Chapter 167. Platini

It was late at night, but the UEFA president's office was still brightly lit.

A slightly obese old man sits quietly in a comfortable chair at his desk, and although the wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes make him look no longer young, you can still see in him the style of the super midfielder who once crisscrossed the green field.

That's right, he is Michel Platini, known as the greatest midfielder in the 80s of the 20th century, with numerous honors in his life, not only led the French team to win the 1984 European Cup, but also won the European Footballer of the Year three times in personal honors, and it can be said that he is a very famous football legend in Europe.

However, his fame is so famous in the 21st century, not only because of his achievements as a player, since 2007, Platini began to sit on the throne of UEFA president, and has been successfully re-elected once, until 2015, it can be said that the current European football is the era of Platini's control.

Platini frowned at this time, his right hand supported his chin, his left arm supported his right arm, with a contemplative expression, beside him, another middle-aged man who looked not too old stood aside, opened the curtain a gap, and looked at the night scene outside the window with an indifferent expression.

In the office, there was silence.

"Knock knock!"

A slow knock on the door rang out at this time, and a bald middle-aged man walked in, he looked at David Taylor who was watching the night view next to him, and then at Platini in contemplation, and shook his head slightly.

Infantino didn't expect this incident to have such serious consequences, just one game, it would make the Dutch Football Association angry, he had never seen such a situation before.

That's right, the bald middle-aged man is Gianni Infantino, the young UEFA secretary general and Platini's right-hand man. Next to him, Martin Taylor, is the chief executive of UEFA.

Obviously, UEFA's current passivity situation is making it a bit difficult for both Infantino and Platini, but David Taylor looks very laid-back.

"Fighting birds all day long, I didn't expect to be pecked by birds today, hey, I really didn't expect it!"

Platini silently laughed at himself in his heart, who would have thought that just a "miscalculation" would have such a big impact, maybe he underestimated Dutch football too much before? That's why it's so unscrupulous?

Now that things have come to this point, UEFA must immediately give an explanation to the public, the media and the Dutch Football Association, which is also one of the reasons why the three UEFA bigwigs are still here so late, they must negotiate a solution, and it is best to cut through the mess quickly and solve the matter immediately, otherwise they don't know what to do!

At this time, David Taylor sneered in his heart while looking at the night scene, the night scene is naturally nothing to see, but just a few street lamps and the dark world, but his mood is still very good, because this matter has nothing to do with him anyway, he naturally has no reason to worry.

Since Platini came to power, due to the power struggle with the former president Johansson, the position of UEFA CEO has gradually become marginalized and replaced by the position of secretary general, so in fact, the rights of the secretary general and the chief executive are the same, so since the secretary general has great power at this time, the power and influence of the chief executive will naturally be greatly affected, which is why David Taylor has been sitting in this position since 07 The reason why he will compete for such a position, It doesn't make any sense.

In other words, being able to sit in this position also shows that David Taylor is actually not a person of the same system as Platini, so he naturally has an indifferent attitude towards what happened this time, and even gloated a little.

The reason why he is here now is only because he is sitting in this position after all, otherwise he would have thrown up his sleeves and left.

This time, the matter is actually very simple, in David Taylor's view, only need to punish the referee, and this matter is over, and many things have been solved in this way before. However, Platini can also be tough, but being tough is meaningless to solve this matter, and it may even get bigger and bigger, and even give FIFA a chance to intervene in UEFA affairs, so in fact, don't look at the three of them standing here as if they want to discuss something, in fact, the result has long been doomed!

Now in front of you. It's nothing more than whether Platini is willing to lower his noble head and give in to the other party, after all, once such a thing comes out, it will still hurt Platini's prestige a lot.

"Tomorrow's press conference, let's handle it according to the previous plan, this time, it can only be like this!"

After a long silence, Platini finally spoke, sounding very indifferent.

Infantino nodded, turned around and left the office, he was not surprised that Platini, who has always been strong, would make such a decision, if this matter evolves into a protracted debate, it may cause a bigger storm, and even pull up the radish and bring up the mud, involving other things, so Platini is not unwilling, but he can't be unconvinced, he has countless ways to rectify the Dutch Football Association, but now at this juncture, he can only endure. Sooner or later, though, there will be a time to settle accounts after the fall.

Platini is not a good-natured person, and it is definitely not a good thing to provoke him.

Thinking about it, Platini slowly stood up and walked towards the door, but Platini didn't see behind him, and David Taylor looked at him with a cold gaze.

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When UEFA announced that it was going to hold a press conference, the famous media throughout Europe naturally heard the news and came to Nyon, Switzerland, to see how UEFA was going to deal with this matter.

Of course, there are definitely not a few conspiracy theory holders who are trying to find any clues, and as a journalist, it is natural to be sensitive enough to this kind of thing.

Van Steer and Rubis sat in the middle of a large group of Dutch journalists, looking unobtrusive.

However, the group of Dutch journalists is still very conspicuous, after all, the incident started because of the Netherlands. And this time, so many Dutch reporters also hope to get the content of the press conference as soon as possible, because this matter can be called a national concern, so it will definitely bring enough sales to the newspaper.

"Sir, what do you think UEFA will do this time?"

Rubis asked quietly.

Van Sdier thought for a moment, glanced at the Dutch reporters around him who seemed to be talking about their own affairs, but in fact they were all listening carefully to their movements, and smiled softly.

"Actually, I can guess it, but how unhappy Platini is in his heart, but this time he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, this is no way to do it!"

"Why? Can't Platini face it toughly, just say that this is just a miscalculation, but it happened to happen twice to Ajax, he said this, and others can't do anything about him? ”

Lubis was a little puzzled, he couldn't understand why Van Steer was so sure that UEFA would choose to back down, and the Dutch reporters next to him also pricked up their ears to hear what Van Steer thought.