In the second International Champions Cup in 2013, the group competitions were still divided into east and west.
The two semi-finals were arranged in the central region of the United States.
The finals of the final championship was still arranged at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
The sixteen top competitions between European giants have once again detonated the football enthusiasm of North American fans in just a dozen days. They told the world that North America is no longer a football desert. .
On the contrary, here are the passionate fans with the most spending power in the world, and here will become the Nuggets of the world's top teams!
The defending champion Southampton has been the favorite team to win since the start of the International Champions Cup.
This dark polo team, as newly promoted last season, defeated Manchester United and miraculously won the Premier League championship. It is quite important in the hearts of North American fans.
Coupled with the beginning of the transfer period this summer, Southampton has always been the most popular topic team in the transfer market.
First bought Suarez for 40 million pounds, and then fell into Neymar's transfer soap opera.
Before the start of the International Champions Cup, Southampson first sent Neymar to Barcelona at a record price and introduced Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez from the Barcelona team.
Then they packed Gareth Bale and Vidal to Real Madrid at an amazing price.
Two transfers, one by one is amazing, the transfer fee has been 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. Wave tip.
Teams that sell players at high prices during the summer transfer period have seen more.
But how many of them are sold like Southampton, and each one is sold at a sky-high price?
With the star teams in the transfer market such as Southampton, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester City all landing in North America and participating in the International Champions Cup, the eyes of fans all over the world have naturally focused on North America.
The opening match ended with defending champion Southampton defeating Barcelona 2-0.
Luis Enrique's team was criticized and criticized by fans after the game, but it did not improve in the slightest.
The remaining two rounds were a tie and a loss, losing to Juventus and a draw with the Red Devils Manchester United.
After defeating Barcelona, Southampton defeated Juventus and Manchester United successively, won the group stage three consecutive victories, and qualified for the semi-finals with the group leader.
But the outside world is not satisfied with the performance of the saints.
In these three group games, Southampton's offense was very problematic.
Sitting on strong players and talents such as Ibrahimovic, Drogba, Suarez, Hazard, Sturridge, Sanchez, Ravel Morrison and James Rodriguez The rookie, the Saints only scored four goals in three group games.
Bielsa adjusted three different starting lineups and several different attack combinations in the three games, but the effect was not satisfactory.
Everyone believed that the loss of Neymar and Gareth Bale would greatly affect the attacking power of the Saints.
Although Suarez and Sanchez were also introduced, it is still unknown when the effect will be achieved!
Sure enough, after crossing the group stage, Southampton met Bayern Munich in the semifinals.
Bayern Munich, who has just completed a coaching change, is still adapting to the new coach Guardiola's tactical system. As a result, the two sides played very unsatisfactory. In the end, the battle was zero to zero. Finally, it was based on goalkeeper Neuer in the penalty shootout Outstanding performance, Southampton eliminated Bayern Munich and successfully advanced to the final.
But in the final, Southampton finally lost to Real Madrid by a score of one to two, missing the chance to defend the International Champions Cup. Gareth Bale and Vidal, who had just joined Real Madrid, both started their games.
Among them, Gareth Bale also scored the first goal since joining for Real Madrid and took a championship trophy.
Although Southampton failed to win the International Champions Cup, it did show up outside the stadium.
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. Bring Southampton at least 25 million pounds in business income.
This immediately amazed the whole world again.
The ability of the saints to make money is too fast, right?
The contract was signed one after another, and it felt as if there were a lot of sponsors lining up, holding the contract, waiting for Peter Kenyon to sign it.
On the second day after the end of the International Champions Cup, Mr. Bald held a modest press conference in New York, USA, and announced the four new sponsorship contracts signed by Southampton.
Strictly speaking, they are not big contracts, but small contracts of around 5 million pounds a year.
But isn't there a sentence to say?
By the way, accumulating less can make more, and gathering sand can make a tower!
Not only Southampton, but also Real Madrid, Manchester United, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Arsenal have all signed more than one sponsorship contract in the United States.
This immediately shocked the entire European football scene.
The European professional league has developed to the present, the market has long been saturated, and opening up overseas markets has become the top priority of all European leagues and giant teams.
It is unceremonious to say that whoever develops overseas markets well has more development potential.
For two consecutive seasons, the North American football market has been detonated, and a large number of participating giants in Europe have made a lot of money. You said, other teams in Europe, can they not be jealous?
As a result, 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 consult the next season's International Champions Cup schedule and qualifications.
Some teams even chanted the slogan of halving appearance fees, just to show their faces in the North American International Champions Cup.
Sun Yue took the trouble to deal with the bosses and senior executives of this group of enthusiastic giants, but he secretly admired the wisdom of Young Master Huan in his heart.
Does the International Champions Cup make money now?
Really didn't make a profit!
Although I signed a sponsor and signed a TV broadcast, the cost was not high and there was not much income.
But the eight teams come to North America to eat, drink, live, and play. All of them are paid by Miracle Media, and they are all carried out in accordance with the highest standard of treatment. How much money do they have to invest?
However, after two International Champions Cups, the International Champions Cup became famous, not only among sponsors, but also among the European giants. They have established prestige because they can bring them value and interest.
During the International Champions Cup, the 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, which created a huge advertising effect. .
The development of this event to the present, let alone no profit or loss, even if it is lost, so what?
Burning money can create a golden mountain. Who wouldn't?
If you lose for a few years, it will be worth it to create a gold signature event similar to the Champions League!
Just as Sun Yue was smiling happily, someone knocked on the door of his office from outside.
"Come in!"
I saw an American girl with a fiery figure and a standard ol uniform wearing a standard ol uniform, but she came in with an incomparably bumpy American girl, swaying her life without forgetting to cast a wink at Sun Yue.
"Mr. Sun, the mayor's office in Miami just called and said that he wanted to invite you to dinner."
Sun Yue looked at his secretary unscrupulously and said with a smile: "I'm not interested in eating with old men. I'm more interested in eating with you, especially dinner!"
The female secretary gave him a very charming look again, as if she was saying, "You bastard, you tossed about seven times last night. Isn't that enough?"
After a while, Sun Yue quickly recovered his seriousness, "He asked me to eat now, it must be for the International Champions Cup final. You tell him that I am not there. If he asks where he is going, you just say go. middle East!"
"Middle East?" The American girl clearly thinks of the hot Sahara Desert.
"Don't ask so much, just answer as I said!"
The beautiful secretary looked a little depressed, pouting her mouth, turning her high heels and turning to leave.
But when I heard a snap, my fragrant buttocks hurt. It turned out that I was attacked by my boss.
But she was not angry at all. Instead, she turned her head, giggled at Sun Yue, and walked away quickly.
"It's really a little fairy who doesn't lose his life!"
Sun Yue sniffed his right hand, as if he could still smell the remaining fragrance between his fingers.
But after the secretary closed the door and went out, he picked up the phone from the table and found a number, then solemnly calmed down a bit, breathed out, and called.
"Master Huan, it's me, grandson."
"Old Sun, what's the matter?" Yang Huan's voice came over the phone.
Don't look at Sun Yue, thinking of flattering all day when he was facing Master Huan, and sometimes he was not serious, but in his bones, he admired Master Huan so much that he was too loyal to him.
Three years ago, when he walked out of London Heathrow Airport with Young Master Huan, Zhang Ning and Long Wu, who knew them? Who knows who these four guys are?
But three years later, who in the world does not know Master Huan? Who doesn't know Zhang Ning? Who doesn't know his Sun Yue?
All of this is bestowed by Master Huan!
And Young Master Huan has never been stingy with him. He was given the salary and benefits that should be given, and even the shares of his company. You said, the more his grandson could not do his best to Master Huan, he died. ?
"Master Huan, there is another call from Miami, Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the Middle East, Australia in Oceania, and Asia. There are some countries, cities and regions contacting 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 in the past two years is indeed very strong. Especially this year, it completely overwhelmed the North American Invitational held by rs company. According to news, including Chelsea European teams, including Milan, have made it clear that they will not continue to participate in this event."
Yang Huan just gave a very indifferent hmm on the phone and said nothing more.
"I think we should continue to base ourselves in North America for the time being."
The entire North American sports market is indeed too big, unimaginable!
Therefore, it only took two years, and the International Champions Cup can only barely gain a foothold.
If this piece of fat is rushed to abandon at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that no one else will take advantage of it.
Besides, the meal has to be eaten bite by bite.
"Okay, leave this to you."
"I see, Master Huan!" Sun Yue replied in a very humiliating voice.
With the words of Master Huan, he can deal with many things with confidence! r1148
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