super storm

Chapter 1126 Reversal
Joseph Blatter, known as the tumbler of football, has served as the secretary-general of FIFA since [-], and since he was elected president of FIFA in [-], he has always been an evergreen tree in international football.

Some even called him behind his back, the dictator.

As a veteran player who has been in international football all his life, Blatter knows better than anyone how to play this set of game rules.

In [-], Platini defeated Johansson and was elected UEFA president. Many people said that he has won the true biography of Blatter.

They are like masters and apprentices. Platini studied under Blatter, but now after coaching UEFA, he faintly began to challenge Blatter. It was even revealed that Platini intends to run for FIFA president in the future.

This is what the major football powerhouses in Europe want to see.

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FIFA has more than 200 members, including world powers such as China and the United States, as well as developed and wealthy countries such as Germany, Britain, and France, but also impoverished African countries such as Uganda.

This institution pursues democracy and votes. Big and small countries, rich and poor countries are all equal before FIFA. Everyone holds a precious vote in their hands.

This has created a very interesting situation, that is, the vast majority of small and poor countries do not have too many demands, their football level is very low, their economic level is also very low, they do not have much demand at all, they neither have a league nor do they want to host the World Cup, and some even do not have the will and funds to develop football.

However, they have a valuable vote.

In Europe, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and other powerful and rich countries, they have the world's top leagues, continue to open up their own markets around the world, expand their influence, and earn broadcast fees and commercial sponsorships from all over the world. They actively participate in the business of FIFA.

In the FIFA system, on the contrary, these powerful and rich countries have something to ask from FIFA.

How should this set of games be played?

The answer is simple, and Blatter understands it well, that is to obtain more resources from those rich and powerful countries that ask for FIFA, and use it to please these small and weak countries that have votes in their hands, have no desires for FIFA, but hold real power, do not accomplish enough, but fail more.

This kind of manipulation made Blatter's position in FIFA as stable as Mount Tai. Although the relationship with UEFA is extremely poor, and the relationship with the major European football powers is also very indifferent, but in fact, for so many years, almost no one can shake his position in world football.

Within FIFA, he also kept his word.

As his pro-disciple, Platini is definitely a true biography of his unique skills.

In the campaign that defeated Johansson and was elected UEFA president, Platini supported the small and weak countries within UEFA against the big and powerful countries behind Johansson.

After being elected as the UEFA president, Platini also became more convinced of his strategy, so he began to vigorously support small and medium-sized countries within UEFA, even at the expense of the UEFA Champions League group stage places and knockout draws, so that small and medium-sized countries can also get a share of this fat.

When dealing with UEFA's powerful clubs, Platini was unambiguous in his actions. Not only did he pass layers of clauses and restrictions, but he also set up obstacles in financial and other aspects. He tried every means to suppress the giants and giants. The famous G14 group was completely disbanded in his hands.

The two generations of mentors and apprentices have done well in FIFA and UEFA respectively. This also makes everyone feel that the person who will succeed Blatter in the future must be his personal disciple Michel Platini.

And don't think that only football does this.

wrong!

Let’s talk about the Olympic Committee. When the South Koreans applied for the Olympic Games, the South Korean president went to Africa to lobby in person, promising that if African countries voted for South Korea, they would dispatch special planes during the World Cup to bring athletes from all African countries to South Korea to compete and send them back to Africa after the Olympics.

This is definitely a huge sum of money for impoverished African countries. Even for South Korea, the four Asian tigers, it was also a huge sum of money, but it finally helped South Korea win the right to host the Olympic Games.

As for the Korea-Japan World Cup in [-], there were even more tricks.

It can be said that such a set of gameplay is no longer new, but as long as the rules do not change, it will definitely work.

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Blatter deeply understands the essence of this set of gameplay, and he even pursues it whether he is managing FIFA or dealing with people. This time at Oxford University, he also adopted this strategy when talking about the Golden Globe competition between Yang Yang and Messi.

Messi, the world's superstar, no one will deny Messi's strength and talent, but he has always been under the shadow of Yang Yang, and he was born in Argentina, which is in sharp contrast with Yang Yang, who is backed by a powerful China.

Blatter did not think it through carefully at the time, but only considered this issue according to his inertial thinking over the past few decades. He believed that from the perspective of FIFA, it is not a good thing for Yang Yang to monopolize the Ballon d'Or all the year round, and now the voice of supporting Messi is not small, so he chose to support the weak to challenge the strong.

But what surprised him was that his strategy this time not only didn't work, but instead caused him a whole lot of trouble.

He suddenly discovered that the tricks that he had played with great proficiency in the past few decades and tried time and again were useless.

Originally, he hoped to suppress Yang Yang and support Messi, but in the end, the public opinion outside was completely reversed. The vast majority of people actually supported Yang Yang with a clear stand. What is going on?

Blatter has been reflecting on this phenomenon in recent days, and the people under him have come to a preliminary conclusion, that is, Yang Yang is indeed stronger and his performance is indeed better. This is different from some of FIFA's past operating methods, because the strong are king on the football field.

In fact, if FIFA really wanted to support Messi, there was no need for Blatter to come forward, and the award would be given directly to Messi. This would not be a big problem, because before Blatter came forward, according to the odds offered by famous bookmakers, Messi had a probability of [-], ranking first, while Yang Yang was only [-], ranking second.

But after Blatter made his remarks, public opinion quickly reversed. In the latest odds that William Hill just offered, Yang Yang’s winning odds surpassed that of Messi, reaching [-]. Messi, who has been in a sluggish state recently, fell to [-].

Gaming companies are the most sensitive to public opinion in the market, and they rely on this to make a living. Although the odds do not mean winning a prize, they can initially reflect the current public opinion. Most people support Yang Yang.

This undoubtedly put FIFA and Blatter on fire.

What's more terrible is that Yang Yang already has the confidence and determination to challenge FIFA.

His agent Mino Raiola came forward and publicly stated that before Blatter publicly apologized, he would prevent Yang Yang from going to Zurich to participate in the FIFA Awards Conference. This is undoubtedly an ultimatum to FIFA.

If Yang Yang does not come to participate in the FIFA Awards Conference, the influence of this grand event will be greatly reduced. Even if Messi wins the award, he will also be questioned overwhelmingly. If Yang Yang wins the award, it will be even more of a nightmare.

And the current Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy also recently publicly stated that he is an out-and-out Real Madrid fan, "If I can vote, I will definitely vote for Yang Yang. He always impresses me. He is a player who gives everything on the court and always gives his best."

Not only that, from the votes received by FIFA, the head coaches and captains of the national teams from all over the world, and the media of various countries, after preliminary statistics, Yang Yang's popularity has skyrocketed due to his recent blowout and Blatter's own "fueling".

This made FIFA very worried. If Yang Yang really won the award but was absent, then FIFA would definitely become the laughing stock of the whole world, but if Blatter was asked to cheat, he would not dare.

Although everyone says that Blatter is the dictator of FIFA, in fact, the internal affairs are not monolithic. If Blatter is caught in the pigtails, his reputation will be ruined immediately. Besides, now that the media is so developed, what tricks can be used to cover it up?
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"We have urgently issued a notice calling on players, coaches or journalists who have not yet had time to vote, or who 'hope' to vote again, to continue voting before October 29, and have given 'guidance' on voting."

The right-hand man sat in front of Blatter, frowned, but said cautiously.

"There's nothing left behind, right?" Bratt's old voice came.

During this period of time, his pressure was greater than ever before, and he seemed to have aged a lot.

"No, we handled it very carefully, but judging from the current situation, the result is hard to predict."

Difficult to predict means that, in the end, Yang Yang or Messi, whoever wins the Golden Globe Award, is possible.

Originally, voting for the Golden Globes ended on November 29th. Unexpectedly, Blatter deliberately postponed it to the [-]th, and asked his right-hand assistant to call one by one to "guidance" the voting. The result was still unpredictable.

"Now that the public opinion is raging outside, Yang Yang didn't come forward in person, but asked his agent to come out. He also wanted to leave room for maneuver. If he really asked him to come forward in person and say something irreparable, it would be too late."

When Blatter heard this, his cloudy eyes flashed a stern look, "You want me to apologize publicly?"

When things got to this point, if he apologized publicly, what would happen?
The person opposite was silent, afraid to speak any more.

He knew what the result would be like, but this was the best stop loss plan he could think of right now.

If Blatter really wanted to blame him, he should blame himself for being so outspoken at Oxford University.

If these words hadn't been said at the beginning, would FIFA have caused so much trouble?
(End of this chapter)