The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 663 Big Event

With the combination of the European Footballer selected by the French Football Magazine and the World Footballer organized by FIFA, UEFA has actually been secretly thinking about how to get some benefits from FIFA.

Don’t think of Platini and Blatter as the same person. Although they wear the same pair of pants, many people even think that Platini will be the most powerful successor candidate after Blatter, but now he He is still the chairman of UEFA, at least he has to consider the interests of UEFA.

Of course, in name, the current relationship between UEFA and FIFA is so good that it is under the jurisdiction of the latter, so it is naturally impossible to fight against FIFA. It is absolutely wrong to engage in a player award selection, and it is impossible to happen, at least not in a short period of time.

UEFA finally came up with a good compromise, which is to integrate the annual UEFA selection.

The previous UEFA annual selection had five awards, namely the best goalkeeper of the year, the best defender, the best midfielder, the best striker and the best player, but now they have integrated these awards and compared them with European football. The Sports Media Union teamed up to launch the European Player of the Year award, canceling all other awards.

On the surface, this is an integration of UEFA's annual selection, and considering that the annual selection existed a long time ago, FIFA can't say anything about such an integration, but in fact, the so-called European Union after the integration The best player is equivalent to the European Footballer selected by the French Football Magazine.

Why do you say that?
Please see how the best players in Europe are selected. Through the cooperation of the European Sports Media Union, football journalists from 53 countries and regions under UEFA vote, and then determine the top three, but these three players are not ranked. The three players who entered the top three will be in the UEFA UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony and the awards ceremony, which will be conducted by 53 journalists from 53 countries and regions who have accepted the invitation of UEFA. On-site voting to determine the ranking seat.

Did you find it tricky?

The entire operation process is actually almost the same as the selection process of the French Football Magazine’s European Footballer of the Year, but at the same time, some of the current selection practices of FIFA have been added, such as finalizing the top three in advance, but this time UEFA is not at the awards ceremony Announced on the Internet, because many fans have accused FIFA of black-box operations in this practice.

Therefore, UEFA will tell you directly this time, I am voting on the spot, and you can see the voting situation as long as you watch the live broadcast, so that you can guarantee your fairness and fairness to the greatest extent.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to achieve absolute fairness and justice.

It seems that in the top three list announced by UEFA before, Champions League champion Barcelona's main midfielder Harvey, Real Madrid's top star Cristiano Ronaldo, and Tottenham Hotspur's top star Messi.

There is indeed some controversy over these three places. The importance of Harvey and Iniesta has always been the focus of disputes among fans, regardless of whether it is Real Madrid or Tottenham Hotspur. The performances in the Champions League are not satisfactory, but the performances of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in the league are amazing.

Among the other seven players in the top ten in the first round, Tottenham Hotspur shortlisted Ribery and Thiago Silva. Barcelona also had Fabregas, Iniesta and Pique was shortlisted, and Cesc Fabregas was shortlisted based on his outstanding performance in Tottenham Hotspur.

Therefore, on the surface, Barcelona is the number one winner, but in fact Tottenham Hotspur is the most shortlisted.

It is completely meaningless to care about this, the key is the competition for the top three.

Different from previous awards ceremonies, in the past, the prizes were drawn and presented, but now the topic is straight to the point, and the whole venue immediately entered a tense and intense mood. Everyone wanted to know who was the best in Europe for the first time. The player's winner, so the atmosphere in the entire Grimaldi Conference Center immediately became tense.

Finally, the number of votes was announced, Messi 38 votes, far ahead, won the first European Player of the Year Award!

There was a burst of warm applause immediately at the scene. Perhaps many people at the scene were dissatisfied with the result, and perhaps after the announcement, many fans thought there was a shady scene in the selection, but no matter what, this was the result of the on-site voting.

From the point of view of conspiracy theory, perhaps such a selection may indeed be controlled, but from a point of view of reason, who can control so many people, especially these people are a group of reporters!
53 journalists, if UEFA really wants to control their votes, what price will it have to pay?And as long as one of them announces the truth to the public, the UEFA award will completely lose its credibility, so the so-called black box operation can only appear in conspiracy theories, not reality.

The reality is that in the eyes of all reporters, Messi's performance is indeed better, even if he did not get decent honors in Tottenham Hotspur and the national team, but he did perform better.

Messi first hugged Ye Qiu, Franck Ribery and other club management and teammates, stepped onto the podium, accepted Platini's congratulations, and then faced the microphone. The number one superstar, in front of the microphone, he no longer felt nervous for the first time.

"I would like to thank all the journalist friends who chose me, thank you very much, but also my team-mates, without your help, I would not have won this award, and I need to thank Tottenham Hotspur, the club I play for , thank you to all the staff at this club for making Tottenham Hotspur so successful!"

"I especially want to thank my most respected head coach, Mr. Ye Qiu, and all the coaches of Tottenham Hotspur. It is your efforts to create such a competitive Tottenham Hotspur. It is also you who constantly inspire me and urge me to keep improving, I will do my best not to let you down, I will cherish everything I have now, and work hard to continue this successful tradition!"

When Messi raised the trophy high above his head with both hands, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

Satisfied, Messi held the trophy and walked off the podium. At the same time, Platini also solemnly announced the official start of the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 2011/2012 season.

Among the top 32 teams in the UEFA Champions League this time, the Premier League still occupies four seats, namely Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City. Interestingly, except for Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. Outside the seeded teams, Liverpool was placed in the second tier, while Manchester City entered the third tier, which also created a lot of suspense for the entire draw ceremony.

In addition, there are strong teams such as AC Milan, Lyon, Valencia, Villarreal and Marseille in the second tier, and Ajax, Leverkusen, Manchester City in the third tier. , Lille and other teams, the fourth tier is Dortmund, Naples, the two major league teams.

Since the announcement of the division, everyone is looking forward to the lottery ceremony, because everyone is guessing, will there be a duel between the death group?You know, it's absolutely possible!

As a guest of the lottery, Figo was the first to come on stage, and his task was to draw the first eight teams. Regarding this, Figo said that he was the easiest, "This is also the thing that is the least likely to offend people! "

After the draw, Tottenham Hotspur won the position of the E seeded team.

The second draw is Bobby Charlton, England's well-known football star. The Manchester United star said that his luck has always been good, and the thing he hopes to do most is to draw Tottenham Hotspur into death. group.

"If possible, I hope to be able to draw a team that can beat Tottenham Hotspur 8-0 into Group E!"

This remark immediately got a burst of laughter from the audience. Everyone knew it was a joke, but Bobby Charlton obviously held a grudge against Tottenham Hotspur's 8-0 slaughter of Manchester United. Everyone is even thinking, if the strongest AC Milan is really drawn, it will be interesting.

But it turns out that Bobby Charlton drew Valencia in La Liga. After the team lost David Silva, David Villa and Juan Mata, I'm afraid It is difficult to pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur.

After seeing the lottery results, Bobby Charlton expressed his regret with a smile, but after the end, he took the initiative to pass by Ye Qiu and hugged Ye Qiu to show that there was no problem between him and Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu also paid a lot of respect to this respected senior.

The guest of the draw for the third team was Gullit, a football star from the Netherlands. He said that he was a fan of Ye Qiu and hoped to help Tottenham Hotspur draw a weak team. Out came Leverkusen.

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone can guess that when the result comes out, some people will definitely say, ah, that’s right, it’s a new player facing his old club again, because Tottenham Hotspur have been very popular recently. The purple midfielder Vidal is a former Leverkusen player.

In fact, with the frequent flow of players in European football, there is a very high possibility that players will face their old clubs in the draw of almost any event, which is almost impossible to avoid.

The team in the fourth tier was drawn by the famous German star Matthaus, and everyone knows that after Leverkusen was drawn in the third tier, it is impossible for Dortmund in the fourth tier to enter Tottenham Hotspur That group, unless Ye Qiu is really unlucky and draws Naples, otherwise, all the teams he meets will be from the Czech Republic, Romania, Belgium, or even Cyprus, which will hardly pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur .

Facts have proved that Tottenham Hotspur is not so unlucky, and it is Belgium's Genk who was drawn.

Valencia, Leverkusen, Genk, strictly speaking, Tottenham Hotspur's Group E is still very competitive, although Tottenham Hotspur is the only one, but Valencia, Leverkusen and Genk, the three teams will fight for the second place in the group. Among them, Valencia and Leverkusen have the greatest chance of winning, and Genk is the weakest.

Of course, this kind of deadlock will also make Tottenham Hotspur's game difficult to play, because all teams will try their best when they meet Tottenham Hotspur, strive to score points, or lose It has to look better.

Relatively speaking, the situation of Manchester City is even worse. They have drawn Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Naples. In the true sense, the group of death. These four teams are obviously trying to get rid of Manchester City. rhythm.

Liverpool's luck is not too good. Marseille, Olympiacos and Dortmund are also in a highly competitive group, but with the strength of the Benitez Cup King and Liverpool's tyranny this season, it is estimated that they will advance from the group stage The difficulty is not great.

Manchester United is in the best situation, Ferguson is the luckiest, met Benfica, Basel and Galati Steel from Romania, this is almost the rhythm of keeping Manchester United out of the group stage.

"Believe it or not? The newspapers tomorrow morning will definitely contain a lot of conspiracy theories!" Ye Qiu said with a smile, "Manchester United must be very unlucky, and some people may say that it is Platini who wants Manchester United. UNPROFOR to the final!"

Peter Kenyon, who was sitting next to Ye Qiu, laughed when he heard this. This kind of conspiracy theory is actually not very convincing. Of course, there will definitely be schedule control. After all, if there is a strong dialogue early, strong The teams were all eliminated, and the finalists were all unpopular teams. Who would watch such a game?

But it's certainly not as outrageous as the conspiracy theory says!

"In my opinion, Manchester United and Liverpool have no big problem of qualifying, but Manchester City may stop in the group stage!" Peter Kenyon still has this vision after having played football for so many years.

The biggest problem for Manchester City is their ability to play away games and tough battles. Mancini's performance in Europe is not ideal, especially among the top coaches, he is also relatively poor. When it comes to Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Naples, there is really little hope of advancing unless he can overcome his bullying and fear of strength.

Relatively speaking, Ye Qiu didn't have much worry about the Group E he was in. As long as Tottenham Hotspur played normally according to the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, there was not much suspense about being promoted to the first place in the group. a kind of self-confidence.

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When all the teams participating in the UEFA Champions League group stage appeared in Monaco to participate in the draw ceremony, the World Football Economic Forum also began to be held in the Zhenhua Hotel in Stratford. The venue here is more luxurious than the Hilton Hotel It is spacious, the facilities are more perfect, and the service standard is higher.

Because Paul Newman broke the news in advance, this football economic forum has also attracted a lot of attention from the outside world. Although reporters, fans, players, and even some casual people are not allowed to enter the hotel at will, the omnipresent reporters can still find it. some opportunities.

For example, there was a British reporter who had been prepared for a long time. They booked a hotel room very early, stayed in the hotel, and then looked for opportunities to spy on the military situation. They quickly got a piece of news that Rome had introduced Pia from Lyon. Nikki.

Before the official announcement was made, the British Daily Telegraph had already leaked the news in advance, and the transfer fee was 1000 million euros. What is even more amazing is that this transfer started from the contact between the two parties, and finally completely After completing all the transfer procedures, the whole process only took 15 minutes.

What is this efficiency?
To complete a transfer of 15 million euros in 1000 minutes is simply an astonishing speed and efficiency.

Lyon's sports manager Lacombe confirmed the news when he officially announced the transfer at 15:[-] p.m., saying that it was indeed completed within [-] minutes, but said that the team was not hasty and did not make a hasty decision, " All the negotiations involved the participation of the player's agent, and they even reached a personal treatment contract with Roma on the spot."

"In the football economic forum, there are many transfers like this. Both parties have learned about each other, and may even have contact. Go to an agent and handle the transfer of three players at the same time, and get it done within 10 minutes!"

For a long time, the Football Economic Forum has given people a very mysterious feeling, because the venue is denied entry to the media and reporters, and even the protagonists of the transfer, the players, are also refused to enter the venue, but they can talk to their own by phone The broker keeps in touch and communicates to understand the situation and details of the negotiation.

The players are also very satisfied with this method, because certainly no player wants to negotiate with the old club and the new club face-to-face, so it would be better to go through an agent.

In the past few years, the football economic forum has gradually become popular, and more and more football clubs, agents and even sponsors have participated in it. Now it has become a global football event, and almost every continent , most countries with professional leagues will have teams send representatives to participate.

For example, in the Chinese Super League, more and more professional teams have participated in this event in the past two years, and they will also introduce some powerful foreign players or foreign players through some official channels and their own private channels. coach.

The same also includes Japan, South Korea, and even the American major leagues. The latter's football market has become more and more popular in recent years.

The entry of the Football Economic Forum undoubtedly fired the first shot at Zhenhua Hotel, but it was the big event that Paul Newman said would be announced that really attracted all the reporters to this hotel and this building.

The reporters have been fidgeting outside the hotel like ants in a hot pot, waiting for the official news, and this wait took three full days.

It was not until the last day of the Football Economic Forum, that is, the morning of August 31, that they received news that a press conference would be held in the large conference hall of the Zhenhua Hotel in the afternoon. Announce specific news.

(End of this chapter)