Chapter 129: European Football Changes
After a night of detailed searches by the Spanish police, no bomb was found at the Camp Nou, so the Spanish police were helpless and could only attribute this incident to a hoax. As for the timing of the phone call that a bomb had been planted at the Camp Nou, the Spanish police have also begun an investigation.
(Hey, the madman borrows here the bombing incident of Real Madrid vs. Real Sociedad at the Bernabeu on December 13, O4.) )
Well, now that the bomb incident has been confirmed to be fake, everyone has a false alarm, as usual, then Liverpool and Barcelona will continue yesterday's game today.
But this time it was different, the game did not go as scheduled, and UEFA's order was very simple, that is, wait. Because at this time, Johansson, the president of UEFA, was already in the limelight.
Parry was right, and Arsenal and Manchester United were not fools, when they saw that Liverpool finally couldn't help but start attacking UEFA, especially Johansson himself. Arsenal and Manchester United are also well aware that this is no longer a private battle between Liverpool and Johansson, and whether Arsenal and Manchester United want it or not, the matter has escalated into a contest between English football and Johansson.
If only Liverpool hadn't put it this time. Johansson is ousted, even if Arsenal and Manchester United don't do anything to help Liverpool, but after this incident, Johansson will definitely target the English team.
It is for these reasons that in getting Liverpool total. After the phone call from manager Parry, the management of Arsenal and Manchester United decided to form a united front with Liverpool against Johansson after a short period of reflection.
As Parry said, it's not just that. Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have also been secretly investigating evidence that Johansson is targeting English teams and secretly controlling the outcome of the game.
Although the Liverpool team has not yet been able to move to Johansson, it is not yet possible to move to Johansson. Senna and Manchester United also began to step up, and when they attacked Johansson together, Johansson was a little overwhelmed.
Not only that, but the FA also knows how serious this matter is, for the sake of English football, for the interests of English teams, so the FA has also publicly stated its support for Liverpool and Arsenal and Manchester United, and at the same time expressed strong dissatisfaction with UEFA, especially Johansson's covert control of the game.
Of course, the main thing is that Johansson is very unhappy with the British. Team, after all, the English team is directly under the FA's management, and the more you Johansson target, the more the FA feels faceless.
Liverpool and Arsenal. The evidence from Na and Manchester United's three clubs may have just given Johansson a headache, but when the FA popped up and started targeting Johansson, Johansson was not just a headache, but a shock.
You must know that the FA is a national institution after all, and its strength is much greater than that of the club, because Johansson has been targeting the English team, this matter is not a secret, so the FA has done much more detailed work than Liverpool and other clubs.
This incident can be said to have caused a twelve-point earthquake in European football, and all of a sudden, the eyes of the whole Europe began to focus on this matter, wanting to see what this matter would look like.
In the face of such a big matter, the police did not dare to slack off and began to enter a comprehensive investigation, and Johansson was also restricted by the police.
Seeing that John Song had such a big thing, John Sun's sworn enemy, FIFA President Havelange, was not willing to be lonely, and at the same time jumped out and loudly accused John of having no professional ethics and secretly controlling the game, completely insulting the basic principle of fairness and justice in football games.
You must know that Havelange and Johnsson have never gotten along, and Johnsson wants to move to Havelange, and Havelange wants to move to Johnsson. The two sides have also been collecting any evidence that could hit each other. Or because of the status and position relationship between the two parties, the evidence released by Havelange is even more detailed than Liverpool and Arsenal and Manchester United, and even more detailed than the FA, and the content of the evidence is also shocking.
Because the evidence released by Havelange directly shows that Johansson is an out-and-out famous extreme madman, because of historical and other reasons, Johansson has always been very hostile to the United Kingdom, and naturally, the British team is in the Champions League, don't want to please.
At the same time, Havelange evidence directly shows that Johansson deliberately targeted English teams participating in the Champions League at least twice, with Manchester United, the strongest team in England at the time, becoming the biggest victim.
Because every time, the British team met the strongest opponent under Johansson's arrangement, which directly led to the fact that even if the British team defeated the opponent, it was difficult to continue to defeat the new opponent after hard fighting.
Even if Manchester United won the championship in 99, it was because Manchester United relied on the care of Lady Luck and the dramatic reversal in the end to win the championship that year. You must know that in that game at that time, Johansson was also secretly in control of the game, and in Johansson's eyes, Johansson hoped that Bayern Munich could lift the Champions League trophy at the Camp Nou.
The game went very smoothly, but in the final stoppage time, the tenacious Manchester United players finally staged a dramatic comeback to win the title with their own efforts.
It is said that when Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored against Bayern Munich, Johansson was even more thunderous.
There is a lot of other evidence, needless to say, at least from the above alone, Johansson did secretly control the outcome of the game. All this is also doomed, regardless of whether Johansson will go to prison or not, but at least the position of UEFA president cannot be kept.
(Actually, Johansson is really good as president, at least much better than FIFA president Havelange.) It's a pity that for the sake of this book, I had to wronged Mr. Johansson. )
Seeing that the exhibition of things is becoming more and more unfavorable to Johansson, usually Johansson's cronies are not fools, naturally knowing that at this time, the fall of Johansson is inevitable, for their own interests, they have drawn a line with Johansson, and even some of Johansson's cronies have stood up to accuse Johansson, but to deal with Johansson.
Seeing this result, even Johansson, who is strong, domineering, and dares to do it against FIFA President Havelange, is much older at this time, because Johansson knows that this matter is out of control, and he can't keep it.
Perhaps out of frustration, or for some other reason, Johansson finally offered to resign as UEFA president. If it were normal, I am afraid that there would be people who would persuade and support Johansson, but at this time, no one stood up to support Johansson, after all, as long as he is not a fool, he will naturally not support Johansson.
Therefore, Johansson's resignation as UEFA president went well, and although he resigned as UEFA president, it does not mean that Johansson is fine.
You must know that secretly controlling the results of the game has reached a crime, and you must know that the Champions League game, every time you enter the next round, you can get a huge income from the broadcast fee, which is also the biggest source of economic income for some quasi-giants. After all, that team lost the game and was eliminated because Johansson deliberately controlled the game, which is equivalent to Johansson directly letting these players lose their money.
Therefore, even if Johansson resigns as UEFA president, it does not mean that there is nothing to do, because the police have been fully involved in the investigation at this time, and if the investigation is correct, I believe that Johansson, who has dominated European football for many years, will also face prison.
Because everything came too suddenly, it was too fast for everyone to prepare, so after deliberation at the top of UEFA, the position of UEFA president was ready to wait for the Champions League to come to an end before re-election. Of course, people who feel emotional about the position of UEFA president can't help but be happy at this time, because they still have more than a month to prepare for their ascension to the UEFA presidency.
As for the original Champions League, it will continue as before. As for Liverpool, which was the main cause of Johnsson's downfall, UEFA has also studied and discussed in detail. After confirming that the first half of Liverpool's match against Barcelona was an extremely unfair game, it was Liverpool who was wronged, and UEFA specially apologized publicly.
At the same time, after discussions with Liverpool and Barcelona clubs, it was finally decided that in order not to affect the match between the two teams in their respective leagues, the match between Liverpool and Barcelona will be held as usual on the second day of the bomb incident, which is also tonight, and Barcelona's penalty kick is valid, and the two sides will continue to play the 43-minute game that did not end yesterday tonight.
In this way, the game that was stopped halfway through yesterday had to be resumed at the Camp Nou tonight. Therefore, after getting this news, Old Berton began to prepare for his disciples before the war.
At this point, the two sides have already drawn 2-2, Barcelona still have a valuable away goal, and from the situation, Liverpool is already on the passive. And tonight's game is just a continuation of yesterday's game, with only one second half left in the clock, and Liverpool will have to beat their opponents in the final 45 minutes to qualify.
The remaining minutes of yesterday were 43 minutes, and under normal circumstances, there were probably two or three minutes of stoppage time, so the time left for Liverpool was only 45 minutes in one half.
Night finally fell, either because today's game was only a half-time game, or because yesterday's Camp Nou bomb incident still scared Barcelona fans, so the fans who came to the Camp Nou today were not as full as yesterday, but there were quite a few people, at least seven floors of attendance.
Of course, after yesterday's bomb incident, the police in Barcelona did not dare to be careless, and the police were even more vigilant when the make-up match was to be staged there, and fans who wanted to enter the stadium needed to go through detailed checks to ensure the safety of the stadium.
It was a press conference, but this time there were a lot of journalists, and it can be said that journalists from all over Europe and even the world were attracted here. After all, Liverpool, one of the heads of the game, started to counterattack Johansson first, which became the most interesting part of this press conference.
"Coach Rijkaard, I wonder what you think about yesterday's bomb threat?" When George Sr., Rijkaard and Puyol walked into the press conference, reporters began to ask questions.
'I'm really glad it's just a prank, I don't want a bomb to explode at Camp Nou, I don't want to repeat Lockerbie at Barcelona. I am a firm opponent of terrorists, football is a professional game, a sport far from politics. Regardless of the reason, professional football should not be threatened and attacked by terrorism. ”
The Lockerbie incident refers to the 1988 Lockerbie terrorist bomb attack, which caused a chain explosion in Madrid, which killed 191 people and injured more than 15oo people. It can be said that this incident is absolutely a shame for Spanish football, and it is also the largest terrorist attack in Spain since World War II.
"Coach Benitez, I don't know what you think of yesterday's bomb threat and what do you think of Johansson?" At this time, a reporter finally couldn't help it and began to ask Lao Bei. Although two questions were raised, as long as you are not a fool, you will naturally know that the previous questions are just foreshadowing, the most important afterlife Johansson incident.
"As for yesterday's bomb threat, my brother Coach Djkaard, like I, was also firmly opposed. After all, football is not politics, football only belongs to players and fans, and should not be subjected to any terrorist attacks. As for Johansson, I regret that as the president of UEFA, it should not be personal, and it is clear that on this point, Johansson is really not suitable to be the president of UEFA, because he cannot guarantee that he can treat any country's team with a fair heart. If you think about the first half of yesterday's game, I believe you can see it. ”
Lao Bei naturally knows that the Johansson incident is the most concerned thing by the media, although the bomb threat has a great impact, but after all, it is fake and belongs to the scope of pranks. Therefore, the Johansson incident at this time is the thing that everyone is most concerned about.
Therefore, as early as when he came to the scene of the press conference, Lao Bei was already ready to deal with all kinds of questions from reporters, so the answer just now Lao Bei did not think about it, and directly said what he was prepared for.
Hearing Lao Bei's words, everyone at the scene nodded in agreement, after all, in yesterday's game, the referee team did too obviously, I'm afraid that as long as you are not a fool, you can see the cattiness.
"Coach Rijkaard, I don't know what you think." After listening to Lao Bei's answer, he naturally wanted to hear Rijkaard's answer.
"I'm also very opposed to this, after all, football is basically fair and just, but yesterday, I couldn't see any fairness and justice, the referee wanted to play us like clowns, of course we couldn't answer. So for yesterday's game, although we can't influence the referee's decision, at least we can make the resistance that we can, so in the second half of yesterday's game, my players and I insisted on not continuing the game, and we will definitely not let the referee do what they want. We in Barcelona need a fair and just game, not a farce directed by someone else. As long as the four are fair and impartial, even if we are eliminated, we have no complaints. Again, I'm really happy that I have such a great group of players with a work ethic. ”
As soon as Rijkaard's words were finished, he immediately received warm applause from the audience.
"Once again, I would like to express my gratitude to Coach Rijkaard and the Barcelona players for their work ethic, after all, the situation was only for Liverpool, and I would like to express my sincerest gratitude and gratitude again to Coach Rijkaard and the Barcelona players for being able to continue to insist on a fair and just game under these circumstances."
This time, without waiting for the reporters at the scene to ask questions, after Rijkaard finished speaking, Old Berton spoke. Indeed, Barcelona's actions in the second half yesterday were really righteous, so Lao Bei's thanks are also sincere.
"Barcelona are a great team with a lot of talented players and young coaches like Rijkaard. Therefore, on behalf of Liverpool, I have decided to reach a friendly team relationship with Barcelona, and the two sides will start comprehensive cooperation and cooperation in the youth training camp and various fields of football, hoping to make more contributions to the cause of football. ”
Lao Bei's words in front were not very good, but the words in the back suddenly caused a burst of exclamations at the scene. Liverpool and Barcelona Union, what it means and what it represents, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
"Indeed, with our partnership with FC Barcelona and FC Liverpool, we will be able to do more with young players and in all aspects of football."
At this time, Rijkaard, who was on the side, also suddenly spoke, in order to prove that Lao Bei's words were true.
Strengthen the cooperation in the cultivation of young players, hearing this, the reporters on the scene couldn't help but exclaim, let alone the reporters on the spot, I'm afraid that any club will be surprised and worried after hearing the news.
You must know that whether it is Liverpool or Barcelona, for the cultivation of young players, it is definitely the best in the world. Unlike Real Madrid, the young players cultivated by the two teams are entirely for their first team.
It is a long-term and great project to think that the two teams are constantly cultivating one talent after another with a strong youth training camp, and the two clubs are constantly working together to give each other the young players who are most needed in a certain position.
Quite simply, Liverpool lacks midfielders, and Barcelona does, so Barcelona give it to Liverpool. Barcelona lacks strikers, Liverpool does, so it can also be given to Barcelona.
In this way, the two teams can also save a lot of money in the transfer fee in the future, so it can improve the interests of the players and also improve the club's finances. What's more, the loyalty of the young players he has cultivated to the team is undoubted, which directly leads to the fact that even if other clubs are ready to poach people in the future, I am afraid they will not be able to poach them.
Therefore, it can be said that the future of a team is focused on the youth training camp and the future of the team itself, rather than blindly spending a lot of money to buy stars. However, this is not something that can be done by saying it, look at the Arsenal club, after more than ten years of hard work by Arsene Wenger, it has begun to get certain gains.
It can be said that after this news came out, Real Madrid on the La Liga side, Arsenal and Manchester United on the English side have to worry. After all, the cooperation and cooperation between Barcelona and Liverpool is equivalent to the two clubs using their world-class youth training camps to cultivate the best young players for both clubs.
This is undoubtedly a huge threat to other teams in the same league as Barcelona and Liverpool.