Joseph Blatter, known as the football tumbler, has been an evergreen tree in international football since 1981 as FIFA Secretary General and since he was elected FIFA President in 1998.

There are even those who call him behind their backs, dictator.

As a veteran of international football all his life, Blatter knows better than anyone how this set of rules should be played.

In '07, Platini defeated Johansson to become UEFA president, and many people say that he is a true legend of Blatter.

They are like a master and apprentice, Platini studied under Blatter, but now after coaching UEFA, there is a faint start to argue with Blatter, and it is even revealed that Platini intends to run for FIFA president in the future.

This is what all the major European football powers want to see.

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FIFA has more than 200 members, from world powers like China and the United States, to developed and wealthy countries like Germany, Britain and France, but also to impoverished African countries like Uganda.

This is a body that pursues democracy and votes, big and small, rich and poor, all are equal before FIFA, and everyone has a precious vote in their hands.

This has created a very interesting situation, that is, the vast majority of small and poor countries, they do not have too many demands, their football level is very low, the economic level is also very low, they do not have much demand at all, they do not have a league, they do not want to host the World Cup, and some do not even have the will and funds to develop football.

However, they have a precious vote.

And in Europe, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain, which have the world's top leagues, are constantly opening up their own markets around the world, expanding their influence, earning broadcast fees and commercial sponsorships from all over the world, and they are actively involved in FIFA's business.

In the FIFA system, on the contrary, these powerful and rich countries have a demand from FIFA.

So how should this set of games be played?

The answer is simple, and Blatter understands it well, that is, to get more resources from the rich and powerful countries that want FIFA, and use them to curry favor with these small and weak countries that have votes in their hands and have no desire for FIFA, but have real power, and have not achieved enough, but have more than enough to lose.

Although the relationship with UEFA is extremely poor, and the relationship with the major European football powers is also very indifferent, in fact, over the years, almost no one has been able to shake his position in world football.

Within FIFA, he is also a man of his word.

As his personal disciple, Platini is definitely a true disciple of his mastery.

In the race to defeat Johansson and be elected president of UEFA, Platini played the tactical play of supporting small and weak countries within UEFA against the big and powerful countries behind Johansson, and finally defeated Johansson.

After being elected president of UEFA, Platini also became more convinced of his strategy, so he began to vigorously support small and medium-sized countries within UEFA, and even did not hesitate to use his hands and feet in the Champions League group stage places and knockout stage draws, so that small and medium-sized countries can also get a piece of this fat soup.

When dealing with the major clubs of UEFA, Platini was also unambiguous, not only through layers of clause restrictions, but also in financial and other aspects of the obstacles, doing everything possible to suppress the giants and giants, the famous G14 group was completely dissolved in his hands.

The two generations of master and apprentice have done a good job at FIFA and UEFA, which also makes everyone feel that the person who will succeed Blatter in the future must be his personal disciple Platini.

And don't think that football is the only way to do that.

Wrong!

Let's talk about the Olympic Committee, when the South Koreans bid to host the Olympic Games, the president of South Korea personally went to Africa to lobby, promising that if African countries voted for South Korea, they would send special planes during the World Cup to bring athletes from all African countries to South Korea to compete, and send them back to Africa after the Olympics.

This is definitely a huge amount of money for poor African countries, even for South Korea, the Asian Tigers at the time, it was also a lot of money, but in the end it helped South Korea win the right to host the Olympic Games.

As for the Korea-Japan World Cup in 02, there were even more cats.

It can be said that such a set of gameplay is no longer new, but as long as the rules do not change, it will definitely work.

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Blatter is deeply aware of the essence of this set of plays, even in the management of FIFA and in the treatment of people, and this time at Oxford, when talking about the Ballon d'Or battle between Yang Yang and Messi, he also adopted this strategy.

Messi, the world's superstar, no one will deny Messi's strength and talent, but he has been in the shadow of Yang Yang all the year round, and he was born in Argentina, which is in stark contrast to Yang Yang, who is backed by the powerful China.

Blatter really didn't think it through at the time, just considered this issue according to his habitual thinking in the past few decades, he believes that from the perspective of FIFA, Yang Yang's perennial monopoly of the Golden Ball Award is not a good thing, and now the voice of supporting Messi is not small, so he chose to support the weak to challenge the strong.

But to his surprise, instead of working, his strategy this time got himself into trouble.

He suddenly realized that he had played so well in the past few decades, and the tricks he had tried and tested repeatedly were useless.

Originally, he hoped to suppress Yang Yang and support Messi, but as a result, the public opinion outside was completely reversed, and the vast majority of people actually supported Yang Yang with a clear position, what is going on?

Blatter has also been reflecting on this phenomenon in recent days, and his subordinates have come to a preliminary conclusion that Yang Yang's strength is indeed stronger and his performance is indeed better, which is different from some of FIFA's past operations, because the strong man is king on the football field.

In fact, if FIFA really wants to support Messi, there is no need for Blatter to come forward and give the award directly to Messi, which is not a big problem, because before Blatter came forward, according to the odds offered by the famous bookmaker, Messi's probability of winning the award was 1.8, ranking first, and Yang Yang was only 3.5, ranking second.

But after Blatter's remarks, public opinion quickly reversed, and the latest odds just opened by William Hill, Yang Yang's odds for winning the award surpassed Messi, reaching 1.36, and Messi, who has been in a slump recently, fell to 3.2.

Although the odds do not mean that the odds do not mean that they will win, they can initially reflect the public opinion that appears, and most people are in favor of Yang Yang.

This is undoubtedly to put FIFA and Blatter on the fire.

What's even worse is that Yang Yang already has the confidence and determination to call FIFA.

His agent Raiola came forward before and publicly stated that he would prevent Yang Yang from going to Zurich to attend the FIFA Awards Conference before Blatter publicly apologized, which was undoubtedly an ultimatum to FIFA.

If Yang Yang does not come to the FIFA Awards Conference, the influence of this event will be greatly reduced, even if Messi wins the award, it will also be overwhelmingly questioned, and if Yang Yang wins the award, it will be a nightmare.

And the current Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy also recently publicly stated that he is an out-and-out Real Madrid fan, "If I can vote, I will definitely vote for Yang Yang, he always impresses me, he is a player who gives everything on the pitch and always gives his best." ”

Not only that, from the votes received by FIFA from the national team coaches and captains from member countries around the world, as well as the media of various countries, after preliminary statistics, Yang Yang's recent state blowout, coupled with Blatter's own "fueling the fire", made Yang Yang's popularity skyrocket.

This makes FIFA very worried, if Yang Yang really wins the award, but is absent, then FIFA will definitely become the laughing stock of the world, but if Blatter is allowed to cheat, he will not dare.

Although everyone says that Blatter is the dictator of FIFA, in fact, the interior is not monolithic, if Blatter is caught in pigtails, he will immediately be ruined, besides, now that the media is so developed, what tricks can be covered?

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"We have issued an urgent notice calling on players, managers or journalists who have not yet had time to vote, or who 'wish' to vote in the re-election, to continue voting until October 29 and have 'guided' the vote."

The right-hand man sat in front of Blatter, his brows furrowed, but he said cautiously.

"You didn't leave any hand tails, did you?" Blatter's old voice came.

During this period of time, his pressure was greater than ever, and his whole person seemed to be aging.

"No, we handled it very carefully, but from the current situation, the outcome is difficult to predict."

It is difficult to predict that in the end, Yang Yang and Messi, whoever wins this Golden Ball Award is possible.

Originally, the voting for the Golden Globe Awards was due on November 15, but Blatter deliberately postponed it to the 29th, and asked his right-hand man to call one by one to "guide" the vote, and the result was still unpredictable.

"Now that the public opinion outside is raging, Yang Yang did not come forward in person, but asked the agent to come out, and he also wanted to leave a room for maneuver, so let him come forward in person and say irreparable words, it will be too late."

When Blatter heard this, a hint of fierceness flashed in his cloudy eyes, "You want me to apologize publicly?" ”

If he apologizes publicly, what will be the result?

The man on the other side was silent, not daring to say any more.

He knew what the outcome would look like, but it was the best stop-loss option he could think of right now.

If Blatter really wants to blame, he should blame himself for why he was so open-mouthed at Oxford University in the first place?

If these words hadn't been said in the first place, would FIFA have caused so much trouble?

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