After the annual draw and award ceremony, UEFA hosts a dinner in a five-star hotel near the Grimalti Convention Centre to entertain all the guests and football professionals in attendance.

Even the royal family of Monaco is represented.

Manchester City were the protagonists of this year's Champions League group stage draw, but as the team in Pot 4, they became the focus of attention from the world's media, and in the end, this team also drew the death combination of AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax.

Therefore, after the draw, many media wanted to interview Gao Han, but there was no one to see, only Manchester City's general manager Paul Futrey as a representative, routinely interviewed by the media, and Ferguson and Guardiola, who had previously traveled with Gao Han, were interviewed in person, which made many media reporters very strange.

Where did Gao Han go?

It wasn't until the dinner was about to start that Gao Han and Platini were late to talk and laugh.

This undoubtedly deepened everyone's curiosity even further.

Guardiola sat at the same table with Ferguson and others, and specially reserved a place for Gao Han, and raised his hand as soon as he saw him enter the door, and Platini personally sent Gao Han to the seat before he said politely, "Everything is please." ”

Seeing the back of the departure of the UEFA president, everyone felt very strange.

"What's the situation?" asked Ferguson, who was next to him, curiously.

In fact, Ferguson has always been a very curious person in life, which is why he has been able to maintain a fresh and pursuit of the Manchester United position for many years.

After hearing this, Gao Han nodded very seriously and said: "It's nothing, I just think that you are too old to do such a tiring job, so let me be merciful to your subordinates and let you retire with honor." ”

Saying such nonsense in such a serious manner, everyone around him burst into laughter, and Ferguson almost didn't give him a punch.

But he didn't say it, and Ferguson could vaguely guess something, "Is it related to the Spanish strike?"

He didn't ask in a loud voice, and the scene was very noisy, so he didn't have to worry about being heard by others except for a few tables around him who were paying attention to talking.

After listening to Ferguson's words, Guardiola, Simeone and Emery also looked at Gao Han in unison, they are all La Liga managers, and they are naturally concerned about how the strike is going.

Gao Han smiled slightly, "Someone is playing and playing, and they accidentally break themselves, and now it's difficult to ride a tiger, so someone needs to stand up and solve them a trick, it's as simple as that." ”

When he said this, everyone understood.

But is it really that simple?

With the current situation in Spanish football, the professional leagues and the government have stood on the same unbreakable front, and the 42 professional teams of La Liga and La B are also unswervingly promoting reforms.

It can be said that in the current situation, the reform of broadcasting rights has become unstoppable.

Over the years, FIFA has always advertised itself as a country outside of politics, a country of its own, and even confronted sovereign countries many times, such as the recent World Cup in South Africa, South Africa was extremely dissatisfied with FIFA.

For a grand sporting event such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games, it is a loss-making deal for all host countries, and it is purely a loss to make money, but even so, the requirements of FIFA and the Olympic Committee are higher and higher.

This time FIFA provoked South Africa, the African BRICS country is powerless against FIFA, but if it provokes a big country next time, it is uncertain whether Blatter will be able to continue to rule his football kingdom.

In the same way, FIFA's style has been followed from top to bottom to all continental football associations and national football associations.

The Spanish Football Federation dared to risk the big condemnation and work against all professional clubs, professional leagues and the government, because they had the confidence to stand behind FIFA.

But the result?

The Spanish government didn't like him at all, and even this arrogant and domineering remark angered Spanish fans.

Football is very important, but where can national sovereignty be trampled on?

What's more, this is Spain's own domestic football affair, and FIFA needs to dictate?

If I listen to you this time, then you won't kick your nose in the face next time?

So soon, the government increased the pressure, and even drew a bottom line, and the second round of the new season of La Liga will be held as scheduled.

Not only the government and professional leagues, but also the referees' committees, coaches' committees and players' unions have said that they will reconsider the decision to boycott the game, and they all said that they understand the plans of the professional leagues to reform the distribution of broadcast rights.

For a time, the Spanish Football Federation was in a desperate situation of betrayal and separation.

Blatter's pressure, which Bilal had hoped for, turned out to be a hot potato, a joke.

Thinking of this, Gao Han sneered sarcastically, "A group of guys who can only play amateur football politics dare to make axes in front of politicians, I wonder if their heads are kicked by donkeys." ”

Chairman Mao said that the barrel of a gun comes out of power.

Blatter thought that if he was the president of FIFA, he could advertise football as a country of its own, not ruled by any national power, and even confronted sovereign countries many times, but he never thought that his set of rules could really play like this?

Not to mention big powers such as China and the United States, even in front of the Spanish government, what are they?

Besides, ban Spain?

Will UEFA abide by FIFA's decision? Will the Spanish Football Federation dare to listen?

This institution can be said to be arrogant to the extreme.

Now that Bilal is playing with fire and setting himself on fire, he has set himself on the fire and roasted himself, the professional league and the government are going to kick him out of his own game, and the referees, coaches and players have loosened their attitudes, what should I do?

Beg?

Are you kidding?

If the Spanish Football Federation begs for mercy, then there is still a place for them in the future?

Keep stumbling?

That's even worse, now it's clear that the situation is quite unfavorable to the Football Association.

Therefore, the best outcome is to find an intermediary to come forward, give each side a step, pull back together, sit down and talk again, and then the two sides shake hands and make peace, each of which completes each other's face.

UEFA is of course the most suitable candidate, in fact, Platini has been constantly calling for calm, but everyone knows that UEFA is affiliated with FIFA, although the two institutions are not on the right path, but there is such a relationship.

Therefore, Platini sought Gao Han's help, hoping to use Gao Han's identity and status to pull up several well-known and high-status football figures in Spain to come forward and appeal to give the two sides a step and renegotiate.

This should also be the result that both sides want to see the most, after all, the Football Association is certainly out of the strikeout, but FIFA and UEFA will definitely not give up, and then it will be a series of battles, and no one will benefit.

Politics is, after all, the art of compromise.

But after this incident, Gao Han also began to gradually realize that the matter of the Spanish Football Association will only start once, and such an arrogant and domineering approach like FIFA will play himself to death sooner or later.

They can offend South Africa, and they can even put pressure on Brazil and Qatar, but when they provoke major powers, such as the five permanent members of the United Nations, they will certainly not have their good fruits.

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After the Champions League group stage draw ceremony, Gao Han did not accompany Ferguson and Pep Guardiola and others to Nyon, Switzerland, to participate in the annual European head coach summit, but went directly to Spain.

Soon, when the shock of the Champions League group stage draw faded, Marca published an interview with Gao Han.

In the interview, when Gao Han was asked by a reporter from Marca Daily about his views on the La Liga boycott, Gao Han called on the two sides to understand each other, understand each other's positions and concerns, and continue to boycott the game will have a huge and painful impact on La Liga, so all parties should put aside their previous suspicions and sit down again to negotiate.

"Recently, I have been in the UK, but I have always been aware of the news in Spain, I am good friends with Bilal, I know that he has made an indelible contribution to Spanish football, and the Spanish league and the national team have achieved today's results, and the Football Association has an indispensable credit and contribution. ”

"The success of the league should not be a reason to deny the role of the Football Association, especially in the field of youth training and the promotion of football, and it will also require the Football Association to continue to work hard in the future. ”

"Of course, the league also has league considerations, especially in today's highly marketized world, many systems and regulations that have been used for decades should indeed keep pace with the times and implement reforms, so that La Liga can continue to achieve long-term development and compete with other leagues around the world. ”

"So I hope that the two sides can sit down again, talk again, and seek a win-win solution. ”

Gao Han's words quickly caused a huge repercussion in Spain, and the vast majority of fans also expressed their support, believing that continuing to boycott the game and continuing to confront all parties is not a good thing for the league or Spanish football.

Soon, Spanish celebrity Aragonés also stood up and publicly supported Gao Han's remarks, saying that all parties should consider the interests of the fans, sit down again to negotiate, and seek a solution, instead of continuing to hold their existing positions and confront.

"I don't think it will come to fruition if it continues like this, I call for talk. ”

Coach Bosque, who had just led his team to the World Cup in South Africa, also called for talks and refused to confront.

"With all the other leagues already in full swing, continuing to strike will only cause greater disaster and loss to La Liga and Spanish football, and it is also an irresponsible act for the fans. ”

Immediately afterwards, the coaching committee also immediately issued an appeal, hoping that all parties can sit down and talk again, the players' union and a number of stars, including Raul and Guti, who have left La Liga, have called for talking, and the referee committee also quickly issued a statement, calling on all parties to talk and stop the boycott.

In just two or three days, there was a surge of emotions and voices demanding to talk and stop the boycott.

In early September, before the first national team match, the media broke the news that representatives of the Spanish Football Federation, the professional league and the government were invited by Gao Han, Aragonés and Bosque, as well as many Spanish celebrities, to gather in Madrid to restart the conversation and negotiate to stop the boycott as soon as possible.

Three days later, after three consecutive days of negotiations, the three parties jointly announced that they had reached an agreement on the broadcast rights plan, and the La Liga boycott came to an end.

At the same time, in the statement, all three parties expressed their gratitude to famous names such as Gao Han and Aragonés for their efforts in this conversation, and hoped that they could continue to contribute to the development of Spanish football in the future.

At this point, a month-long La Liga strike that shook the world has finally come to an end, but the profound changes brought to the strength pattern of Spanish football have just begun.

(End of chapter)