For Ligue 1, the most embarrassing thing is not that I didn’t have the Champions League final, but that I didn’t even have the Europa League final.

, it’s just a second-tier league like the Romanian League. This is only in terms of the number of championships. If the indicators are extended, Ligue 1 will be even more embarrassing. For example, since the restructuring of the Champions League, the four major leagues have all created a scenario - booking the Champions League final. What's the meaning? Two teams from the same league meet in the Champions League final. For example, in the 2002-03 season, AC Milan and Juventus reached the Champions League final; in the 2012-13 Champions League final, the German El Clasico was staged, with Bayern facing Dortmund. There are even more in La Liga and the Premier League. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have booked the stadium twice, and Real Madrid has also met with Valencia once. Manchester United and Chelsea, Chelsea and Manchester City have also booked the Champions League final for the Premier League. Among the five major leagues, only Ligue 1 does not have one. Paris Saint-Germain can reach the Champions League final, even in today's European football, Ligue 1 is the limit. In the past, we could still count on Lyon and Marseille, but now, it is really difficult to find a team in Ligue 1 to participate in the Champions League finals other than Paris Saint-Germain. In fact, looking at the history of the Champions League, in addition to the teams mentioned above, only Reims, Saint-Etienne, and Monaco in Ligue 1 have reached the Champions League final.

Isn’t it embarrassing? But this is not the real embarrassment. The most embarrassing thing is that Ligue 1 has not even booked the Europa League final. Doesn’t it mean that the one that truly reflects the overall level of a league is not the Champions League but the Europa League? Then we will look at the Europa League, including the previous UEFA Cup. There is no harm without comparison. The same has been done in the Europa League finals, La Liga, Premier League, Bundesliga and Serie A. Let’s look at the Bundesliga first. In 1980, Frankfurt and Borussia met in the UEFA Cup final. During the Little World Cup period, Serie A reserved the UEFA Cup finals, which was a common occurrence. Just one example - Juventus vs. Fiorentina in 1990. As for the Premier League (including the previous League One), the first UEFA Cup was the English Civil War - Tottenham vs. Wolverhampton in 1972. Since then, there have been more examples of the Premier League booking European League games, such as the most recent one, Manchester United versus Tottenham last season. There are countless examples in La Liga, such as Sevilla vs. Espanyol in 2007 and Atletico Madrid vs. Athletic Bilbao in 2012. Finally, another dimensionality reduction blow - even the Portuguese Super League has booked a game in the Europa League final, in 2011, Porto faced Braga. But this is not available in Ligue 1. At the moment, the embarrassment of this matter is that in the Champions League, Ligue 1 has Paris Saint-Germain dancing alone, and in the Europa League, the French Ligue 1 team does not seem to be competitive. Since the 21st century, the only French Ligue 1 team that has reached the Europa League final is Marseille. It is not enough for Ligue 1 to have only one Paris Saint-Germain or only one Marseille. When will Ligue 1 be able to book the two major European competitions, will it truly be considered worthy of joining the ranks of the five major leagues.

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