Chapter 310: UEFA's Intentions

Yang Fan is very busy, in addition to training and competitions, he also has commercial endorsement activities, but also has to participate in activities arranged by the club, and also has to accept various interviews. Before becoming a star, he was very envious of the life of a star, but now Yang Fan has to admit that stars are also very tired. But...... This feeling of being in the spotlight is really 'great'.

His name is everywhere in the media, and many of the topics people talk about are related to him, passing by the park on the side of the road, you can see children playing and playing there wearing the Wolfsburg No. 10 jersey, all of which make Yang Fan very proud, and he is proud of himself, what does this mean? It shows that he is already a famous star in European football.

Yang Fan has no longer always maintained a non-cooperative attitude towards the media, because his agent Baker told him that if he wants to become a really great star, he must not only play football well, but also pay attention off the field, which of course does not mean that he should compromise with the media and often say something against his will, but to learn to 'use the media'. Therefore, Yang Fan also slowly began to attach importance to cooperation with the media, and as long as the other party did not maliciously make things difficult for the media interview, he was still more cooperative.

What's more, this time it was the club that informed UEFA official media that they were going to interview him, and Yang Fan also knew that this was an opportunity to continue to expand his influence.

"Helen, why are you?" Yang Fan asked in surprise.

He received a notice from the club to give an exclusive interview to UEFA officials, and he did not expect that the person he met in the conference room would be Helen, and he seemed surprised. Didn't Helen work for ZDF, and when did she go to UEFA?

"I'm working for UEFA for the time being. After finishing this topic, I will still return to TV 2. Helen smiled, dressed in decent professional attire, wrapping the beautiful figure of this young woman with excellent temperament very well, and her round "buttocks" were very "seductive".

"That's fine. Yang Fan smiled and said, "If you don't leave Germany, I don't know how many German men will be sad." "Helen is the goddess of many German men.

"Will you be one of them?" asked Helen, with a twinkle in her eyes and a seemingly casual look.

"Of course, I'm a fan of yours. Yang Fan replied.

Hearing Yang Fan say this, Helen looked very happy and pursed her lips and smiled.

"Ahem, ahem. One of the gentlemen next to him had to cough softly, fearing that if he didn't speak, he would continue to be ignored. However, he was indeed a little surprised, this dream lover of many German men seemed to have a good relationship with Yang Fan, and the words of the two seemed to be suspicious of warmth. Of course, it is not excluded that it is a work style of this Helen beauty 'woman' when she is working, he is a representative of UEFA's official media, and he does not know much about this famous German beauty 'woman' media person. Of course, when I first met Helen, this gentleman was also amazed.

"Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Haegrey, who is in charge of this topic on the UEFA side. ”

"Hello. ”

"Hello. ”

The two shook hands, but Yang Fan's attitude towards this Mr. Highgray was relatively flat.

The recording of the feature is very smooth, mainly to report on Yang Fan and Wolfsburg's 'color' in the League Cup, the Bundesliga team that entered the European competition for the first time in history, and it is very eye-catching in the League Cup, which can be said to be the most 'colorful' dark horse in the League Cup this season. UEFA intends to focus on publicity and promotion, which is also to expand the influence of the League Cup.

When it comes to European football, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is definitely the Champions League, and many top players also regard whether they have the qualification for the Champions League as an important condition for them to join a certain giant' club.

As a second-tier tournament between national clubs under UEFA, the situation of the League Cup is more embarrassing, of course, this cannot be said that the strength of the participating teams in the League Cup is very bad, the level of the League Cup is of course poor, but it does not say that it is too far behind, after all, she is also the champion team of the second-rate and second-rate leagues in Europe and the midstream teams of the three major leagues, and even another battlefield for a certain occasionally down-and-out giant.

However, everything is afraid of comparison, and when football fans are cheering for similar matchups like Real Madrid and Manchester United in the Champions League, it will feel boring to look back at the team matchups in the League Cup.

In addition, the influence, attractiveness, commercial promotion and other aspects of the League Cup are also lacking, there is a number of jΓΉ can explain the problem, the winner of the League Cup can get a mere millions of euros in bonuses, and this is not much higher than the silver obtained from a knockout victory in the Champions League, think about the gap is really six.

Such a huge contrast also leads many league teams not to pay attention to the League Cup, thinking that it is a 'chicken' rib competition, and are unwilling to devote their 'fine' energy to the League Cup. The most typical of these are the teams in Serie A, where teams will even play the League Cup for an inconsequential league match, and some teams will even use the League Cup to train in order to give young people and players returning from injury a chance to exercise and regain their strength. Although the situation is much better for participating teams such as the Bundesliga and the Premier League, it is also enough to show that the UEFA Cup competition is not welcomed in a certain way.

In fact, if from the root, the League Cup is the event created by UEFA, its predecessor was the City Expo Cup, and now the Champions League in full swing is not a competition pioneered by UEFA, for example, the League Cup is a biological son, and the Champions League is an adopted son.

We know that the Champions Cup was created by the famous French newspaper Le Corpus. Their reporters had heard and witnessed the praise of some British media for their own teams, and they came up with the idea of organizing the best clubs in Europe to compete for the title. However, UEFA at the time was not keen on this tournament proposed by "outsiders", because UEFA's intention at that time was to hold the City Fair Cup.

Let's put it this way, UEFA's decision at the time was somewhat of a political purpose, after all, European countries were looking forward to 'exchange' and communication shortly after the end of World War II, and it was also a good idea to strengthen 'communication' between cities with sporting events under the premise that the connection between countries was not very convenient (the first European Championship was held in 1960). But the idea is good, but the reality is cruel, the preparation of the Expo Cup and the running of the event have been a mess, and the competition has been played for as many as three years! In stark contrast to the unprecedented enthusiasm of the Champions Cup. With the strong support of the reporter Hano and the president of Real Madrid, Mr. Bernabeu, and with the enthusiasm of the teams from all over the world, the first Champions Cup went to the front of the Expo Cup founded by UEFA himself, and it is getting better and better.

But this is where UEFA's wisdom comes in, as they quickly threw an olive branch to the promising tournament, and the organisers of the tournament wisely handed over management to UEFA. The two major cups (including the cancelled Winners' Cup) have been shining ever since.

This allusion is very interesting: a non-governmental event has replaced the UEFA competition as a symbol of the supreme glory of European football today, and if you look at the historical environment, it is also something that can only happen in that era. At that time, UEFA was also not long established, and it was the time when it needed to continuously strengthen its prestige with its political performance projects, so it was impossible to allow the "adopted son" of the Champions Cup to enter his own 'door' court, which would never be possible if it was left today.

The reason why the Champions Cup entered the European football family as an adopted son, but has always been entrenched in the head of the family since then, I personally believe that in addition to a better cycle of good 'sex' than the League Cup, perhaps the fate of the two will be determined from the starting point of holding this tournament. Why do you say that, since the Champions Cup was originally initiated by reporters after watching the game, and the president of the club strongly supported it, it must have taken more into account the competitive 'nature' and entertainment 'nature' of football, and this is the essence of football and what it should bring people to enjoy. In contrast, the UEFA City Expo Cup at that time still required each city to form a team to participate in the competition, although it could strengthen the 'exchange' and communication between a certain city and between cities, but its purpose must have been quite a part of the football competition itself, otherwise how could the organization of a managed Expo Cup be even more 'chaotic' than a non-governmental spontaneous event? It stands to reason that the competitions of non-governmental organizations are generally not very formal, and they are certainly not as good as regular competitions in terms of the support and coordination of human, financial, and material resources. But the Champions Cup has one of the biggest favorable factors, that is, she conforms to the development law of football itself, with the club as the main body of participation, and pays more attention to the competitive 'sex'. Of course, with the vigorous development of football, people will naturally give it more connotation and meaning, but the premise of this is that after all, after development, it is obviously the destruction of football to bear too much weight at the beginning stage.

Due to these historical and practical reasons, the Champions Cup and the League Cup parted ways from the beginning, one took Yangguan Road, and the other almost took a single-plank bridge.

Now, the Champions League has become a global football 'fan' attention to the event, very popular, UEFA is also making a lot of money, at this time, UEFA has focused on the League Cup, a competition they created themselves, UEFA intends to focus on supporting the League Cup, to see if this less important 'chicken' rib competition can also be reshaped.

First of all, they have strengthened the publicity of the League Cup, in the media publicity, the scenery of the giants is naturally eye-catching, but there are few giants in the League Cup, which is naturally incomparable with the participating teams of the Champions League, in this case, the promotion of heroes has become another trend. Yang Fan led the league cup top of the 'goalscorer' list and led Wolfsburg, a little-known team, all the way to the top, and now it seems that reaching the quarterfinals of the League Cup is not a big problem.

Therefore, UEFA also focused on Wolfsburg and Yang Fan, coupled with the operation of Volkswagen behind Wolfsburg, they plan to focus on promoting Yang Fan and Wolfsburg, determined to create a new hero

It can be said that Yang Fan also took a ride with UEFA, of course, fundamentally speaking, this is also his own competition and the respect he won for himself with a goal on the field!

No matter where you are, in any field, strength is the last word!