Five Hundred and Eleventh Who Is the Godfather?

In Gao Shen's previous life, when it came to Guardiola's dream team three, fans and the media talked about godfather the most.

The spearhead is undoubtedly directed at UEFA President Michel Platini.

When he was a fan, Gao Shen also thought so, but after he gradually got to know European professional football, he began to find that this is often just a superficial phenomenon.

A very simple question, if Platini is really the godfather of Barcelona, ​​why do other giants choose not to resist? Why not sue?

Don't say that Platini is eloquent, but anyone who knows a little about UEFA's operating rules knows that this is basically impossible, because Platini relied on wooing everywhere, especially some small and medium-sized countries. The votes of the former UEFA President Johansson were pulled down.

To put it bluntly, Platini at that time couldn't say anything at all, and his power must be dispersed.

Just like the chairman of Barcelona and Real Madrid, unless it is someone like Florentino, otherwise, Gaspart, Laporta and Russell, Real Madrid's Calder The same is true for Long, who all distributed power after being elected.

This is determined from the moment they run for election.

In other words, there is no way for Platini to say that he blatantly praises any team without being restrained.

So what is the problem?

Barcelona has indeed benefited from the referee's law enforcement. It is unrealistic to say that UEFA does not know about it.

This involves an organization, the UEFA Referee Committee.

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Fans who are familiar with the Calciopoli incident will definitely remember that a person appeared in the recording. He told Juventus general manager Moggi that Juventus will face the Ajax referee assignment next, and this person is UEFA. The vice chairman of the United Referee Committee, Pai Reto.

And this person stepped down after the phonegate incident broke out in 2006.

After Paireto stepped down, the official recommendation of the Italian Football Association to the UEFA referee committee was the famous bald referee, Collina.

At that time, Collina announced his retirement because he endorsed Opel, and Opel was a sponsor of AC Milan, and had conflicts of interest between them. After the phone scandal broke out in 2006, he was recommended by the Italian Football Association to the UEFA referee committee .

And the chairman of the referee committee,

It is Angel Vilal, president of the Spanish Football Federation.

This is incredible, a professional player and a Spanish national football player. In 1988, when he was only 38 years old, he officially became the president of the Spanish Football Association. After that, he has been holding important positions in UEFA. Now his title is very long. .

President of the Spanish Football Federation, first vice-president of UEFA and chairman of the UEFA referee committee.

It is worth mentioning that as early as the first phase of Galacticos, Florentino had already publicly fallen out with Pilar.

In Gao Shen's previous life, in 2009, the Spanish Football Association's centennial celebration was originally planned to be held at the Bernabeu, but because Florentino was elected as the chairman of Real Madrid, Pilar changed the venue of the centennial celebration to Karl of Atletico Madrid. Deron Stadium.

I believe that seeing this, many people are still confused.

Didn't you say godfather?

How did you go so far?

No, it can go a little further.

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Gao Shen once said that every tactical change in the football world often comes from changes in the rules.

For example, the rise and prevalence of technical midfielders comes from the changes in space brought about by changes in offside rules.

But this is the big rule.

A football game is composed of thousands of details, so what about the specific details?

One rule change that is familiar to many fans, but not necessarily so, is tackling.

The back tackle that people are familiar with was promoted by FIFA. It was tried and implemented in the Confederations Cup in 1997 and officially implemented in the 1998 World Cup in France. The proposer of this rule is Prati Ni.

This can be said to be a very significant benefit.

Because fans who have watched the European League in the 1990s will not be unfamiliar. The tackles at that time were really fierce, and even many actions were directed at people instead of the ball. Dealing with injuries, like Ronaldo.

But few people know that the rules of tackling will gradually increase in the next few years.

From the prohibition of tackles behind the back, to the proposal in the 2002 World Cup that tackles should not have spikes, and then in 2006, the feet must be on the ground when tackles.

Then obviously, everyone can imagine that when a defensive player is making a tackle, he can neither tackle from behind, nor can he shine the spikes, and his feet must stick to the ground. The action requirements are so high that defensive players must be cautious when they step down.

This is like a magic spell, so that the defensive players need to think carefully when they tackle the ball, so the reaction will naturally be slow, and sometimes they even need to adjust their body posture first, which will delay the opportunity.

Tackle rule changes are quite bad for defensive players, but good for offensive players.

So, gradually, the tackles began to drop dramatically.

Of course, from the perspective of protecting players, this is definitely a good policy.

Many people criticize Ramos, Pepe and others as butchers, but in fact, if you compare the defenders in the 1990s, even Nesta, who was later praised as elegant by countless fans, they are very elegant and restrained.

In 2007, after Platini was elected UEFA president, Angel Bilar became UEFA's first vice president and chairman of the referee committee, and they further restricted the actions of defensive players.

The reason is to better protect talented players with excellent skills and ensure the viewing of football games.

Everyone knows that the law enforcement standards of each league in European football are different. The same set of actions may be nothing in the Premier League, even a foul is not called, but in La Liga it may be a yellow card.

In addition to the perspective of protecting players, the law enforcement standards are mainly different in terms of physical confrontation.

For example, in the Premier League, in many cases, when a defensive player approaches the ball holder, the first choice is to squeeze and press with his body. This is called a reasonable collision, which requires that all players playing in the Premier League must have excellent physical fitness .

If your physical fitness is not good, if you are hit by the opponent, let alone dribble, you will lose your balance and fall to the ground. The referee will not even look at you.

But what about in La Liga?

A body collision with a slightly larger scale may be a foul, a yellow card, or even a red card.

This has led to the fact that in La Liga, defensive players generally do not choose to use physical confrontation to oppress the opponent, but choose to guess the opponent's ball path.

Take a closer look at Messi's match against Getafe with five players in a row, and think about it again and again. Why do Getafe's players not choose to fight with their bodies, but always grab Messi's ball?

Can't keep up with Messi?

It doesn't exist.

With so many people along the way, how could they not be able to stop Messi?

Getafe's head coach at the time, Schuster, said that the team's defensive players were too loose and gave Messi a chance.

So why not use the body?

Because defensive players are afraid of fouls.

In front of the rules, they are afraid of fouls, so they choose to guess the ball path, while Messi is short, with a low center of gravity, flexible in changing speed and direction, very skilled at dribbling, and fast enough to confuse and mislead opponents to misjudge his ball path , so it passed one by one.

This is an offense that best reflects the defensive rules.

If it is in the Premier League, if two defensive players clamp, even if the ball passes, you will not be able to pass.

Think again, why can't Messi play in the national team?

Because in national team competitions, including the World Cup, the standard for reasonable physical collisions is relatively loose.

The most stringent ones are La Liga and the Champions League.

why?

Because UEFA President Michel Platini, UEFA First Vice President, UEFA Referee Committee Chairman and Spanish Football Association President Bilal.

Rules are what they make and enforce.

Therefore, many people say that Messi is not so threatening in the Premier League, in Serie A, and in other leagues.

There is actually some truth to this statement.

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I believe that everyone who saw this must understand what a real godfather is.

The tackle reform initiated by Platini is a major benefit, but the level of protection for technical players in the Champions League is different. It does make the game look better, but it also causes problems. unfair.

Barcelona is the beneficiary of the rule changes. As for whether there is any trick behind the modification and formulation of the rules, it is beyond the knowledge of outsiders.

In the call gate, the reason why Moggi wanted to arrange a referee favorable to Juventus was precisely because the referee had the right to interpret law enforcement standards and rules.

It can be seen that the controversy surrounding the referee has a long history, and it did not start with Platini, nor will it end with him.

The adjustment of seemingly small details can easily lead to earth-shaking changes in a football game.

In almost every major competition, especially the Champions League, the selection of referees often represents various interests and public relations.

For example, this year's Champions League final.

Naples communicated with the Italian Football Association early on, through Corina, hoping to win a better referee, at least not too biased towards Barcelona.

To be honest, on the basis of the law enforcement standards of the Champions League, if the referee is more biased towards Barcelona, ​​Naples simply doesn't have to play and goes home directly.

Because at that time, there must be red and yellow cards flying all over the sky. Messi, Iniesta and others took turns to hit the Naples defense line with the ball.

Naples is finished!

In today's European football, there are not many international-level referees who are qualified to officiate this level of competition, and there are only a few of them, and they cannot be Spanish or Italian, so there are even fewer.

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Corina visited the hotel where he stayed in Naples before the game, which was actually allowed by UEFA's rules.

Because before the game, they have to explain the referee's law enforcement standards and standards to the players on both sides, which actions are allowed, which are resolutely attacked, and which are controlled by the referee... …

These are all made by the UEFA referee committee to communicate with the opponents before the game.

To be more specific, the opponents need to make further explorations step by step in the game.

Collina, the vice chairman of the UEFA referee committee, played such a role, leading the team to the hotel to visit the camp, patiently explaining, and answering the players' questions.

Everything is strictly in accordance with UEFA's official procedures. What he says and does represents UEFA, and he does it impeccably.

Just before leaving, Gao Shen implicitly expressed his concerns about the referee's law enforcement.

Collina solemnly told him not to worry, and said a word of comfort.

"The referee this time is Howard Webber. I believe he is a very impartial referee. He has been highly praised in the past few years. He has been in the Premier League for many years and has rich experience in law enforcement. Tonight will also be the referee. A high level of enforcement."

Collina did not come by himself, he was accompanied by UEFA officials, every word he said may be recorded, but only Gao Shen can understand the expression and eyes when he talks face to face with Gao Shen .

"I hope so, thank you, Pierluigi." Gao Shen smiled and shook hands and hugged Collina.

He already got the answer he wanted.

Collina's eyes also flashed a hint of admiration. He was worried that he would need to work hard because he was young and advanced, but he didn't expect to see it through.

Gao Shen sent Corina away before returning to the room, and immediately called the coaching staff over for a meeting.

For tonight's battle, he is more confident.