The second International Champions Cup in 2013 still used the east-west division method for the group stage.
The two semifinals are scheduled to be played in the central region of the United States.
The finals for the championship are still scheduled to be held at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
Sixteen top-level competitions between European giants, in just a dozen days, once again ignited the enthusiasm of North American fans for football.
They told the world with sold-out games that North America is no longer a football desert. .
On the contrary, here are the most passionate fans with the most spending power in the world, and this will become a gold-mining place for the world's richest teams.
Defending champion Southampton has been the favorite to win the International Champions Cup since the beginning.
As a newly promoted team last season, this dark horse team defeated Manchester United and miraculously won the Premier League championship.
It has considerable weight in the hearts of North American fans.
In addition, Southampton has always been the hottest topic in the transfer market since the start of this summer's transfer period.
First, he bought Suarez for 40 million pounds, and then he got caught up in the Neymar transfer soap opera.
Before the start of the International Champions Cup, Southampton first sent Neymar to Barcelona at a record-breaking price, and introduced Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona.
Then they packaged Gareth Bale and Vidal to Real Madrid for an astonishingly high price.
The two transfers were astonishing.
The transfer fees were rising steadily, which shocked fans all over the world.
With the help of these two transfers, Southampton suddenly stood in the limelight of the transfer market.
The top of the wave.
There are many teams that sell players at high prices during the summer transfer period.
But they are sold like this in Southampton, and each one is sold at a sky-high price.
How many of them are there?
As Southampton, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and other star teams in the transfer market have landed in North America to participate in the International Champions Cup, the eyes of fans around the world have naturally focused on North America.
The opening match ended with defending champion Southampton defeating Barcelona 2-0.
Luis Enrique's side received flak and criticism from fans after the game, but nothing improved.
In the remaining two rounds, there was one draw and one loss, losing to Juventus and drawing with the Red Devils Manchester United.
After defeating Barcelona, Southampton followed up the victory and defeated Juventus and Manchester United successively, winning three consecutive group stage victories, qualifying as the group leader and advancing to the semi-finals.
But the outside world is not satisfied with the Saints' performance.
In these three group matches, Southampton's offense has been problematic.
Sitting on Ibrahimovic, Drogba, Suarez, Hazard, Sturridge, Sanchez, Ravel Morrison and James Rodriguez and other powerful stars and talented rookies, The Saints only scored four goals in three group matches.
Bielsa adjusted three different starting lineups and multiple different attack combinations in three games, but the results were not satisfactory.
Everyone believes that the Saints' offensive power has been greatly affected by the loss of Neymar and Gareth Bale.
Although Suarez and Sanchez have been introduced, it is still unknown when they will be effective.
Sure enough, after crossing the group stage, Southampton encountered Bayern Munich in the semi-finals.
Bayern Munich, which had just completed a coaching change, was still adapting to the tactical system of new coach Guardiola.
As a result, the two sides played very unsatisfactory, and the battle ended in a zero-0.
In the end, it was goalkeeper Neuer who scored in the penalty shootout.
With outstanding performance, Southampton eliminated Bayern Munich and successfully advanced to the final.
But in the final, Southampton eventually lost to Real Madrid by a score of 1 to 2 and missed the opportunity to defend the International Champions Cup.
Gareth Bale and Vidal, who had just joined Real Madrid, both started respectively.
Among them, Gareth Bale also scored his first goal for Real Madrid after joining and won a championship trophy.
Although Southampton failed to win the International Champions Cup, they made a splash off the pitch.
After signing several large contracts in North America last year, after a year of preparation, Southampton signed four sponsorship contracts with a total value of more than 100 million pounds during the International Champions Cup.
Bringing at least 25 million pounds in commercial income to Southampton.
This suddenly made the whole world marvel again.
The Saints' ability to make money is a bit too fast.
This contract was signed one after another, and it felt as if there were a lot of sponsors lining up, holding contracts, waiting for Peter Kenyon to sign.
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The bald man held a medium-sized press conference in New York, USA, the day after the International Champions Cup, and announced Southampton's four new sponsorship contracts.
Strictly speaking, they are not big contracts, they are all small contracts of about five million pounds a year.
But there’s no way to say it in one sentence By the way, a little can make a lot, and sand can make a tower.
Not only Southampton, but also Real Madrid, Manchester United, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Arsenal have signed more than one sponsorship contract in the United States.
This immediately shocked the entire European football world.
With the development of European professional leagues, the market has long been saturated, and opening up overseas markets has become the top priority of all European leagues and wealthy teams.
To put it bluntly, whoever develops overseas markets well will have greater development potential.
For two consecutive seasons, it has detonated the North American football market and made a lot of money for the participating wealthy teams in Europe.
Do you think other European teams can't be jealous?
Ever since, the second International Champions Cup here has just come to an end, and there is an endless stream of European teams calling Miracle Media to inquire about next season's International Champions Cup schedule and qualifications.
Some teams even shouted the slogan of halving appearance fees, just to show off in the International Champions Cup in North America.
Sun Yue was taking the trouble to deal with this group of passionate bosses and executives of wealthy teams, but he secretly admired Master Huan's wisdom in the past.
Is the International Champions Cup profitable now?
Really no profit Although I signed a sponsor and signed a TV broadcast, the cost was not high and there was not much income.
But when eight teams come to North America, everything they eat, drink, live and play is all paid for by Miracle Media, and they all receive the highest standard of treatment.
How much money do they have to invest?
But after two International Champions Cups, the International Champions Cup has made a name for itself.
It has established prestige not only among sponsors, but also among European giants, because it can bring them value and Benefit.
During the International Champions Cup, eight teams successively announced more than a dozen sponsorship contracts, all of which were negotiated within the past year.
They were only announced during the International Champions Cup, creating a huge advertising effect. .
This event has developed to this point.
Let alone no profits or losses, even if it is a loss, so what?
Burning money can create a mountain of gold, who wouldn’t?
If we lose a few years, we can create a signature tournament similar to the UEFA Champions League.
It will be worth it.
Just as Sun Yue was smiling happily, someone knocked on his office door from outside.
"Come in" Then I saw an American girl with a hot figure, wearing a standard uniform, but looking extremely curvy, walking in.
She didn't forget to cast a wink at Sun Yue while swaying.
"Mr.
Sun, the mayor's office in Miami just called and said that they would like to invite you to have a meal with them."
Sun Yue glanced at his secretary unscrupulously, and said with a smile: "I'm not interested in eating with the old man, but I am more interested in eating with you, especially dinner."
The female secretary gave him a very charming look, as if to say, you damn ghost, you did this seven times last night, and it’s not enough.
After a while of chatting, Sun Yue quickly returned to his seriousness, "If he invites me to dinner now, it must be about the International Champions Cup final.
You tell him that I am not here.
If he asks where I have gone, just say that I have gone." middle East" "Middle East" American girls are obviously associated with the scorching hot Sahara Desert.
"Stop asking so many questions, just answer as I say."
The beautiful secretary looked a little depressed, pouted, twirled her high heels, and turned to leave.
But he heard a snap, and his buttocks hurt.
It turned out that he was attacked by his boss.
But she wasn't angry at all.
Instead, she turned around, giggled at Sun Yue, and walked away quickly.
"What a charming little goblin who would not sacrifice his life."
Sun Yue sniffed his right hand, as if he could still smell the lingering fragrance between his fingers.
But after the secretary closed the door and left, he picked up the phone from the table, found a number, calmed down solemnly, exhaled, and then called.
"Master Huan, it's me, Lao Sun."
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"Old Sun, what's the matter?"
Yang Huan's voice came from the phone.
Don't look at Sun Yue thinking about flattering Young Master Huan all day long, and even being quite unserious at times, but deep down in his heart, he admires Young Master Huan with all his heart, and is extremely loyal.
Three years ago, when he walked out of London Heathrow Airport with Master Huan, Zhang Ning and Long Wu, who knew them?
Who knew who they were?
But three years later, who in the world doesn’t know Master Huan, who doesn’t know Zhang Ning, who doesn’t know Sun Yue?
All of this is given by Master Baihuan Moreover, Master Huan has never been stingy with him.
He gave him the salary he deserved, the benefits he deserved, and even gave him shares in the company.
You said, how could Sun Yue not dedicate himself to Master Huan and die?
?
"Master Huan, there's another call from Miami.
Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the Middle East, Australia in Oceania, and Asia.
Some countries, cities and regions have contacted us.
I don't know what you think."
Yang Huan also pondered for a while on the phone, "What do you think?"
Sun Yue thought for a while, "I personally think that the development momentum of our event in North America has been really strong in the past two years, especially this year, it has completely overwhelmed the North American Invitational Tournament held by rs company.
There is news that including Chelsea European teams, including AC Milan, have made it clear that they will not continue to participate in this event.”
Yang Huan just nodded calmly on the phone and said nothing more.
"I think for the time being, we should continue to be based in North America."
The entire North American sports market is indeed too big to be imagined.
Therefore, it only took two years for the International Champions Cup to barely gain a foothold.
If you give up this piece of fat rashly at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that others will not take advantage of it.
Besides, you have to eat the food one bite at a time, don’t be in a hurry.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."
"I understand, Master Huan," Sun Yue replied very humiliatingly.
With these words from Master Huan, he can deal with many things with confidence and boldness: