After several days of good weather, on the day of the first match of the Champions League quarterfinals, Glory Plaza attracted fans and tourists from the United Kingdom and even around the world, and it was crowded and lively.

They are attracted to gather here for one reason, football!

The world's highest level of professional football, the UEFA Champions League.

Two of the world's best and most luxurious superships, the home team Saints Southampton, face Real Madrid.

These two teams are not only star-studded players, but also the world-class stars of yesteryear sitting in the manager's box.

Italy's Carlo Ancelotti, France's Zidane!

Such a configuration, such a game, naturally attracted the attention and attention of countless fans.

As with all popular soccer games, scalpers are the busiest group of people in Glory Square.

Look at how many people at the scene held up the cards, and a price was written on them, from a few hundred pounds earlier, to thousands of pounds now, but it was still hard to get a ticket.

You can imagine how popular this game was.

Yang Huan was standing in front of the window of the VIP lounge on the second floor of the Glory Stadium, and the heads of people surging below were like ants, they poured into the Glory Plaza from all directions and flocked to the stadium.

The game was about to start and the players were already warming up in the stadium.

From the cheers of countless fans at the scene, everyone could feel the heat of this game.

Football games are no longer just a simple football game.

Football politics is no longer just football politics!

"Young Master Huan, they've arrived!"

As Long Wu walked to Yang Huan's side and whispered, Yang Huan Huo Ran turned around.

I saw a group of people walking in outside the door of the VIP lounge.

Isn't it UEFA President Michel Platini at the head?

Platini is joined by Sun Yue, the CEO of Miracle Media, and Gianni Infantino, who just defeated Salman in the election and successfully became the president of FIFA a month ago.

The three walked side by side, and everyone else had to follow behind them.

This scene, Yang Huan also watched it quite interestingly.

Sun Yue is nothing, but Infantino used to be a little behind Platini.

Speaking of which, this lawyer-turned, former UEFA secretary general can be regarded as lucky, at a critical moment, Platini was pulled into the water by Blatter, and he was temporarily pushed out to replace Platini in the election.

Blatter, who has been in FIFA for many years, is also a big loss this time!

He originally thought that if he brought down the top favorite Platini, the Salman he supported would have no rivals.

As everyone knows, UEFA decisively launched Infantino and began to invest a lot of resources and manpower to run for Infantino, and finally pushed the bald lawyer to the position of FIFA president.

But in any case, Infantino still can't escape the influence of UEFA and Platini.

This is the politics of the world of football, but the impact goes far beyond football.

"It's been a long time, Young Master Huan!" As soon as Platini saw Yang Huan, he immediately greeted him with a smile and stretched out his hand from afar.

"yes, long time no see!" Yang Huan stretched out his hand.

After shaking hands with Platini, Yang Huan immediately turned to Infantino.

"Congratulations, Jenny, I'm afraid I'll have to take care of you in the future!"

Infantino hurriedly held Young Master Huan's right hand with both hands, "Young Master Huan is polite, this time I was able to be elected, thanks to the support of Young Master Huan, we will keep it in mind!" ”

Whether it was Platini coming out to campaign at the beginning, or Infantino coming forward later, Yang Huan's attitude was very clear, there was no second sentence, if you want people to give people, if you want money, if you want resources, you will give resources.

All in all, as long as it is a request made by their campaign team, and Yang Huan can provide, they will be satisfied.

Otherwise, with only a few votes under UEFA, Infantino can be elected president of FIFA?

Yang Huan didn't say much, with a tacit expression.

Frankly speaking, his position is to remain neutral, after all, he is a businessman, who wants to do more things, but his attitude is somewhat biased towards Infantino, and he gives the latter more support and help.

The reason is very simple, Salman is somewhat of a shadow of Blatter, and he has done so many things in the AFC for so many years, so that Yang Huan always feels that this guy is not very reliable.

At the end of the day, he could well be the second Blatter.

Because of this, Yang Huan's heart is still a little more biased towards the European side.

Moreover, the election of UEFA forces is also in the interests of the United States and the United Kingdom.

People have worked so hard to toss so many things, and finally got rid of a Blatter, how could Salman be easily allowed to come to power?

Of course, Blatter has been in FIFA for decades, and he is so long-sleeved and good at dancing, and his influence is not to be said.

Infantino's battle is also quite thrilling to win, and it is not easy.

What's more, whether it is Infantino, Platini, or the UEFA forces behind them, they all know very well that without the help of Young Master Huan, it will be difficult for them to win this battle.

Even if they are elected now, they still need the help of Young Master Huan.

There is no way, the resources that Young Master Huan has in his hands now are too many and too good.

"Let's go inside and talk!"

Yang Huan welcomed everyone into one of the VIP boxes in the chairman's stand.

This box is rented by Hamad, who belongs to the Saints fan club, for a long time, and the location is the best and the price is the most expensive.

But Hamad, who comes to watch almost every game, did not come to this game.

The reason is also very simple, avoid suspicion.

Entering the box, as soon as the door closed, except for the court, the disturbance outside separated them.

"First of all, I should thank you, Gianni, for those few words you said during the successful campaign!"

After the waiter delivered the drink, Yang Huan picked up a glass of red wine and raised it towards Infantino.

Infantino and Platini both knew that what Young Master Huan was talking about was what Infantino mentioned? On the idea of vigorously supporting the development of football in China.

This is a very important part of his campaign, although he also mentioned India, but it is only a passing point, and the real focus is on how to help China improve the level of football, and he even said that he will give a clear policy as soon as possible.

This should be regarded as his return to Young Master Huan!

"It should be that we thank Young Master Huan for your support!" Infantino and Platini also raised their glasses.

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "Then cheers!" ”

Since his election as FIFA president, Infantino has been very busy, one of the most important things is to build his management team, introduce his series of new policies, reform FIFA, and establish his personal prestige as soon as possible.

So, it was not easy for him to get involved in UEFA's affairs.

This visit to Glory Stadium was his first visit to a football club, and the meaning was naturally different.

However, he used to be a famous draw brother in the Champions League, and there is no problem in visiting the team in the Champions League knockout round, and it will not cause the slightest controversy at all.

What's more, the two sides of the duel are Southampton and Real Madrid, so it's even more of a problem.

"I've heard that there have been proposals within FIFA recently to reconsider the World Cup hosting rights for Russia and Qatar?" Yang Huan asked with a casual smile.

Both Infantino and Platini nodded and did not speak, which was considered acquiescence.

"Ahem!" Young Master Huan exhaled heavily, "According to me, some people just have nothing to do and toss around!" ”

"The World Cup in Russia is already very close, and at this time it will be temporarily replaced? Who to let on? United States? Or the UK? ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Huan couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said, "They are not ready at all, how can they take it?" ”

Relatively speaking, the problems of the World Cup in Russia are not serious, because the time is too tight.

In such a short period of time, it is simply difficult to find a suitable receiver.

As for someone proposing to find China, then don't be funny, China can be ready in such a short time?

From beginning to end, this matter has nothing to do with China.

Even if Russia and Qatar are really destroyed, there will be nothing to do with China.

In Yang Huan's words, China has not become familiar in this circle at all, who will play with you?

Yang Huan took the opportunity of FIFA reform this time to let Sun Yue arrange for several shrewd and capable Chinese in their twenties to go in and install them next to Infantino, or other departments, which can be regarded as giving them a seniority.

When the time comes, return to China, from the Chinese Football Association to the Asian Football Association, and finally FIFA.

If nothing else, how many years did it take for Platini, as a former world-class superstar, to start from Blatter's right-hand man to his election as UEFA president?

Decade!

If you are an ordinary person, you don't have ten or twenty years, don't expect it at all.

However, for Chinese football to develop, it is necessary to have people who are familiar with these rules and can blend in with their circle.

Infantino and Platini also knew in their hearts that Young Master Huan's move was not malicious to them, it was purely just to train a few people, so they also strongly supported it, and Infantino even decided to promote two of them as his assistants.

But these are just small things like sesame mung beans, and the real big thing is in the World Cup.

As Yang Huan mentioned when advocating the development of China's football industry, with the advent of the economic crisis, every country in the world attaches great importance to the sports industry.

This is true for the United States and Great Britain, as it is for Russia and Qatar.

It is also because of this that there is a big change in FIFA this time.

With the collapse of global oil prices, Russia's economy is now quite dangerous, and this time they want to use the World Cup to stimulate the domestic economy and boost morale.

Therefore, there will be **** shouting that they will do whatever it takes to keep the right to host the World Cup.

Moreover, the Russian official also mentioned Yang Huan in an informal meeting with the top leadership of the Chinese government, and tactfully proposed that Yang Huan could come forward.

Not only Russia, but also Prime Minister Hamad of Qatar personally came forward and sincerely asked Yang Huan to help, because the World Cup is very important to them.

According to Yang Huan, Russia's problem is not big, but Qatar is very dangerous.

However, with Young Master Huan's words, Platini and Infantino also immediately understood what Young Master Huan meant.

It can be seen that Young Master Huan is going to support Russia and Qatar.

It should be said that this is not surprising either.

Russia has a close relationship with China, and Young Master Huan also has deep contacts with Qatar, so it is not surprising that he came forward.

If Young Master Huan came forward, then they really had to study and study it well.

However, in this case, it will affect their plans.

You know, originally they were still preparing, planning to give Young Master Huan a generous gift, but now......