The 01-02 season is finally over. The highlight of the season was Real Madrid, who beat Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League final to win their eighth ever Champions League title. Also the most haode gift for Real Madrid's centennial celebration.

The impact of this matter is not big, it is big, it is very big. Because the winning of the Champions League in 02 made Florentino more convinced that the superstar policy can be competitive and economical. Florentino is now convinced that his superstar policy is absolutely correct and will be able to usher in a new era for Real Madrid. Florentino's Real Madrid are now absolutely number one in terms of influence in Europe. Any change in their club's policy, will have a huge impact on European football.

Now Florentino is a firm believer in the superstar policy, indicating that the European superstar will continue to move to Real Madrid. There can be a few superstar-level players in European football, and superstars are a minority after all. Among the down-and-out giants like Liverpool, Owen is the only one who can be called a superstar player at the moment. Even Arsenal, who have performed well in English football recently, are the only superstar players who can influence club results: Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira. The other players, although they are also famous, are clearly not up to Real Madrid's standards. Either Bergkamp is old, or it's like Pire, Ljungberg is not up to Real Madrid's standards.

Therefore, as long as Real Madrid makes a move, it will directly take away the representative stars of those giants in European football, which will make a giant team uncomfortable. The giants have lost their own star and will go on a buying spree to cope with the pressure from fans and the media. Therefore, Real Madrid's purchase of superstars is not a matter between one or two clubs, but will affect the entire landscape of European football.

Looking at Florentino, the first step was to bring in Figo. Gaspar hurriedly introduced European stars such as Overmars, Poboski, Rivaldo, and Gerrard, but Zuihou's results were a chicken feather. The important thing is that Overmars and Petit are the absolute mainstays of Arsenal, Poboski and Rivaldo are the heart of Deportivo La Coruna's midfield, and Gerrard is the heart of Valencia's midfield. Real Madrid dug the core of Barcelona, and Barcelona changed hands to dig the core of several strong teams.

Then the second step was to bring in Zinedine Zidane, and Juventus was not in a hurry. Because they have Moggie, Moggie unhurriedly brought in generals such as Nedved, Buffon, and Thuram.

However, whether it is the introduction of Figo or the introduction of Zidane, Barcelona and Juventus have made big purchases. That is, to completely change the landscape of European football. So everyone is looking at who Florentino will bring in next?

Of course, how Real Madrid is, at present, has nothing to do with Lister. Rister only focused on the clubs he had a relationship with, and Pellegrini led Villarreal to 11th place in La Liga, leaving Fernando. Roig was satisfied. Immediately, he and Pellegrini added two years to his contract. The club also performed well in La Liga, finishing in eighth place in La Liga. David Moyes' results at Middlesbrough have not been great. But it also finished 13th in the Premier League. David Moyes has also gained a foothold in the Premier League.

But these things were quickly forgotten. There is only one thing that everyone is most concerned about right now. That's the shijie cup in '02. The Shijie Cup is coming, whether it is all Shijie fans or pseudo-fans, anyway, nearly a quarter of the world's population is focused on the Shijie Cup.

As Shijie stars gather among the European giants, the Champions League is becoming more and more golden. So much so that many fans think that the Champions League has surpassed the Shijie Cup. But in terms of influence, the Champions League is not as good as the Shijie Cup. A lot of the great players on Shijie are because they didn't get the Shijie Cup. So the status in shijie football has not been able to continue one step.

It's like Distefano, the best player on Shijie before Pele. That's really a myth, a myth on the football field. But he doesn't have a shijie cup, if there is a shijie cup. Di Stefano is in the same position as Pele and Maradona. Even Di Stefano would be the first champion in the history of football. There are also people like Cruyff, although Rist doesn't like Cruyff very much, he plays golf every day, and he still comes out at every turn to point fingers, which is very disgusting. But his position is yes to Liest, and if this one brings a Shijie Cup to the Netherlands, then Cruyff will be the real king of the pitch.

And Platini. In his prime, he was the best midfielder in European football, but unfortunately he was not able to bring France a Shijie Cup. Platini's dominance at his peak was definitely surpassing Zinedine Zidane, and at the age of 31 at the 1986 Shijie Cup, Platini was the king of football at the time. Maradona couldn't compare with Platini at that time, but Maradona became the king of the ball by virtue of the miracle of that Shijie Cup. And Zidane is so powerful. Not only brought the European Cup to France, but also brought the Shijie Cup to France. Even in the moment of retiring Zuihou, he led France to the Shijie Cup final. Otherwise, Zidane's career is unlikely to be comparable to Platini's.

That's the impact of the shijie cup. No matter how good you are at the club, not having a shijie cup is a huge shame for a lot of stars.

"The influence of East Asia is growing."

Although there are many players in the Rist, including Joaquín and Reyes in the Spanish team, they are all in the Shijie Cup squad. But Rist is Czech after all, and the Czech national team players are all Rist's players. Of course, Rist came to South Korea with the Czech national team, and it should be said that he followed the leadership of the Czech Football Association.

Merkley, unlike ordinary Europeans, would not really think that the Asia of today is still the Asia of a hundred years ago, and let them run wild at will. In the past few years, the economic development of Asian countries led by China, Japan, and South Korea has been very rapid. Of course, everyone has their own problems, but the influence within the scope of shijie is increasing.

Merkley is not the head of state and is not concerned with the economic side of things, but with the sports side of things. Sports and the economy are closely related, and economic development will also lead to the development of sports.

"Barwell, how envious."

"No, no, no. I recently read a report on the economic development of Asia, and the pace of economic development is really fast. Moreover, they have a large population, with 50 million people in South Korea, the least populous of the three countries. Needless to say, Japan and China have such a large number of people who pay even a little attention to football, and that level will grow day by day. ”

Rist smiled. Indeed, as Merkley said, South Korea and Japan will gradually become second-rate powerhouses in the next decade.

"Barwell, is it envious of East Asian money. Actually, we have a good solution. ”

Merkley and Rist are not the kind of people who are merciful, and how they are doing in East Asia and Europe is not a topic of concern for the two of them. Rist knew that Merkley must be a little envious of the pockets of East Asian countries, whose football associations are far richer than the Czech Football Federation.

"What's the solution?"

After Merkley became the owner of the Czech Football Association, the income of the Czech Football Association has risen a lot. But everyone is the same, they don't think much money. And for Merkley, only when the Football Association has more and more money will his position become more and more secure. And only when the Football Association has more money can he display his ambitions more.

'We don't have our own academy now, and when the time comes to bring in a couple of young players, they're going to have to pay for it.

"Lister, am I just here for this money?"

Merkley was not satisfied. He knew Lister very well. Although Rist is the master of plucking the feathers of geese, he is also not the kind of person who calculates small money. A few young players can earn a lot of money in the academy, don't say that Lister can't look down on it, even Merkley can't look down on it.

"Barwell, then there's only one way. When did you make the Czech league as famous as the Eredivisie and Ligue 1? At that time, many players were brought in from China, Japan and South Korea, and then the broadcast rights of the Czech League were sold to them. And their big companies will also come and sponsor our Czech league and sponsor Czech clubs. Of course, the Football Association will not be short of money at that time. The local tyrant companies in China, Japan and South Korea are not one or two. ”

Merkley smiled wryly. If the Czech league wants to become a league like the Eredivisie and Ligue 1, it needs an environment that is not one or two points.

"What, scared? When will the Czech League become the seventh or eighth league in Europe, Bavel will become the president of the football federation in the history of Czech football. ”

In fact, the population of Portugal and the Czech Republic is about the same, both of them are more than 10 million people. But Portugal and Brazil have a natural connection, and with Mendes, it's only getting better and better. The Czech league, on the other hand, is becoming less and less popular in Europe.

Rister does not have the strength to penetrate into Portuguese football, so Rister knows that Mendes, who has now begun to gather strength, must be his future opponent. Moreover, Rist and Mendes are still young, and they will be able to fight for twenty or thirty years in the future. Mendes has the backing of Portuguese football, and Rist's biggest backing is Czech football. Even if Rist can gain the upper hand for a while with his memory, as long as Portuguese football is far better than Czech football, then Rist will definitely not be able to compete with Mendes in the end.

Therefore, Rist hopes that the Czech league will develop like the Portuguese league.

"It's not that easy."

"It's because it's not easy, so we need to work hard, don't we? We in the Czech league should not only sell our own players, but also bring the best talent from all over South America, Asia and Africa to the Czech Republic. Let the level of the Czech league get higher and higher, so that Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague and other giants can achieve more results in Europe. That's how our Czech league will get better and better. ”

Merkley was also on the verge of being told by Lister.

"Is it really possible?"

"It's up to us." (To be continued......)