bundesliga have 8 teams participating in the three major European Cups, but no team in the Bundesliga can reach the finals, and only Inter Milan enters the finals in Serie A. The overall performance is not satisfactory, resulting in the increase of the "denominator", which eventually lost the top two in Europe and was replaced by the Premier League and La Liga, winning the fifth place in the Champions League.

Therefore, if 9 teams participate in European competitions, if the Premier League team wants to continue to maintain 5 Champions League places, they need to work together, otherwise they may lose the "reward" quota next season, and "fighting for five" will become "fighting for four" again.