Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 80 If We Win, Will Platini Be Unhappy? (First Update, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 80 If we win, will Platini be unhappy (first update, please vote for me!)

"This is not shameless, this is simply shameless!" After Platini's interview, an Italian reporter complained privately. "How can anyone support Lyon so blatantly? He is the president of UEFA! What he said about 'I am a Frenchman' is bullshit! If he doesn't admit it himself, he thinks everyone else is a fool!"

"I'm really worried about Naples now..."

"We all know who Platini is. We also know very well the things he did... He said that UEFA will never manipulate games. We all still remember what happened at Stamford Bridge in the first half of the year!"

The "Stamford Bridge incident in the first half of the year" that reporters are referring to refers to the first half of this year, the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea played Barcelona at home.

Prior to this, Chelsea achieved a 0:0 draw in the away game, which was a very good result. As long as they win at home, they can advance to the finals.

The demerit in that game... is still controversial to this day. The referee has become a well-deserved protagonist in the game, and every penalty he makes is quite controversial. He almost only made one penalty against Chelsea in the whole game, and it turned out to be wrong... That was the wrong call that gave the Barcelona people an excuse to retort - "Look, the referee sent off one of us, you guys?" How dare you say that the referee is biased towards us?"

But that’s the truth...Chelsea’s player fell to the ground in Barcelona’s penalty area, and the referee turned a blind eye. A Barcelona player handballed the ball in his penalty area and the referee turned a blind eye.

Ballack and Drogba were so angry that they even stopped kicking the ball and surrounded the referee to protest loudly.

But it's no use.

At Chelsea's home court, amid the boos of tens of thousands of Chelsea fans, Norwegian referee Tom Henning stifled Chelsea's hopes time and time again.

In the 81st minute of the second half, Pique made a mistake when stopping the ball in the penalty area. The ball hit his open right hand. The referee turned a blind eye to such an obvious handball. Chelsea were one goal ahead at the time. If the handball was awarded a penalty, Chelsea would have secured the victory.

The second handball occurred in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Ballack's shot in the penalty area hit the upper left arm of the blocking defender. The referee who was close at hand actually signaled that the game should continue. At that time, Barcelona relied on Iniesta's goal in the 93rd minute to tie the total score to 1:1. If this penalty counts, Chelsea will beat Barcelona through this penalty and enter the Champions League for two consecutive years. finals. But the referee didn't say anything.

In addition to these two obvious penalties, the referee also made many decisions that are very questionable. In the 23rd minute, Malouda broke through Alves from the left. Although the referee whistled a foul, slow motion showed that the foul was in the penalty area and not outside the penalty area; in the 26th minute, Drogba dribbled the ball into the penalty area. , Abidal knocked down World of Warcraft with a pull and a kick. Without his foul, Drogba should have been able to complete a single shot, but the referee did not indicate.

Of course, the referee is not a machine, he is a human being, and as a human being, he will always make mistakes. It's okay to make one or two mistakes in a game. However, there were so many mistakes in a game, and the victims of the mistakes were all Chelsea, which is suspicious.

After the game, some media questioned the referee's decision.

The whole Chelsea team could not accept such a result at all. At home, they did not lose to Barcelona. Their tactics were successful and the players performed well. It was not until the 93rd minute that the powerful Barcelona scored a goal. The ball, and if the referee hadn't interfered with their emotions, it's hard to say whether the ball would have appeared... They lost at the hands of the referee. This frustrating way of losing made it difficult for the Chelsea players to Suppress angry feelings. After the game, Drogba was the first to rush onto the court to confront the referee. When he was pulled down by his teammates, he shouted into the camera: "This is a fucking disgrace! You don't deserve to be respected at all!" How could you do such a thing? Shame! Shame! You are such a fucking disgrace!" He pointed at the referee Herning, as if he wanted to smash the opponent into pieces.

In the end, Barcelona advanced to Rome with the help of Iniesta's goal and defeated Manchester United 2:0 in the final. Guardiola won six crowns in his first season as coach. This Champions League championship is crucial. important. Looking back, this semi-final is probably the most crucial step in the Barcelona Dream Team 3 dynasty...

After the game, the media questioned the game, but they were much more rational than the simply angry fans. They did not accuse Barcelona of buying off the referee, because this is very difficult, and Barcelona is unlikely to do such a thing.

In fact, the answer is very simple. Everyone has set their sights on UEFA President Platini.

Platini has expressed his support and love for Barcelona more than once, which has earned him the reputation of "Pu's godfather". But this time, it has little to do with Barcelona. If other teams meet Chelsea in this game, they will also benefit.

Because this is basically a competition between UEFA and the Premier League.

Starting from the 2006-07 season, the 07-08 season, and the 08-09 season, for three consecutive seasons, there were three English teams among the top four of the Champions League, and these three teams were the same, all of them were Manchester United and Chelsea. and Liverpool. The only difference is the other team. In the 06-07 season, it was AC Milan, and in the remaining two seasons, it was all Barcelona.

Not only that, starting from the 2004-05 season, for five consecutive seasons, a team from the Premier League entered the finals and won the championship twice. The UEFA Champions League final in the 2007-08 season turned into a civil war in England. Manchester United and Chelsea fought fiercely for 120 minutes in the heavy rain at the Luzhniki Stadium, and finally won through penalty kicks.

Last season's Champions League semi-finals also had great hopes of developing into a civil war in England. At this time, Platini, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally took action! He absolutely cannot tolerate the Champions League final, which represents the highest level of European honors, becoming the UEFA Cup!

After observing the first round, I found that Chelsea was very tenacious and actually tied Barcelona 0:0 in the away game. If the story continues like this, I am afraid that the audience will have to watch Chelsea and Manchester United meet in the final again. ... When those viewers who turn on the TV to watch the Champions League final see the two sides, will they think they have traveled back to a year ago?

In fact, Platini has been dissatisfied with the Premier League for a long time, but he was not in power before. Now that he has become the president of UEFA, he will of course destroy the prestige of English football. He believes that the Premier League's money-seeking attitude is harmful to football. If things go on like this, football will be completely controlled by money. He wanted to break away from the Premier League-style business philosophy, so he began to toss the New Deal, requiring that by 2012, all teams must break even, and transfer funds must come from their own operating income, and cannot accept external capital injections. For many Premier League teams acquired by external capital, this is simply a bolt from the blue.

After financially strangling the Premier League team, he began to make plans for sports again. The Premier League is not under his control, but the UEFA Cup and Champions League are his territory. Doesn’t he have the final say here?

Hence the scene at Stamford Bridge in the first half of this year.

After the game, Herning admitted that he had made some mistakes during the game. It was obvious that this was an approach that placed all the responsibility on himself.

But there are still many media pointing the finger at UEFA led by Platini.

UEFA has always insisted that the results of the draw are random, but it has arranged those teams with gimmicks together several times. Once or twice can be said to be a coincidence, but what about three, four, and five times? It cannot but be said that there are factors of arrangement.

Crows are as black as crows in the world. FIFA has already had a vote-buying scandal. The AFC has done everything possible to compete for East and West Asia for so many years. Therefore, wishful thinking that UEFA is a just, fair, efficient and clean organization is undoubtedly its fundamental purpose. The biggest joke of the century.

Those European media who cover European football are also very clear about the virtues of UEFA, and there are endless criticisms about UEFA. But UEFA always has a way to suppress these voices. After all, they dominate European football and have unimaginable power.

Now, some Italian reporters are worried that Platini will extend his black hand to Naples' away game against Lyon.

reason?

It's too simple. Platini is a Frenchman and he always has to consider the interests of French football, otherwise he will not be able to explain himself domestically.

Porto obviously cannot bring any glory to French football. Only Lyon's performance can guarantee the French Ligue 1 team's Champions League spot, which is crucial. No matter what method is used, it must be ensured that Lyon will appear in the next stage of the knockout round, and then they will be drawn together with Lyon's bitter owner Real Madrid... Real Madrid can continue to dream of the eighth, while Lyon is almost equivalent to being sent to the quarterfinals.

This abacus is really good...

However, the above are all speculations by reporters. In the absence of evidence and before the game has even started, they cannot jump out so arbitrarily to insinuate accusations against Platini.

All the answers and truth will be clear when the competition comes...

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Compared with the shady reporters, the Naples players obviously didn't think so much. They even mentioned Platini to watch this game as an honor for them. They had the honor to show one of the best in front of the UEFA President. of Naples.

Maybe, this can also win the favor of UEFA...

Of course they know that Platini is French, but obviously everyone wants to believe that such a big man's words are weighty and principled. He said that he supports Lyon as a Frenchman, and that's it.

As a Frenchman, it is normal for him to cheer for Lyon... Before this game, Maradona was cheering for Naples. He is not even Italian.

However, Chen Yingxiong suddenly asked a question, leaving many teammates unable to react for a while.

"You think...if we beat Lyon away from home, would Platini be unhappy?"

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