How to play? The price difference between the two sides in the European League finals is 7 times. After the European Games reform, Premier League teams are like tigers entering the sheep

In the early morning of May 29, a focus battle was staged in the 2024/25 European Union Finals. Premier League Blues Chelsea defeated La Liga team Real Betis 4-1, winning the European League championship for the first time in the team's history and achieving a super Grand Slam in the European arena. It is worth mentioning that the value of the 11 starting players of the two teams is nearly 7 times. This game may have lost its suspense before the game.

Before this game, Chelsea finished the Premier League with two consecutive victories and secured the top four, successfully qualifying for the Champions League next season. In this game, the Blues' main players were all out. Their starting 11 players were worth up to 557 million euros, the lowest-value goalkeeper Philip Jonson also had 20 million euros, and the highest-value Parma had 130 million euros.

In contrast, Real Betis from La Liga, their total value of 11 players is only 80.8 million euros, which is the same as Chelsea's starting midfielder Kessedo. The most valuables on the field are winger Anthony and midfielder Johnny Cardoso, with 20 million euros, but the former is still on loan from Manchester United. In addition, 7 of Betis's 11 starters are worth less than 10 million euros, and goalkeeper Adrian's German transfer market is worth only 500,000 euros.

The value is so huge, the results of the game can naturally be predicted. Although Betis players tried their best and scored 1 goal in the 9th minute of the first half, Chelsea overtook the score in 5 minutes and 2 goals in the second half. Sancho and Kesedo then scored 4-1.

Judging from the post-match data, Chelsea's possession rate is 66%, and 11 shots are 2 fewer than Betis, but they scored 4 goals with 7 shots and missed 4 excellent scoring opportunities. Betis scored 1 goal three times, with only one excellent chance to score. The gap between the two sides in overall strength and technical and tactical playing style is still very obvious.

It is worth mentioning that in the European League League stage, Palmer and other main players did not register, but Chelsea still won all the 6 games without bloodshed, scoring 26 goals and conceding only 5 goals. After entering the second stage, Chelsea also passed the hurdles and finally won the championship easily. Compared with the Premier League, Chelsea's performance in the Europa League can be regarded as a dimensional reduction blow.

In addition, in the Europa League, the Premier League team also won the championship and runner-up, with a poor record in the Premier League, ranked 15th and Tottenham, which ranked 4th to the bottom, showed strong dominance. Tottenham swept Bode 5-1 in two leges in the semi-finals, while Manchester United beat La Liga fourth Athletic Bilbao 7-1. The value of the starting 11 players of the two Premier League teams is several times or even dozens of times higher than their opponents. Take the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals between Tottenham and Bode as an example. Tottenham's 11 starters on the court have a total value of 463 million euros, while Bode's 28.25 million euros. The gap between the two sides is 16 times.

This season, the European game has undergone a new reform, and the first stage adopts the Swiss round league system. Teams that missed the third place in the group in the past could play in the knockout playoffs in the secondary European game, but now they can only go home. This also makes the European League and European Union level 2 European competitions stronger and weaker. The Premier League clubs that play with more investment and stronger overall strength are like tigers entering the flock to kill all sides. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur met in the UEFA Cup final, while UEFA United's independent scholar Chelsea easily won the championship. This situation will become the norm in the future.