Chapter 62 South American Union

"We are right now, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and in this building behind me, the leaders of nine South American countries are having a joint meeting!!"

"Friends! This meeting was made possible by overcoming many obstacles! Chilean President O'Higgins called this day a historic one! On this day, the top leaders of the nine South American countries came together. Although the Western world has put a lot of pressure on them, they are determined to form a South American Union, and they are not afraid of it! โ€

It was in the morning that Brazil's female president, Safรณn, made an impassioned speech! South Americans, she said, share the same faith! Similar cultures! We're a huge whole! Although Brazilians speak a language that is somewhat different from most South Americans, Brazil is willing to show great sincerity to the people of South America! โ€

The Colombian president said that even if they were originally a family, when the brothers and sisters of the same father and mother live together again, they will feel uncomfortable in one way or another. But if everyone puts in the effort, they will find that every qiฤ“ will become extremely wonderful! Colombia has drafted a stricter gun control bill! And will step up the pace of implementation! โ€

At this moment, journalists from many different countries are gathered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and for nearly a week, many countries in South America have paid great attention to this meeting, and news programs about this meeting have been broadcast almost 24 hours a day on many television stations in many South American countries.

Countless South Americans are following this meeting.

Many are looking forward to the creation of the Union of South America, and of course there will be many who will oppose it.

Demonstrations against the creation of the Union of South America have been uninterrupted for the past month, and the West has been following suit.

Obviously, the United States would not want such a South American alliance to be born.

The European Union is already confronting the United States in political, economic, military and other aspects, and threatens the absolute, transcendent position of the United States in the international community. Not to mention that the Latin American world has always been extremely strong on political issues, European countries dare not take refuge, Russia does not take in, and many countries in the Latin American world will high-profile express their willingness to provide political asylum to these people.

Perhaps many of the rules that the Western world acquiesce to have always been nothing in the eyes of Latin Americans.

It is precisely because of this that the leaders of the nine South American countries were able to gather today in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and it can be said that they have experienced hardships and dangers that many people cannot see. However, they finally sat together on this day.

There will be many people who are concerned about the final outcome of this meeting.

"How's it going?"

"It's complicated. While the group of reporters out there are now all in high spirits, the situation is more complicated than we first thought. At worst, the second meeting still couldn't make a decision. โ€

"Complicated? For example? โ€

"Despite Colombia's promise of stricter regulation of privately owned guns, many people are still very afraid of them. Obviously, people are afraid that once the barriers between the nine countries of South America are broken, the danger factor will invade the safest places in South America as quickly as possible. Including Bolivia. โ€

"So, the biggest security issue is now standing in the way of the South American Union, right?"

"You're smart, young man, and if you add a qualifier like 'maximum,' I think I'll be able to give you an affirmative answer."

At this moment, Pele's youngest grandson, York, is also anxiously waiting in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. And, because they had special access to it, he and his colleague, who was many years older than him, were able to know first-hand information that journalists didn't.

Obviously, the desire of several countries to form a huge alliance has always been met with a lot of resistance, both from the outside and from within.

The more powerful countries in the alliance will fear that they will be dragged down by the other countries in the alliance, while the weaker countries in the alliance will fear that they will lose too much of their voice in the alliance, or even let the stronger countries call the shots.

Compared with the establishment of the European Union, the security issue in South America will be a more important key.

Although the level of law and order in South America has risen several levels in recent decades, there are safer South American countries, and of course there are more dangerous South American countries. If this problem is not well resolved, it will inevitably cause unease and dissatisfaction among many people.

Think about it, why is it that a country like Colombia, which is not so big, is able to make the best body armor in the world?

Such a question is obviously something that people are reluctant to ponder.

Clearly, this is a country that just a few decades ago, even the president would have been shot and killed in public appearances.

"Sir, in fact I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Personally, I hope that all South American countries will be able to break down the barriers between countries. I also hope that more people will come to South America and see what this beautiful land is like. I hope...... People's impression of South America should not just stop at 'hearing about it'. โ€

"Yes, that's what we want to do."

Apparently anticipating that the meeting for the establishment of the South American Union might once again fail to reach a consensus, the Brazilian, who is a quarter of black ancestry, seems a little lonely. And the gray-haired elder who was sitting next to him but looked extremely energetic also gave an answer.

The elder said: "For us, South America can only make a second leap forward if it becomes a huge whole like Europe. However, no matter which one it is, it is a general trend that is happening and cannot be changed. Now, we can only do what we can and wait for that node to come. โ€

In 2038,

December.

"Fans and friends! This is Football Bulletin!! In the last match of Group H of the just-concluded Champions League group stage, the Portuguese Super League team Porto lost to the Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce who were playing at home! Therefore, the two teams in the Portuguese Super League, Porto and Sporting Lisbon, have missed the quarterfinals of the Champions League this year! Equally ill-fated with Porto and Sporting Lisbon are La Liga veterans Atletico Madrid and Premier League giants Manchester City, both of which have been upset in the group stage of this Champions League and have entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup with the third place in the group stage!! โ€

In a heavy rain, Porto, one of the top three in the Portuguese Super League, left the home stadium of the Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce, the Saraggio Golu Stadium, by bus.

The Turkish team's hellish home stadium has always been known in Europe, and since the country, which has 96.9% of the country's land area in Asia, also joined the European Union, the three major teams in Istanbul City, Turkey, Galatasaray, Besitac, and Fenerbahce, have made an amazing leap forward.

And this time Porto's defeat to Fenerbahce in the group stage of the Champions League and their elimination made the boys who play in the Portuguese Super League extremely unhappy.

In this group stage of the Champions League, Lei Yi, who has just landed on the European stage, finally saw what it means to be a "Turkish" fan for the first time.

Oh, it's horrible, they actually put smoke in the stadium! It's still raining!!

This group of Turks has created an almost terrible, distorted space in their home turf!!

"Poor boy, scared by the Turks, haven't you come to your senses yet?"

This was uttered by a player named Kisas in the Porto club who always dressed himself up like the "Jesus" in many religious portraits. When he reached out and touched the top of the Thunderwing Boy's head, it always gave the impression that he was baptizing the saints with light!

"I ...... I was just wondering why I didn't score any of the three goals I played. I felt the angle was right when I kicked out, but I don't know why when the ball got to goal, it either hit the post or hit the crossbar......"

After Lei Yi said this, the Porto players who heard his words were silent.

Thanks to the hellish home stadium of the Turkish Super League teams, perhaps the best teams in Europe will not like to play at the home stadiums of those Turkish teams. Oh, the nightmare, it was a nightmare.

Thunder Wing: "We...... Eliminated from the Champions League group stage ......"

Kisas: "yes. โ€

Thunder Wing: "That...... There's no European club competition to play, is it......"

Kisas: "No, we're third in the group and we can start with the Europa League round of 32. โ€

Lei Yi: "That's great!! โ€

Teammates: ".................."

Although the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League are both top competitions among European clubs, it can be seen from their names alone that which of the two competitions is more valuable.

In the English Premier League, for example, the top three teams in the English Premier League will qualify directly for next season's Champions League group stage, the fourth place team will be able to qualify for the Champions League, and the fifth place team will not qualify for next season's Europa League.

In other words, in terms of the strength of the participating teams, the overall level of the European Champions Cup will be much stronger than the Europa League. Because of this, the European Champions Cup will receive far more attention in football than the Europa League. Not to mention, the Europa League will treat the teams participating in the Europa League far less than the Champions League.

The most obvious aspect of this is the appearance fee of the participating teams.

Regardless of whether it is a win, a loss, or a draw, the appearance fee given by UEFA to a team participating in the Europa League will be much lower than that of the team participating in the European Cup.

It's no wonder that many of the biggest clubs have played the bad games that have left fans in the Euroslena League so easily. Perhaps in the eyes of those giants, it is better to give up the Europa League as soon as possible, and then go all out to compete for the top spot in the league than to drag out the Europa League because of the Europa League.

Perhaps the most impressive example of this is the fact that Juventus, the northern giants of Serie A, were eliminated from the group stage of the Europa League with six straight draws after everyone said they had done their best. and the Manchester duo both upset in the Champions League group stage, finishing third in the group stage and falling into the Europa League round of 32, and then both were immediately eliminated by the small teams.

Of course, the attitude of such giants towards the Europa League has also caused these teams to suffer a big loss in their leagues.

Since the Europa League and UEFA Champions League results are important evidence for the calculation of European points in major European leagues, the poor results of those big teams in the Europa League will of course affect their league's ranking in Europe, and in the worst case, it will be caused by a drop in the rankings...... Reduced quota places for the Champions League.

This reduction in Champions League places may not directly affect the giants themselves, but will affect the second group in the league table. Therefore, the poor performance of the big teams in the Europa League will of course be boycotted and protested by their respective leagues.

But even so, some giants have been reluctant to take the Europa League too lightly.

And on such an issue, the teams in the Spanish Primera Division may be the most reassuring for their league.

For example, in the group stage of the Champions League this time, Atletico Madrid, which fell to the round of 32 of the Europa League with Sporting Lisbon and Porto. Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, who are also from La Liga, have been the face of La Liga in the Europa League for a long time, and they are a good illustration of what it means to "attack with life".

In the season when these two teams failed to reach the knockout stage of the European Cup, they almost always used their lives to set up the main "romance", that is, as long as I am in the Europa League, or no matter what kind of big team comes here, the hegemony is called "Europa League so-called" Europa League Domination will be done by me and my combat partner. If you don't believe me, why don't you give it a try? Perhaps, it was in the first year that Lei Ji joined Porto, one of the top three in the Portuguese Super League, that he was able to meet such a legendary team in the Europa League......