Wenger: Champions League is Overrated
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Arsene Wenger has amazingly claimed that winning the Champions League is an "overrated" achievement.
The Arsenal boss - who has never won European football's most prestigious club trophy - believes it is a far greater achievement winning the Premier League instead.
The Gunners head for Romania to take on Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday with Wenger playing down the significance of the competition.
"It is overrated," said Wenger. "It is a cup, it is not a championship - how many games do you need to win?
"If it was a European championship over 38 games then it would be different and you can say the team who wins that is really the best in Europe. Were AC Milan the best team in Europe last season? I'm not convinced.
"I think it is harder to win the Premier League than the Champions League because you do not have to win as many games to be crowned champions of Europe."
Wenger insisted it does not worry him that, unlike managers such as Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, Rafa Benitez at Liverpool and former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho who won it at Porto, he does not have the Champions League trophy on his CV. He said: "I want to achieve it because I want this club to win it, but for my ego it is less important. I judge a manager on what he has achieved in his whole career, not on this one trophy.
"I am not saying I wasn't interested in that glory 10 years ago, but I am much less so now. When you are very young you want to win it to say: 'I am the best'. But when you have more experience you know you can be the best one day and less good the next, it is all a game.
"I want to achieve it for the players and the club but less so for myself to say: 'Look how good I am'. Your ego is less when more experienced." -
it's the third most prestigious cup leh
where got overrated
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he's just jealous cause he hasn't won it.
Milan ALWAYS plays better in Europe than Serie A. -
Dear old Wenger. -
Finding excuses just in case he cock up again.
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i agree it is over-rated.
it is only better than all other cup competitions. winning the domestic championship is always the most difficult task. -
Playing against the best of Europe is the most difficut task..Originally posted by dragg:i agree it is over-rated.
it is only better than all other cup competitions. winning the domestic championship is always the most difficult task. -
best of europe?Originally posted by zenden9:Playing against the best of Europe is the most difficut task..
firstly, the best teams dont always get to play each other.
lastly, most teams dont deserved to be in the competition in the first place. -
I agree European Cup is the most difficult ..... cos u need to be the country best 4 , or Europe's best 32 to qualify .
To qualify , u need to do well in the domestic league .
If u did well to qualify , u fully deserve to be in European Cup .
If the best 4 don't deserve to be in the Cup , who deserve it ? Everton ? Aston Villa ? Tottenham ? Fulham ?
Just qualifying u need to be in the top-4 scale , to win it ?
As far as i knew , Arsenal never won anything in Europe . -
yeah its overrated.
Any good team can make it to last 16. And if you get a bit lucky, you will win the crown. Definitely easier than winning the epl title. Failed this season...try harder next season again and again.
Arsenal has won cup winners cup before... -
Arsenal will win the EPL title n UCL cup this season! to prove to u pple this cup ca be easily win n nothing special about it!
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champions league is supposedly a cup tournament for champions of individual leagues. it shouldnt include 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams.
they should revert the name to european cup. -
If thats the case i think the top teams in Europe will probably boycott the UCL and establish their own league.Originally posted by dragg:champions league is supposedly a cup tournament for champions of individual leagues. it shouldnt include 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams.
they should revert the name to european cup.
Since its all about money and television rights.
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cool..
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it is exactly because of money and tv rights that they adopt the system of allowing 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams to play.Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:If thats the case i think the top teams in Europe will probably boycott the UCL and establish their own league.
Since its all about money and television rights.
it would be best if they revert the name back to european cup. -
i agree. should revert the name to be european cup.
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Originally posted by 798:
Arsenal will win the EPL title n UCL cup this season! to prove to u pple this cup ca be easily win n nothing special about it! -
If its so overrated like he says, withdraw the Arsenal team from UCL den. Wads the point for him to win it den?
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I tot Milan deserve to be UCL Champions Last season
and Milan deducted 8 points for fixing matches last season and still got 4th just 1 point behind lazio -
over-rated doesnt mean its not important or useless.Originally posted by Cullen[10]:If its so overrated like he says, withdraw the Arsenal team from UCL den. Wads the point for him to win it den?
teams still need the revenue from CL. -
like somebody said earlier. he's just making excuses for not being able to win it.Originally posted by Cullen[10]:If its so overrated like he says, withdraw the Arsenal team from UCL den. Wads the point for him to win it den? -
sadly, I disagree with you.Originally posted by ghimpheng:I tot Milan deserve to be UCL Champions Last season
and Milan deducted 8 points for fixing matches last season and still got 4th just 1 point behind lazio
Milan was found guilty of match fixing, it is a joke to allow them back in the UCL. Secondly, due to fact that they are out of league title race that enabled them to rest and have the best chance of winning the cup.
even so, I acknowledged their team was much better than Man_United last season. -
well, he must know that UCL is the biggest money generating for all teams involved.Originally posted by Deunamist:like somebody said earlier. he's just making excuses for not being able to win it.
Now, he got money, so can talk big. I did not hear so many comments last season when they were financially struggling.
To me, he is the biggest joke to EPL, cause he used an Non-English Team,and even defended himself.
for those who agree with him, just think of this scenario, all our Singapore sports are represented by foreign-bred and no chance for locals to participate.
They are going down that path, and to quiet some, they buy a walcott with a big price.. Don't get suck in.. -
it is not even my team which is guilty. it was a shareholder who was involved in the match-fixing.Originally posted by iceFatboy:Milan was found guilty of match fixing, it is a joke to allow them back in the UCL.
the players had nothing to do with it.
we played through from the third qualifying round to the final and won it even though our morale was dampened from the start.
Milan is indeed, statistically speaking (by UEFA calculations), the highest ranking team in all European competitions. -
r we english in the 1st place?Originally posted by iceFatboy:well, he must know that UCL is the biggest money generating for all teams involved.
Now, he got money, so can talk big. I did not hear so many comments last season when they were financially struggling.
To me, he is the biggest joke to EPL, cause he used an Non-English Team,and even defended himself.
for those who agree with him, just think of this scenario, all our Singapore sports are represented by foreign-bred and no chance for locals to participate.
They are going down that path, and to quiet some, they buy a walcott with a big price.. Don't get suck in..
who care about arsenal not having english-bred players. english players r a bunch of over-rated players who r over-priced for nothing.
the only thing dat get media attention is WAG.