Demon Golden Boots

Chapter 425 Darkness in the Sun
Liu Yun immediately reported the incident to coach Mourinho.

Originally, Liu Yun thought that Mourinho would be shocked if such a thing happened.Unexpectedly, Mourinho had a familiar expression and just ordered all the players to check the game equipment.

The equipment of other players is no problem.

Mourinho talked to Liu Yun alone in the room: "Liu, don't tell anyone what happened tonight."

Liu Yun asked puzzledly: "Boss, you mean to tell me not to say anything? Why? This is considered a criminal case in the UK, right? In our Chinese martial arts novels, usually such needle-like objects must be With venom or something."

Mourinho smiled bitterly: "I guess, the needle is not poison, but a muscle relaxant."

When Mourinho said this, Liu Yun immediately felt that his three views were ruined.He always felt that compared to the black whistle of match-fixing in Huaguo football, the European league should be a clean place.Now, except for such a bad incident.The magic bird actually told him to keep quiet?

Liu Yun asked Mourinho: "Boss, you said you knew there was a muscle relaxant on the needle? How did you know?"

Mourinho stood up, came to the window, and watched the night scene of Manchester: "Because of a certain team I led before, before a certain key game, a certain player was so 'cared for' by them."

Liu Yun asked again: "They? Who are they?"

Mourinho turned his head, took out a bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass, and said slowly: "Liu, do you know? Football and gambling are twin brothers. Where there is football, there is gambling." The corporate presence. Everything that those guys do is legal in most of the countries in Europe."

Liu Yun continued to ask the bottom line: "Boss, you mean that what happened tonight is related to the gaming company?"

Mourinho took a sip of whiskey: "Liu, although you are a superstar in the Premier League now, you have only played for Manchester United for one season. There are some inside stories that you don't understand. I guess if you don't tell you clearly tonight, you may even Suspected that I was with them. Because you can't figure out why I'm keeping you quiet, can you?"

Liu Yun nodded.

Mourinho sat on a chair and talked eloquently:

"I just said. Football and gambling are like a pair of twin brothers. In the gambling markets of Europe and Southeast Asia, hundreds of billions of dollars of funds flow every day. Liu, you know, the gaming industry is the mainstay of the whole world. How many people are born? Millions! Bookmakers are not charities. Although several of the largest bookmakers in Europe are legal businesses. However, they don't want to see a game without suspense. Because there will be a lot of money Flooding into the line for this kind of game. It will cost them huge bets."

Liu Yun pulled a chair and sat across from Mourinho: "Boss, you have confused me. I understand the principle of ten bets and nine cheats. But the bookmaker is not open and legal, and the odds offered are not Is it transparent? They have a lot of actuaries with super high IQs, who can write out the odds that are most beneficial to the bookmakers.”

Mourinho shook his head: "Anyone who can survive in the sun is not necessarily a vampire. There are connections between several major European gaming companies. One loses and one wins. In a game like the semi-finals of the Champions League, a single game involves The amount often reaches hundreds of billions of euros. Moreover, there are many "games" offered by the gaming company. For example, in the game between us and Juventus, you can guess the score, guess the outcome of a single game, guess the outcome of two rounds, and guess the player's score. The number of goals...I estimate that the gamblers all over the world are overwhelmingly betting on Manchester United to eliminate Juventus and enter the Champions League final."

Liu Yun was thoughtful: "Boss, our game should belong to the kind of 'no suspense game'."

Mourinho nodded: "Yes. There is no suspense in the game. Even if the bookmaker calculates the odds actuarially, the final result will definitely be a big loss."

Liu Yun said: "I don't understand this. Since the loss is guaranteed and there is no profit, why don't they just close the game of this kind of game?"

Mourinho took another sip of whiskey: "If the bookmakers don't even dare to open the game for such a heavyweight game as the Champions League semi-finals, will there be gamblers coming to them to bet in the future?"

Liu Yun said: "Mourinho, I've said so much. In fact, I can hear that you are implying that the gaming company has something to do with what happened tonight. But I still can't believe that in the highly anticipated semi-final of the Champions League, they How dare you use your hands and feet."

Mourinho smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about the semi-finals of the Champions League. What about the final of the World Cup? Let me give an example 20 years ago. The final of the World Cup in 98. The whole world believes that the powerful Brazil can win the Hercules Cup .European handicap, Asian handicap, all gamblers put their money on Brazil.

The day before the final, Ronaldo mysteriously fell ill.Didn't want to play the next day.Under pressure, the head coach forced him to start, causing him to be inactive for 90 minutes.

Carlos and Cafu's performance in the second day's final was lackluster. The Brazilian team that day was completely different from the previous game in terms of fighting spirit and fighting spirit.

After the game, the entire Brazilian team was silent.No one has revealed anything about why Ronaldo mysteriously fell ill the day before the final.

After the French team won the World Cup, the national team held several celebratory receptions.At a certain reception, the head coach of the French team, Kaiya, drank too much and said something intriguing: Heh, they have tried everything to help us deal with Ronaldo. . . . . . "

Liu Yun said, "Boss, what do you mean, the 98 World Cup final was a match-fixing match?"

Mourinho played with the wine glass in his hand: "I dare not say that. I can only say that the game was very strange, very strange. I have been coaching in Europe for almost 30 years. I have encountered something like tonight. More than once."

Liu Yun asked Mourinho: "Since the boss, you know that this matter is related to 'them', why don't you let me call the police directly? Manchester is our club's own territory. I think the Manchester Police Department will definitely help us."

Mourinho waved his hand: "Liu, I can tell you responsibly. Even if the police intervene, the final result must be nothing. Who is behind the gaming company? I can't tell. But I can tell you, Gaming companies have inextricably linked relationships with various clubs, the FA, and even UEFA and FIFA. Let me give you the simplest example.”

Mourinho pointed to the chest ad on Liu Yun’s jersey: “For a club jersey ad, the rich teams can often sell hundreds of millions of pounds, and the mid-range teams can also sell tens of millions of pounds. What do you think? Is it worth that much money? The publicity effect is really worth hundreds of millions of pounds?"

Liu Yun thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's not worth that much money? Since it's not worth it, why do the sponsors spend huge sums of money to buy it?"

(End of this chapter)