According to the rules of the UEFA Cup, the German Cup champions can stagger three rounds of qualifiers, directly participate in forty teams, and compete for the group stage of 24 qualifying places.

Sao Pauli was assigned to Group B, with opponents in the same group being Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League, Bucharest Dinamo from Romania, Turkish team Besiksta and Bruges from the Belgian League.

The rules for the five teams in the same group are very simple. If you fight each opponent once, each team will play four games and will be ranked according to the final points.

The top two in the group can be promoted to the top 32.

At the same time, among the eight groups, the third in the top four can also be promoted to the top 32.

In other words, if St. Pauli wants to advance to the top 32 of the league, it is best to be ranked high in the group, and at worst, he must be ranked third to have a chance.

Bergman has much higher requirements for the UEFA Cup than the Bundesliga. He believes that European events are the stage to show the team. At the same time, the participating teams in the Bundesliga will be eliminated in the group stage, which is a bit of a 'slight embarrassment'. "So we must prepare carefully and strive to enter the top 32 in one go. At that time, we may compete with other top giants in the league."

"That's the real big stage!"

With the serious encouragement of Bergman, the atmosphere of the entire team became solemn, and every player worked hard to get into training.

The first game is approaching soon.
Chapter completed!