get your thinking cap some because this episode of kick off life is loaded with now . why do i bother hugh with all these. good question because these statistics help prove the sport we love is broken due to the ever widening gap between big and small clubs. of this formerly puti full game is at stake results are predictable matches are boring and competition is dying. a little kummel to spend my money to see. our reporter thomas lemma is in agreement he tells us what's gone wrong in football and what must be

done so we can once again say i still enjoy the games on the pitch but 1st we're going to check in with 2 of our favorite players by owens nicholas zuma and dortmund defended the shock all this in a much more kick off life. by a start to the season with a clear objective within the bundesliga title and how's that old saying go again often swims games defense wins championships. munich's defense is and could buy this match nicholas zuma. you know you want every kid dreams of being a champion i've had that incredible experience twice and want to the 3rd time no time to celebrate a tie on the focus is straight on that next title the 24 year old carries an imposing size on the fish. but he surprisingly quick how did he fit in when he 1st

arrived at by a. concert you don't want to arrive at byron low on confidence it's special here and you have to believe in yourself. i think i've made a lot of progress and i've really benefited from my teammates and the level of training. soulas found a home in the fi and back line he's got plenty of power but has a more delicate touch than you'd expect he helped launch and build the attack from the back. give me his bundesliga debut for hoffenheim in 23rd she has been dedicated to the sport from a young age. that's when you leave home at 14 for those moments you dreamed of as a child. zillah's dream has become a reality as you suits up for the german national team and the bundesliga champions

who got even better in the off season. resign 2 world champions that definitely have the talent to play for biron world cup winners benyamin puppet and lucas had now and is now lined up in the back alongside zula a monster pass from school or help set up a pub but 1st ever golf a buyer. want to buy them more to finish. these qualities are just what fi and need to clinch their 8th straight title and they'll have to be at their best as the competition will be stiff this season. but i think it's going to be a very tight race between us and dortmund maybe leipsic 2 they're a great team it should be exciting we'd happily in march right through to the title but that's not so easy in the bundesliga. and i want to see. it won't be easy for

him but it'll be great for as viewers. zillah is one of the league's top young defenders because peace check is also a defensive stalwart but has quite a few more seasons under his belt we chat with doormen from living like. let's jump back to match days through the 1st big surprise of the season with the title challengers dortmund losing 31 to newly promoted. maybe lucas speech i can tell us how such a thing could possibly happen. there was some doubt we knew would give it everything i think he liked a bit of focus in the 2nd half and just weren't able to take our chances.

and. he could but things america place is 34 years old and in his 10th season in black and yellow you can call him mr reliable. i do what i'm there for out on the pitch that's all i can say really. sure everybody loses from time to time but coughing up 5 goals in 3 matches how does he explain that. it's not how we planned it if you start out saying you're aiming for the very top you must be ready to fight as well as play football you need to focus to win these games. he certainly proved he can help turn games around paycheck like to talk it's to blame for. it's.

one last thing we couldn't let go of his shirts contract runs out after this season could this be as last year in dortmund. fans is an obvious i wouldn't say at this stage it's definitely our last season here i'd be happy to play. but i'd rather not talk about that at the moment type of. i've already heard mr dog say more than once that i'm giving more interviews no because i'm angling for a contract extension. we're lucky we got to chat with pete scheck. it's hard to imagine dortmund without it. as. defense goes our reporter thomas lemma is defending something bigger the sport itself lets us know how

a bit more fairness could save football. a few weeks ago i stumbled upon some statistics from the cia s football observatory they focused on the results of the champions league group stage since its introduction in 2003 fact one the teens at the top of the groups have progressively earn more points and significantly improved their goal with difference. the same analysis for teams at the bottom of 2 groups confirms an opposite trend that means that the gap between the top teams mba at say maybe york or once has become wider and wider in recent years this mirrors a trend in the real world with 3 americans on more than the bottom 50 percent of the american population and not most. but even worse the football games during the groups fail. become more and more predictable every year champions league games and

more and more often the way the bookies predict that the correlation between predict an end result has grown stronger and if a match has a clear favorite the probability that this favorite wins has increased to over 80 percent we all love to talk about football but doesn't it take away the fun when games nearly always and as expected the discussion which is. why do i bother him with all of these statistics it shows that the gap between the top clubs and the smaller clubs is getting bigger the competition in football is out of bats. this is also true on the national level let's have a look at the champions of the big 5 leagues over the last 20 years and compare the number of points they earned with the maximum points possible in the premier league

for example a season is $38.00 games in each game a club can grab 3 points for a season total of $114.00 the last champions manchester city pocketed $98.00 points that's 86 percent of the maximum possible and the 2nd largest hole in premier league history the largest was the year before when men city became champions with 100 points. that means no other team has ever done in 8 at the premier league mentions the city in the last 2 years. is ma dominant than king and ever was. far italy's syria are not only have few winters won the title atheist in a row they've also earned at least 75 percent of the points in every season since 2013 only 2 other teams had mentioned that feat since the 3.2 was introduced. by a munich who won 7 league titles. in

a row also took more than 75 percent of all possible point in each of those 7 years. went by and won their 1st win the streaker championship in 1969 they've backed only 67.7 percent of the possible points overall in the big 5 links the title winners have gone from earning an average of 69.9 percent of the maximum possible points at the beginning of the millennium to 80.5 percent in the last 5 years. so the imbalance between the champions and the rest of the clubs playing in these leaks has gotten bigger and bigger are the times when a small team beats a big team when david beats goliath when something really unpredictable happens those moments that make us love the sport so much are getting rarer and rarer you might think now ok you're talking about facts and figures and something that happened over the last decades i still enjoy the games on the pitch then let me ask

you do you really. let's look at my domestic league for example the puts league not only have one does he got clubs barely played a role in international competitions recently not only have by and become champions 7 times in a row not only did they achieve that without spending a single euro a new players before the last season. the game of football itself has become more boring the smaller clubs are awarding processing the ball and waiting for the favorites to make mistakes no risky passes forward no power dribbling no or tech mode better to let the opponents play and focus on pressing. the all the families spend my money to see. the students when german clubs shag logged on with berlin last year and then she could coach too many quoted as

analysis before the match and found that always won when they had less board position than the opponent to dispose plan of boyd possessing the ball and sadly the tech worked with less ball possession child composed that is 0 in the home victory and rose to 2nd in the table horrible game and i'm a shark of. the bonus league is a very good example of what might happen when one or 2 clubs dominate the league and the others just react it's not only about competition and balance the hope will be unity of this form of the beautiful game is at stake how could it come to this. 50 years ago the financial situation at the clubs rasputin much the same some clubs said big response worst for a bigger stadium which meant more spectators and more income from ticket sales. but

over the years the gap between rich and poor clubs has become wider and wider 1st because of the domestic t.v. money which favors the clubs already at the top right now by a new nick make 65400000 euros 40000000 more than the little for tonight dysart off . in the premier league to liverpool get nearly 3 times as much t.v. cash as what for. international t.v. money has drastically accelerated that development and since last year top european clubs like they are do it by and manchester united are getting extra money things to the champions league so-called club co-efficients those clubs get money from that pool even if they are not successful real madrid got 35500000 euros. for taking part a e k f and scot only 1100000000 from the same pool so

the big clubs make millions just for having big names and being successful in the past. and the number of insane transfers continues to grow. and we haven't even talked about sponsor money yet just one example margaret pull in 133000000 a year from could supply alone over 120000000 more then say a dutch club audience that means that only from selling their kids they can buy one get with bayer more than the dutch champions each and every year. and that's only the kids' supplier money if you put together all the other sponsors national and international t.v. money and club fissions rian madrid could buy a whole team of superstars every year how does that help competition.

with this system it's completely impossible for smaller clubs to close the gap on the top clubs even have a club of champions league season to remember and make it to the semifinals it's going to be an exception and we're not eliminate the imbalance. so what can we do to safe football what can we do to close the gap. do think they deserve to make the question let's have a look at the united states. obviously not a country famous for market regulation or equal distribution of wealth but they know how to make a shill out of their spots and they know the meaning of competition the national football league for example has the drive it's just scouts compile lists of the biggest college talent and ever. spring the weakest teams from the previous season are the 1st to sign the biggest tell them this system prevents rich teams from

buying of the best players. and at least in terms of competition the system works in the last 20 years 14 different teams have won the super bowl and also in american basketball and baseball no team can dominate a sport for decades by a munich due in germany. but could a draft system work in europe i suppose it's not a good idea football has become too global to regulate the market this way imagine with a draft and pete could have ended up in outspoken knowledge. so what else could save european football from the future of boredom. how about playoff games in national championships you know with the top 4 clubs playing in semifinals and then a fine or at least the end of the season wouldn't be as boring as it has been in the last 2 years but many players coaches and managers wouldn't vote for this

they'd say if you have a fantastic season 434-3638 days but then get knocked out in one single game it's unfair what's more during that part of the season there are enough of the fine arts in the domestic cups the champions league at such a stage so many decisive gates. well i think let's try it it's working in the us and a true champion must be able to beat every competitor a lot about salary caps every team has a certain maximum amount of money which they can spend on player salaries once again a successful recipe from u.s. sports in the national football league every team is allowed to spend a maximum of $188200000.00 on salaries. image and bustle on i having to said mysie in order to afford name mom. and

yes change the way t.v. money gets distributed in all competitions every teen playing in the champions league should get the same amount of money for every win or draw they could get a bonus and every point in this league a premier league team should also earn the same amount as. you if i am the national associations would be well advised to level the playing field in order to safe their sport and their cash flow impossible formula one racing introduced technical reforms all the time to slow down the fastest cars and in basketball the n.b.a. banned the dunk in 167 because kareem abdul-jabbar was getting too good at it. newton's 1st law of motion says an object will remain at rest on uniform motion in a straight line unless external force acts upon it so who can make this change.

i. it's us we are the fans we are the justifiers and the paying for the games these are my id 1st off please know if maybe we can say football as we know it to get. now that we know how to say football let's get back to things on the pitch liverpool striker kevin fallen trees on fire what's his secret. top striker doesn't twice time when it comes to getting to the net.

nothing can be fun. to assist in his 1st 3 but in this league a match is not a bad start for kevin fall and. he simply kept up his bristling form from the end of last season he's doing what he does best for me it's always been a bit helping i think scoring goals laying them on. the ball and put away 14 goals last season and played provider for another 12 this made him live a close and 2nd best scorer and helped secure them at champions the 1st. place clubhouse started the season strong as well holland seem satisfied with his team's play so far. to the right for a star system. but what does he expect from his side this season.

we want to do well in the d.f.t. cup be a bit more consistent than last season and make the champions league again. in match day 2 at just sold off put his stamp on the match. hole left flank probably still have nightmares about it he couldn't be stopped and with a bit of pressure on help cause an own goal all in the 1st 6 minutes quickly moving the ball forward that straight out of his coach peter bosses playbook his game plan has taken root in live acoustic even if they need to tighten up on defense. cuts. off as he says but we want to play attacking football win games and entertain the fans that's the basic philosophy that says to speak for yourself. i

. think about his style of play is a good fit for because an attractive football intensive pressing and plenty of possession. so opponents struggle to get to grips with us. it's all help fall out reach and precedented to run a full. path. i . will finish things with julian doesn't he sat down at like 6 new coach have high expectations supply he already looks set to deliver enjoy and see you next week on takeoff like. something's brewing in life to the business leaders rising star coach has taken command of one of the most ambitious clubs in the. union not this

man in leipzig a combination that's already led to plenty of fireworks i think i see that. his 1st matches have been a clear statement to the competition 3 matches 3 with. his it all to you tonight does not simply. it's not about replacing something or developing something from scratch but some plenty more it's already there with a few ideas to maintain the team's success or take things up a step or 2 steps into the. i was once experienced a rapid rise to the top of the leaks coaching contract at $28.00 he became the youngest coach in league history at hoffenheim only dortmund in buying collected more point. and i mean his time there but he doesn't well these numbers are not just money it's all about moving forward legs and oftentimes the whole structure of

the hoffenheim squad last season was weighted strongly towards attack minded players. playing top 10 teams in the champions league that made for a very attractive football but if you didn't get us the results we were looking for because the balance between defense and attack was always right it was pretty much 7030 in favor of attacking the players what if that was good for the fans if it's not so good for our results and. the coach and his club have plenty in common they both stand for hunger flare and disruption. do you not this man has grown into the face of a new generation of coaches looking to mix things up in the bundesliga. feel annoyed you know a number of big clubs have new coaches like a linebacker shall get a lot can happen i think it's going to be a long opening battle for the chopping places not as clear cut as last season with

all these changes throughout the league. now this man is the only coach to win his 3 opening matches this season there's a reason why you're seen as potential championship contenders with the resources lives they have it's likely only a matter of time until they left the title could it be this season that my focus off me never many but i'm sure we'll have a good season whether it'll be good enough to win a big title club i needed 3 years a dog winter and i live a full 3 years it would be fine by all of us or even sooner for years would also be ok anyway it would be great to do it and that's the aim of mostly much of this is my this or would seem. how this man was already coach of the year at 30 will be $32.00 in me 2020 and if it all goes according to plan he might also just be began his championship coaching. history.

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