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Dundee United drew 2:2 with the relegation team at home, but in this round of the league, Dundee United's competitors all won.

Inverness beat Aberdeen 2-1 away, Hearts beat Celtic 2-0 at home and Motherwell thrashed St Johnstone 4-0 at home.

So after this round of the league, Dundee United dropped one place in the standings, dropped to fifth place, and fell out of the European zone.

The biggest spectacle of this round of the league is that both the Celtics and Rangers lost together.

The Celtics lost 0:2 away to Hearts, and the Rangers lost 0:3 at home to Xibainian.

In fact, every season, the Glasgow duo have the same routine. At the beginning of the season, they won a wave of winning streaks and grabbed points. When they had a sufficient lead over the second group in the middle of the season, they began to be distracted by domestic cup games or European competitions. At the same time, he slowly compared his patience with his old opponent.

But it is rare for two teams to lose at the same time like this time.

In the current standings, the Rangers occupy the top spot with 31 points, followed by the Celtics with 30 points, followed by Motherwell with 22 points, Hearts with 20 points, Dundee United with 19 points, and the Celtics with 18 points. points of Inverness.

The demarcation between the first group and the second group is quite obvious.

On November 17th, in the 13th round of the league, Dundee United played against Kilmarnock at home.

This round of the league was held in the middle of the week, but Dundee United also recovered their form. Relying on the goals of Brother Moon and Russell, they defeated their opponents 2:1 at home and scored three points.

Since Motherwell lost 1:2 to Hibainian in this round, they gave up their position as the leader of the second group. Hearts took advantage of the 23 points after winning the game to take the lead, and Dundee United also caught up with Ma. Serwell has 22 points, but only because of the disadvantage of goal difference.

However, the two bosses of the first group also regained their form this round. After both wins, the points reached 34 points and 33 points.

Russell, a 20-year-old player, has won two consecutive games. Joan Daly's main position seems to have been challenged. This guy finally got a little nervous, and his training is much more serious than before.

After this round of the game, the Scottish Football Association announced a schedule adjustment. In the 15th round of the league, Dundee United's home game against Glasgow Rangers will be postponed, and the specific rematch time needs to be discussed.

The postponement of this game has nothing to do with Dundee United, it is mainly for the convenience of Rangers.

At present, the Rangers' schedule is relatively tight. The Celtics have been bitten to death in the league, the Scottish League Cup has reached the semi-finals, and the Champions League group stage is about to usher in a life-and-death battle. , hoping to postpone the game closest to the life-and-death battle of the Champions League, so that the team can fully prepare for the Champions League.

The Football Association of the Soviet Union quickly agreed to the Rangers' request after deliberations, so the match against Dundee United in the 15th round was postponed.

The Scottish Super League is a two-horse league. There is no doubt that the Scottish Football Association is dominated by the Celtics and the Rangers. If there was such a thing in the past, the Celtics would definitely hinder it and prevent the Rangers. Those who wish easily.

But this time, the Rangers' application was readily accepted. The main reason was the European War points.

The UEFA points of each European league is the sum of the average UEFA points of each league in the last five seasons.

Take this year's Scottish League as an example, the total number of points scored by the five teams participating in the European War, and then divided by five, is the average points of this year's European War.

Adding the average points of the last five seasons is the current total points of the Scottish League in Europe, and then comparing it with the points of other leagues to get the European ranking.

In recent years, the performance of the Scottish team in the European war has been worse day by day. The main reason is that only the Celtics and Rangers can grab points, and the other European teams are basically cannon fodder.

But those two teams often miss, such as the Celtics this year, so in recent years, the Scottish League's European rankings have declined year by year.

Although it will rise occasionally, for example, Rangers reached the UEFA Cup final in the 07/08 season and earned a lot of points for the Scottish League, which made the Scottish Premier League ranking rise.

But overall, the ranking of the Scottish league is declining.

Especially in the European war last season, due to the poor performance of the Scottish team as a whole, after the end of last season, Scotland's European war points were surpassed by the Danish league, and the ranking fell to 16th.

According to the current UEFA regulations, the top 3 leagues in the European War have four Champions League places, the 4th to 6th leagues have three Champions League places, and the 7th to 15th leagues have two Champions League places.

Last season, the Scottish Premier League fell out of the top 15, which means that this year's Scottish Premier League, only the final champion team can participate in the UEFA Champions League next season.

At the same time, if this year's Scottish team wants to qualify for the European War, the league ranking must be guaranteed to be within the top three, or win the FA Cup.

The European War is not good, and the Scottish Football Association is also worried about this matter. They still hope that everyone will work hard, and strive to rely on this year's Champions League and two Scottish teams to bring back the points and return to the front line. Within 15.

Unexpectedly, this year not only the other teams failed to live up to their expectations, but even the Celtics also had diarrhea. They missed the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. They dropped out to participate in the UEFA Cup qualifiers.

After all, as long as you reach the group stage, you can play six more games and get more European points.

Calculating the points in the European competition is actually not troublesome. In the main stage of the European competition, it is the same regardless of the knockout rounds of the group stage. Winning a game gets 2 points, a tie gets 1 point, losing a game does not score, and the qualifying round points are halved.

In addition, there are bonus points. As long as you participate in the Champions League group stage, you will have 4 points, and you will be rewarded with 5 points if you advance to the Champions League knockout round. After the top 16, you will be rewarded with 1 point for each additional round.

There is no point reward for the UEFA Cup group stage, and the knockout stage is also after the top 16, that is, starting from the promotion to the top eight, and each additional round will get 1 point.

Originally, according to the idea of ​​the Football Association of the Soviet Union, even if the Celtics could not qualify for the Champions League, it would not be a big problem to reach the UEFA Cup group stage. In this way, they would get more points, and the Rangers would work hard in the UEFA Champions League group stage. , Maybe it will be able to return to the top 15 points in the European War, and there will be two Champions League places after next season.

I didn't expect the Celtics to be disappointing, but fortunately, the Rangers are still working hard and are working hard in the Champions League group stage.

Rangers have been assigned to the same group as Premier League Manchester United, La Liga Valencia and Turkish Super League Bursaspor in this year's Champions League group stage. At present, they have played 4 rounds in the group stage. Manchester United ranked first in the group with 3 wins, 1 draw and 10 points. Valencia 2 With 1 win, 1 draw and 7 points, the Rangers ranked third in the group with 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points.

In the next fifth round of the group stage, Rangers will face Manchester United at home. This will be a battle of life and death for Rangers.

If Manchester United cannot be won, it is a high probability that Rangers will be eliminated from the group stage, but if Manchester United is won, Rangers will have a good chance of advancing to the knockout round, because Valencia will go to an away game against Manchester United in the last round.

Once the Rangers reach the knockout round, relying on generous points rewards, they can basically help the Scottish Super League get back to the top 15.

After all, among the top 15 European leagues, there are the Swiss league, the Belgian league, and the Danish league that has just squeezed in. Their European league points are not much higher than the Scottish league, and it is entirely possible to overtake and come back.

This is why the Celtics don't mind the Rangers adjusting the schedule, which is good for everyone.

If the Rangers can help the Scottish League regain its ranking, it will not be the Rangers and the Celtics who will benefit in the future. After all, the top two in the Scottish Premier League are almost taken by them every year.