Chapter 413: After the Bloodbath

Seven to 0! Tottenham Hotspur drew a perfect end to the first Club World Cup match since the establishment of the team with a hearty victory, but also made Blatter who came to watch the game lose face!

"These arrogant Brits...... They wanted to tell me in this way that the move of replacing the Toyota Cup with the Club World Cup has no practical meaning at all, except for adding some political achievements to me as a face-saving project!" Staring viciously at the Tottenham players celebrating the victory on the sidelines, Blatter looked a little hideous, and said through gritted teeth, "I must give Tottenham a little color! Otherwise, I'm afraid that in the future, those guys in Europe will not take me and FIFA seriously!"

I have to say that Blatter is living in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he is completely interpreting the behavior of George and Tottenham from his own perspective. In fact, George just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the Japanese market. After all, the Japanese have a special personality of worshipping the strong. As long as Tottenham Hotspur has the strength to crush all opponents in the Club World Cup, then it is natural that many Japanese fans will become Tottenham fans.

Blatter didn't know George's true intentions. In the eyes of the FIFA president, Tottenham's bloodied Saprisa in the semi-final was undoubtedly a clear demonstration!

Blatter never thought that the fundamental reason for such a disparity in scores was that the gap between Tottenham and Saprisa in terms of overall strength and tactics was too huge. Coupled with the fact that George made the players go all out in the game in order to better develop overseas markets, this led to this tragedy.

Of course, what Blatter didn't expect was that less than ten minutes after he said this, and before he even had time to put it into action, the matter had already reached George's ears!

For Blatter and Platini, two unscrupulous guys who have no bottom line to achieve their goals, George has done a lot of precautions to avoid his own interests being damaged because of their relationship. And judging from the results achieved so far, these preparations of his can be said to be worth the money!

For example, this time, if Tottenham were beaten by Sao Paulo in the Club World Cup final under Blatter's conspiracy, even if there was an element of deliberate bias on the part of the referee, it would have a huge negative impact on George's Tottenham business promotion plan!

"Oh, it's really a person who can beat Leonart (Johansson) to be the president of FIFA, and he looks at things from such a different perspective. Knowing that Blatter had plans to teach Tottenham a lesson, George chuckled lightly, not taking the threat to heart at all, "Adele, you go and arrange it." If Blatter dares to say that, then he will definitely make a move after this. I think playing the referee would be the most likely thing for him to do. ”

Although some people say that what Sticks did in the 02 World Cup was secretly planned by Zheng Mengzhun, who was then the vice president of FIFA and the chairman of the World Cup Organizing Committee, but without Blatter's acquiescence and indulgence, how could there be a situation where Portugal, Italy and Spain, the three favorites to win the championship, were all eliminated by a team like Sticks that has never made it to the rematch stage of the World Cup?

"No problem~" Adele agreed, not hesitating for even a second because it was the FIFA president who was dealing with it, "Brother, don't worry, we are not Italy and Spain that have suffered losses and have no power to fight back." If Blatter dares to do anything about refereeing, then I will definitely make him understand that there are some people he can't afford to provoke!"

On the second day of Tottenham's qualification for the final, the second matchup of the semi-finals of the Club World Cup was also decided - after 90 minutes of fierce battle, Sao Paulo defeated the AFC Champions League champion and Saudi Arabian powerhouse Ittihad with a score of 3-2 to get another ticket to the final!

Sao Paulo and Tottenham meet in the final of the Club World Cup, a result that can be said to be extremely satisfying to all parties. The interests of sponsors and broadcasters are safeguarded, FIFA guarantees ticket sales and ratings for the Club World Cup, and fans prefer to see such a pinnacle showdown!

"The idea of creating the Club World Cup is not wrong, it's just not time yet, and there are a lot of problems with the format and the qualifications of the teams. Although he looks down on Blatter, George still thinks there is a lot to be gained from the Club World Cup. At least, the emergence of the Club World Cup has indeed made football have a real "World Cup" at the club level!

If it weren't for the fact that Blatter brought too much of a politician to the Club World Cup when it was created, coupled with the natural flaws of the Club World Cup in terms of format, time and teams, the Club World Cup would not have become a chicken rib competition in the previous life.

Just like Platini's proposal when he ran for UEFA presidency in the past, "to give teams from small countries more opportunities to appear in the European competition", the creation of the Club World Cup has certainly made it possible for teams from other continents to participate in it, but the champions of each continent have also greatly reduced the gold content of this competition!

How many fans tune in to watch the Club World Cup for a match between Saprissa and Sydney FC?

Why does the "private" Toyota Cup have such a special status in the hearts of fans, so that the official FIFA Club World Cup cannot be replaced? Isn't it because South America and Europe are the two continents with the strongest football level in the world, and the Copa Libertadores and Champions Cup winners represent the two strongest (or at least top-level) teams on both continents!

Therefore, in George's view, the Club World Cup should actually be like the World Cup, with different number of places to be given according to the level of football in each continent, and then adjust the schedule and match time accordingly. In this way, it is possible to minimise the impact and lack of spectatorship that comes with a weak team entering the Club World Cup. It will not be like now, almost everyone's eyes are on Tottenham and Sao Paulo, and the other teams are not at all!

As for the fifth- and sixth-place finals and third- and fourth-place finals arranged by Blatter, it suffered a cold snap in ticket sales. In order to ensure attendance, FIFA had to seek cooperation from the Japanese Football Association to give out a large number of free tickets to the students.

Pulling students to fill the scene in the case of poor ticket sales is not a unique national condition of the Celestial Empire, and it also exists abroad. For example, in the previous Rio Olympics, the organizing committee issued free tickets to 240,000 students for the sake of attendance, and also called it "giving students the opportunity to experience the charm of these unpopular sports up close".

In this way, under the anticipation of the fans, the calendar finally turned to the page of December 18. The Club World Cup final between Tottenham and Sao Paulo is about to begin!

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