Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 460 Lobbying
Since Pei Wei got involved in football, he has changed many things, but these changes are all in favor of Chinese football. There are factors that Pei Wei took the initiative to do, and there are also accidental factors. These changes Including Xu Bing, who has been dead for four years, is still alive and kicking as the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, full of anger and curses, Adriano and Deco, two world-renowned players, have become part of the Chinese national team. The team broke into the World Cup four years in advance, and many Chinese players have been added to the European league...

But this change is almost the only one that is unfavorable to the Chinese team among all the changes. Asia is known as the top ten. In fact, everyone knows that at this stage, there are only five teams that are really capable of competing in the World Cup. The top three in East Asia are China and Japan. South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia in West Asia, and other teams basically play the role of accompanying the prince to study.

Now the Japanese and South Korean teams have directly entered the World Cup as the hosts. That is to say, there are only three teams left with the strength to compete for these two and a half tickets-the quota allocated to Asia by FIFA in this World Cup is two. On the surface, with the addition of two hosts, there are four and a half places allocated to Asia, which is a full one more than the three and a half places in the previous session. In the competition for Oceania, Asian teams have a lot more chances, and half of this year's team is competing with No.14 in Europe!Everyone knows the difference between this!
In the case that half of the admission tickets are basically equal to none, there are only three tickets left in Asia in addition to the one that the host deserves, which is half less than the previous session. The Football Federation was very annoyed, and even protested by leaving early at the FIFA meeting held in the first half of the year, but it has already been a fait accompli, and any protest is invalid.

In this case, what the three top Asian teams in China, Iraq and Saudi Arabia have to compete for are just the two direct admission tickets. That is to say, which group Iran, as the second tier, is in, and that group is definitely the group of death!
Now A, where the Chinese team is located, forms the death group, which is exactly the opposite of history-how can Pei Wei not be surprised.

But soon, Pei Wei figured out the key point.

There is no fairness in the so-called lottery. Those famous "groups of death" are often the product of behind-the-scenes operations—mostly for the sake of ratings and attracting attention, such as the World Cup, European Championships, championships, etc. In a game like the league, if the groupings are all strong and weak, then there will be a lot less to watch, so consciously draw together some teams that are relatively close in strength, or have grievances in the past history. The usual tricks of the major football federations—for example, Chelsea’s early encounters with Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League for several years in a row is a typical example—the two most beautiful teams in European football, and they have grievances and grievances. If they meet in advance in the knockout round or in the group stage, it's really hell if there is no ghost.

And the arrangement of the AFC this time (I don't believe that Iran's assignment to the Chinese team is a so-called coincidence even if Pei Wei was killed), is probably more motivated by political factors.

Over the past few years, with the strong rise of China and Japan among the top three in East Asia (South Korea is a veteran football powerhouse, and they have always been the East Asian team with the best performance against West Asia) - the rise of these two countries is amazing They are similar, they all started to emerge in large numbers after having a league with strong financial resources. Not to mention the money-playing league. After the level of the league clubs reached the first-class in Asia, they sent a considerable number of players to Europe. The overall strength has become a well-deserved first-class in Asia, and West Asia originally had first-class teams. For example, Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and other teams have declined very seriously in recent years. It is difficult to pose a threat to the top three teams in East Asia. In 98, only one Iranian team succeeded in breaking through, which made the West Asian teams lose face. If West Asia still has only one team entering the 02 World Cup this time, then West Asia will have even less power to speak in the AFC—after all, football is a world that relies on strength, and Verapan has mastered it for so many years. The AFC is powerful, but his home country, Malaysia, is also an underdog in Asia.

Under such circumstances, the AFC will of course find a way to hit the Chinese team. Iran can be regarded as the West Asian team with the best record against East Asian teams in recent years. Instead of letting him fight Saudi Arabia, it is better to let them fight Going to China, if China can be eliminated, then West Asia's dominant position in the AFC will continue.

In history, the reason why the Chinese team was able to get a good sign in this year's Asian qualifiers was because Chinese football did not pose much of a threat. A trick used by the Football Federation for balance.At the same time, it is also a face for China, which has just successfully bid to host the Olympic Games.

After figuring this out, Pei Wei showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

The AFC's calculations are not bad, but can this really prevent the Chinese team from qualifying?

The current Chinese team is not the Chinese team in history whose strength has begun to decline. This Chinese team participated in the last World Cup and has emerged a large number of players who can gain a firm foothold in Europe. Two future world superstars such as Jarno and Deco will help out—not to mention a mere Iranian team, even if Saudi Arabia is in this group, the Chinese team can rely on its strong strength and have an 80.00% chance of qualifying!
The reason why I don't say [-]% is because there is never a football game that must be won.

Pei Wei saw on TV that the expression on Xu Bream's face was very gloomy - the same was true of Zhang Long beside him. Anyway, this time the Chinese Football Association was severely punished by the AFC. The Chinese Football Association, which is becoming more and more talkative, has suffered a lot from being dumb. With Xu Bing's character, he may have to go to Verapan for a good theory.

Although the current Chinese team is not afraid of being in a group with any Asian team, no one will be happy to be played by others like this, and Xu Bing certainly will not.

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"Damn it, I want to beat that guy Verapan!"

When Pei Wei called Xu Bing the next day, he heard him complaining on the phone: "Damn, these guys really don't follow the rules at all. It's obvious that they are trying to make trouble with our Chinese Football Association! It wasn't Zhang Long who pulled me, I wanted to go up and beat him up at that time, but that guy later pretended to come up to shake my hand, I didn't give a shit about him."

"Old Xu, normal heart, normal heart." Pei Wei said with a smile: "What's the point of being in a group with Iran? I dare to assure you that no matter how hard Iran is, this time it will only compete for half of the admission ticket." life."

"I absolutely believe this!" Xu Bing calmed down: "But if the AFC plays like this, our Football Association will lose all face! We will have to settle this account sooner or later!"

"Don't worry, they are struggling this time." Pei Wei laughed: "This time we entered the World Cup again and achieved a little good results, then East Asia has an absolute advantage in terms of technology, and Villa Pan’s term of office is coming soon, and it will not be so easy for West Asia to control the AFC.”

"It's not that simple." Xu Bing said in a muffled voice: "Nearly three-quarters of the AFC's executive committee members are from West Asia. They have an absolute advantage. Verapan is not from West Asia. Why do they always go to West Asia? It’s not because they have so many people! There are only five countries in East Asia, and Mongolia can basically be ignored. Although Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan can also participate as regions, they can’t speak at critical moments. Secretary-General, West Asia still has an advantage."

"Then how about you become the secretary-general of the AFC? You are the vice-chairman now, so it won't be difficult to go further?" Pei Wei came up with a crooked idea.

"Are you kidding?" Xu Bing laughed: "The secretary-generals of the AFC are all from Malaysia, because that's where the AFC is based! It's impossible for East Asia and West Asia to occupy this position. Don't you know? Although the chairman has not stipulated, the chairman of the AFC has no actual power!"

"Then you can run for the vice president or executive committee of FIFA. Isn't South Korea's Zheng Mongzhun the vice president of FIFA? Thailand and Japan each have a FIFA executive committee. Why can't you be a monk? I can touch it, but I can't?" Pei Wei said with a strange smile.

Xu Bing was stunned, and Pei Wei continued: "Why have South Korea and Japan basically never suffered from these losses? Not only because of their good grades, but also because they have people who can speak in FIFA! Our current grades are absolute. There is no problem, but there are few important people on it!"

"Yes, I can be." Xu Bing laughed: "But if I am, who will be the chairman of the Chinese Football Association? Although these two positions can be held concurrently, I don't have that much energy Ah... If you are willing to come and take my hand, I can consider it."

"You want to poach me again." Pei Wei said helplessly, "But I have no interest in official career..."

Having said that, the two laughed at the same time.

It's not a day or two for Xu Bing to recruit Pei Wei to come to the Football Association, but Pei Wei refuses every time-he doesn't want to abandon Yunjia Tianyu Club, at least until he finds a suitable person to take over.

"Okay, that's all for today, my proposal, you should think about it carefully."

After Xu Bing finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Pei Wei held the phone in a daze. Originally, he wanted to lobby Xu Bing to participate in the FIFA vice-chairman election, but Xu Bing turned to poach him—after calculations, This is a muddled account.

(End of this chapter)