"The home advantage is too great. No, this is not a home advantage. This is completely a black whistle."
Merkley frowned while watching the match between Italy and South Korea. Because the next opponent of the Czech Republic is the winner of South Korea and Italy. Riester and Merkley did not go to the stadium to watch their game. They are not Czech coaches, so they need to go.
Get to know the opponent. As long as two people know who the opponent is, they just watched the live broadcast in the hotel.
After watching the live broadcast, Merkley's expression was not very good. Because Italy was hacked by South Korea, and the hack was quite powerful. South Korea relied on Ahn Jung-hwan's header to beat Italy in overtime, but the whole game was
The bias is quite serious.
Although Italian football is very powerful, there are no very powerful figures in Italy in world football. Italy's national economy is average. Its economy is not as good as Germany, not as good as Britain, not as good as France, and its political influence
It is not as good as the above-mentioned countries in the EU. It is not good economically, not militarily, and not politically. Its status in the EU is average, and it has little sense of presence in the world. It has a very poor voice in the world.
Let’s talk about football. Although Italy has had three World Cup championships in history, the first two were before World War II and were in ancient times. Although the championship won in the 1970s was very close, only two came out.
Big boss figures. Golden boy Rossi and goalkeeper Zoff, although they are well-known, they obviously cannot compete with Cruyff of the Netherlands, Beckenbauer of Germany, Platini of France, and Jussi of Portugal.
Bio is compared to other big names in football.
Therefore, Italian football's performance is very good, but its voice in world football is average. It is not only the lack of decisive figures like Cruyff and Beckenbauer, but also the strength of Italian Football Association officials. They and world football
Neither the United Nations nor UEFA have a good relationship, so they cannot help Italy in this regard. So they just asked South Korea to be destroyed.
Italian football doesn’t have much say, but Merkley understands. Compared with Italian football, Czech football is even more bullshit. Italy is at least a world football power, while the Czech Republic is smaller and has a worse economy than Italy.
Military and political affairs are not on the same level. Italian football at least has world-class superstars. But in the history of the Czech Republic, there are no superstars who can enter the history of world football. South Korea and even Italy can blatantly hack and hack.
A Czech is not simpler. There are a lot of celebrities in Italy who can disgust others in Korea every day, but the Czech Republic does not even have such celebrities. The more I think about Merkley, the more troubled I become.
"Oh, Pavel, sit down quickly. You're shaking me so much that I feel dizzy."
Riester watched Merkley walking around, so he smiled and said to him. But Merkley couldn't sit down and kept walking around.
"Bang--"
Just when Merkley was at his wits' end, Brückner walked in. His expression was not good-looking either. For people like Merkley, List, and Brückner, South Korea's hacking of Italy had nothing to do with them.
Even for the Czech Republic, I don't know how happy I am when a strong team like Italy dies.
Because before the start of this World Cup, in addition to world hegemon France being the biggest favorite, the other favorite team is Italy. Because Italy is too strong now. Just look at their striker, Vieri,
Inzaghi, Totti, Del Piero, Montella, Delvecchio. Before the World Cup, Italy's reputation was higher than that of strong teams such as Brazil, Argentina, and Spain. England always likes to brag. And Germany is not in everyone's eyes.
among.
But Italy died like this, and the Czech Republic didn't know how happy it was. Because the Czech Republic lost a huge opponent on the way forward. The Czech Republic was not sure that it could defeat such a powerful Italy. But the problem is that South Korea can even hack Italy.
Now, will they give this method to the Czech Republic? This is what the Czech Republic is worried about now. The same is true for Brückner.
"Bawell, Lister, did you watch the game just now?"
"Looked at it."
Merkley didn't answer, so Lister answered for him.
"Bawell, Riester, after all, this is the World Cup in Korea and Japan. They have the home field advantage. If they use the home field advantage like they did in this game with South Korea, what should we do?"
Brückner was very anxious. He was very happy when Italy died. But when he encountered South Korea, he was very worried. Merkley's already ugly face became even more ugly when he heard Brückner's words.
Merkley really wants to go out and do some activities. Unfortunately, Merkley knows how much he weighs. Now he has not fully established himself in Czech football. Merkley was not a very influential player in world football back then.
The Football Association is not a very powerful association in world football. He wants to exercise, but he doesn’t know who to go to. There is nothing he can do. That’s why he becomes even more anxious.
"Bawell, tell me why Korean players can run so well. Are they taking doping? There should be a lot of this kind of thing in the World Cup."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Lister joked. Merkley was not in the mood to joke now, so when he heard Lister speak, he said angrily: "Who knows. And even if they use doping, so what. Football
There are not just one or two dopers among them, and there are quite a few people who have questioned doping in the history of the World Cup. But don’t talk about these things nonsense, let alone outside. It is very likely to cause public outrage, and then you will be in trouble.
.”
Doping has been suspected not once or twice in the history of the World Cup. Let’s talk about the most famous miracle in Bern. At that time, West Germany defeated Hungary with Puskas in the final. At that time, Hungary was the best football team in the world.
team, Puskas is the best player in the world. Hungary was overtaken by West Germany with a 2-0 lead, and finally defeated Hungary 3-2.
This final was the first time that Germany won the World Cup. It was called the Miracle in Bern. But later many people questioned this miracle and believed that it was impossible for Germany to defeat Hungary. Many people in the football world believed that Germany used doping.
, but because there was no evidence, the matter was dismissed. And few people dared to offend the powerful German football bosses, so the voices of doubt became smaller and smaller.
Of course, this also includes the 1998 World Cup final. Many people doubted whether France used drugs on Ronaldo. There were many such doubts, but there was no result. Of course, some people also suspected that France also used some drugs.
In fact, many doubts are not groundless, because doping is too common in world football. It just depends on what kind of doping you use. Those players who have been really caught in football,
On the contrary, it is not true that doping was used. Many of the players who were later caught were just a group of unlucky people.
Merkley really regards List as a friend and a good partner. Although List is a very powerful agent, once the inside information about football is revealed, even List will not be able to bear the consequences of football.
Anger. That’s why he becomes more serious.
"It's just a joke. I see that you two are too nervous. So I'm going to tell you a joke to relieve your tension."
Seeing Lister joking, Merkley had no choice but to shake his head and smile bitterly. Merkley rarely saw Lister get nervous, and even if it was something very important, Lister could treat it with such a relaxed tone. Merkley
Also slowly calm down my mood.
"Liester, this is a big thing related to the Czech national team. How can I not be nervous. It is an unspoken rule to take care of the home team in any competition, but it is rare to do so blatantly like South Korea. Especially in the past few decades.
It’s even rarer among them.”
Brückner is not young, already in his sixties. He is the oldest among the three people here, but he is also very angry. Brückner is very optimistic about the strength of the Czech national team. In his opinion, now
The Czech Republic is far stronger than it was in the 1996 European Cup. He has high expectations for the current Czech national team, so he is even more nervous.
"Carlisle, come and sit down."
Lister said to Brückner easily. Brückner snorted and sat opposite Lister. Looking at the relaxed face of Lister, Merkley slowly calmed down and also
He sat next to Riester.
Then he looked at Lister and said: "Lister, Italy has been eliminated by others. Are you really not worried about the Czech Republic at all? We are far behind Italy's status in world football."
"Worry, why should you worry?"
Lister answered Merkley's words indifferently. After listening to Lister's words, Merkley remembered that he and Brückner were nervous from the beginning to now. Lister was relaxed from beginning to end, as if he didn't care at all.
Merkley and Lister have known each other for a long time and have cooperated for many years. They know Lister's character very well, and Lister's current behavior is obviously that he is absolutely sure. He should have enough coping methods, so he
So. So he looked at Riester, his expression slowly becoming serious.
"Rister, South Korea's elimination of Italy this time is not just a home advantage as we thought in the past, it is completely a black whistle. No one will believe it without any tricks. Zheng Mengzhun, the vice president of FIFA, is not simple in his skills. In the World Football Federation
His strength is not simple. Aren't you afraid? If he can destroy Italy, he will definitely not care about destroying a Czech."
Lister played with the wine glass in his hand and slowly sneered: "He dares!"
