Chapter 171: Bonus Gate
After the training session, Eriksen received a phone call from the president of the Ivorian Football Federation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Well done, we have the advantage of drawing with France in the first game, as long as we can draw with Argentina in the last game, or lose a little less, we can qualify,"
It seems that in the hearts of the Ivorians, the Chinese team is already negligible.
Eriksen said: "There's nothing wrong in theory and we have to get enough clean sheets against China. ”
"I think that's no problem, we still have a big advantage against Asian teams,"
Both laughed, but then Erikson broke up.
"The ......"
"Tell me if you need anything, as I said, Côte d'Ivoire fully supports your work."
"It's a matter of the World Cup bonus, and the players and I asked to cash out a part of it after the match against the Chinese team."
"Of course,"
"It's cash,"
As soon as these words came out, there was silence on the other end of the phone, "Cash? Don't you believe in the Football Association? ”
Eriksen smiled, "Mr. President, you know, what credit is there for the African Football Federation, Ghana, Nigeria have all owed players World Cup bonuses, I don't want to take that risk." ”
Eriksen estimates that the match against the Chinese team will definitely be won, and after a win, the money will be more deserved.
"Sven, you know the security in South Africa, driving a car on the streets of Cape Town with millions of dollars in cash, isn't that equivalent to finding someone to rob it?"
Eriksen and his players know in their hearts that even if they win the Chinese team, the team's last opponent is Argentina, and the situation of qualifying is very unfavorable, and once the team is eliminated, the rogue African Football Federation will definitely swallow the World Cup bonus given by FIFA, which has happened in Ghana.
Although Eriksen is a football coach, he is shrewd when it comes to money, and the income from any contract in his career must be written "after tax", and he will not go to any government, which belongs to the work of the Football Association.
"Mr. President, that's not what I meant, it's what the players mean, they don't see the cash, they don't want to play very much."
The president of the Ivorian Football Association on the other end of the phone was already angry, but he didn't dare to attack, Eriksen This is obviously a threat, if it was 20 years ago, he really wanted to kill Eriksen, but unfortunately not now.
"Yes, but it has to be cash after the match against Argentina," the chairman hung up.
Eriksen was at a loss, compared to the well-behaved Europeans, these were really difficult to deal with.
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Kolo Toure was upset when he heard the result, he has two roles in the Ivory Coast national team, the first is the older brother of Yaya Toure, and the second is the captain of the Ivory Coast.
It's not for himself to worry about the prize money, Kolo Toure who plays for Manchester City can be said to be not bad for money, but there are still many people in the Ivory Coast team who are mixed up, and the World Cup prize money of more than 100,000 US dollars is very important to them.
"We fight for the country, this is what we deserve, why don't they give it to us, they wear suits one by one, sit in the office, drink coffee, and take our bonuses."
Eriksen said: "The chairman's attitude is that after the match against Argentina, the cash goes directly to the stadium, and if you get to the knockout rounds, you will pay for the prize money later. ”
Chloe Toure knows that the most important thing for a captain is to talk and count, and since he has stood up for everyone, then this matter cannot be counted like this.
"No, I promised you, if that's the case, then I'd better not be the captain."
Eriksen spread his hands, "Then it looks like we're in big trouble, are Ivory Coast ready to strike?" It was the first time in the World Cup, and I was famous! With that, Eriksen smiled wryly.
Kolo Toure knew that a boycott was impossible, and that if those bastards didn't give money, the game would have to be played, but the man, what he said didn't work out, it was really worse than anything else, "Are they really going to give us cash after the match against Argentina?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Eriksen knew that Kolo Toure had relented, so he quickly said: "Of course, you are the heroes of Côte d'Ivoire, and I don't think they dare to break the appointment." ”
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Germany's "Bild" broke the news - "Ivorian players are going to boycott because of the World Cup bonus." ”
Some people may ask, how can this kind of news leak out, hehe, it may be from the Football Association, or it may be leaked by the Ivorian players themselves, in short, it is expensive to sell the news to the famous media.
When Chen An got the Bild newspaper, he was very excited, Li Guozhen was so divine, he was about to become a half-immortal, and he could predict that there would be problems in Côte d'Ivoire.
Of course, Eriksen and the Ivorian Football Federation held an emergency press conference to angrily denounce the reporter for spreading rumors, and the Ivorian also hinted at the press conference that the Bild reporter had accepted the benefits of the Chinese team.
"We know that our second opponent is the Chinese team, and the head coach of the Chinese team, Li Guo, has been working in Germany for a long time, maybe he knows some German friends."
Li Guo didn't respond to anything, because there was nothing to respond to these chasing things, and it was not the first time that African players threatened to boycott the game, but in the end, it was not true, it was not worth it for such a little money, and the influence of the World Cup was very great.
But Li Guo was still not ready to let go of this matter, he thought of a person, Li Zibing, after telling the matter again, Li Zibing said: "Let me hype you up on Weibo?" ”
"yes,"
"Don't you have a Tahitian girlfriend, let her hype you up,"
"Phew, you still have a boyfriend in Zimbabwe, I'm a single aristocrat, don't wronged me."
"Shameless and scoundrel," Li Zibing was angry and funny.
"I'm telling you this, this matter is related to the general interests of the nation, and you must help me."
"Damn, Li Guo, you majored in blackmail in college, this matter has something to do with national righteousness."
"If you think about it, the more passive Côte d'Ivoire is, the more active we are, the national football team wins, and the whole of China is happy, isn't this a national righteousness?"
If the two were face-to-face now, Li Zibing really wanted to throw the phone in Li Guo's face, "Then I'll help you hype, what benefits do you give me." ”
Li Guo thought for a while, "I personally made the certificate of merit for the three good reporters and presented it to you." ”
"I'll smack you!"
Li Guo smiled, "Then wait for me to come back and invite you to dinner, the most expensive one,"
Li Zibing smiled, "It's pretty much the same." (To be continued.) )