In fact, before the opening of the World Cup in Germany, the scandal in the Bundesliga, the long-term weakness of the national team, problems in the construction of World Cup venues and other factors caused Germany to be widely questioned and criticized. But when the World Cup actually arrived, people were surprised The discovery made the Germans, who have always been known for their rigidity and rigor, set off an unstoppable wave of passion. △￠
Flags can be seen everywhere, in front of houses, in cars, and on the streets filled with helpful fans. An unprecedented passion is sweeping Germany!
June 9, Munich.
Munich World Cup Stadium (i.e. Allianz Arena, but Allianz is not a World Cup sponsor. During the World Cup, the stadium is called Munich World Cup Stadium.)
Aldrich attended the opening ceremony with his family and sat in the VIP stands. The position assigned to him by the organizing committee was really conspicuous. He sat next to Beckenbauer.
In addition to the artistic performances at the opening ceremony, Southgate, who has retired, represented the England national team and held the Hercules Cup, symbolically returning the championship trophy to FIFA. Once every four years, the world's heroes have a new idea for the Hercules Cup. The round of competition begins again!
In the opening game, the German team easily defeated Costa Rica. The German team led by Klinsmann is actually quite embarrassed. It is considered to be in the transformation stage. It must rely on veterans to support the scene and promote young players. It is a bit like a "tree planted by predecessors" Role.
The victory of the German team made the whole country rejoice, and Aldrich simply enjoyed the game. Under the overwhelming atmosphere in the stadium, he felt that his trip was worthwhile.
After the game, Aldridge had a private conversation with Beckenbauer.
Of course, there is no need to say much about the scene.
Aldridge is the last World Cup winning coach and with his unprecedented coaching achievements, he will certainly add a lot of color to the World Cup in Germany if he can come to support it.
The focus of their discussion was football politics.
Beckenbauer hopes that Aldrich can temporarily suppress the pressure from G14 on UEFA.
G14 has never been a role consistent with UEFA's stance.
As Millwall begins to play the leading role in G14, the voice of G14 to the outside world will naturally have Millwall's will.
With the UEFA presidential election held half a year later, Beckenbauer hopes that the G14 can stay dormant temporarily to avoid putting too much pressure on UEFA and creating external difficulties for Johansson's re-election.
Aldrich agreed to such a request.
However, after their conversation ended, Aldrich returned to the hotel to think about the problem carefully, and then he discovered the core of the problem.
Johansson reassured Aldridge by promising that UEFA's internal chaos would be over.
Then, it definitely means that Johansson and Beckenbauer's faction can win!
Beckenbauer came out to talk to Aldrich again, but the tone of the conversation seemed to be asking Aldrich to help Johnson be re-elected smoothly.
What's the problem?
Who will be the next UEFA president?
Judging from the intelligence collected by most European media.
Johansson is stepping down!
Come on, not only is he 76 years old, but he is also suffering from cancer. He has also expressed his intention to abdicate in favor of others many times.
The outside world believes that Johansson will support Beckenbauer to take over. It can be said that Johansson cultivated and paved the way for the appointed successor!
However, during the conversation between Beckenbauer and Aldrich, although he also hated Platini's campaign stance, he seemed to have no interest in the position of UEFA president.
Platini is engaged in "charity poverty alleviation". He is an enemy in the eyes of the "European elites". It can be said that G14 will never like Platini. On the contrary, if Beckenbauer can uphold Johansson's ideas
, then, g14 can even fully support Beckenbauer.
Johansson can understand that for football to develop, first of all, the superstructure must be very luxurious!
Football stars and star teams are important factors that attract the outside world.
The success of the Champions League is also due to the existence of the "European Elite". Without these giants, the Champions League would be worthless!
But if it’s like what Platini promoted, what? Macedonian fans not only want to see Zidane on TV, but also want to see their team compete with the team represented by Zidane in the Champions League.
When they play against each other on the field, they have the right to enjoy football, and we will try our best to achieve this! The same goes for other European countries."
This is bullshit!
Who could have imagined that one day a group of teams from Malta, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and other countries would appear in the Champions League?
Yes, that's right, it seems that the Champions League main game covers a wider range, which is theoretically good for promoting football and enhancing the brand.
However, if giants like Millwall, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern, etc. play against teams from these countries, do they need to be in the main lineup?
In addition, whose participation quota will be squeezed out by these participating civilian teams?
Platini is a great player, but after becoming a football politician, his ideas made the European elites disagree and even resolutely resisted.
Naturally, g14 does not want to see Platini elected. At this time, Platini is still an ally of Blatter.
Regarding this matter, Aldrich called Carter in the evening to discuss the matter.
"I can't figure out now whether Johansson will run resolutely or Beckenbauer will run! European media are saying that Beckenbauer will be the next UEFA president, but Beckenbauer and
The way I spoke sounded like he had other ideas!"
After listening to Aldrich's explanation, Carter pondered for a moment on the other end of the phone. After a long time, he replied uncertainly: "There will definitely be no split between Beckenbauer and Johansson, but from what you said, it seems that the two of them have plans.
The difference is, I think, Johnson’s position is positive. If he runs for election,
The odds of winning are not too great. In the past two years, he has been building momentum for Beckenbauer. He has stated many times that he will retire, so he is running. His momentum is no longer enough. In addition, he also has health risks. At the age of 76, by the end of the year,
That’s 77! If Beckenbauer runs, he should be a sure winner.”
Aldrich felt the same way.
If Johansson is not troubled by cancer and has not expressed his intention to abdicate in favor of someone more powerful in the past two years, then Johansson's chances of re-election are still high if he continues to run for office.
But they were all ready to give up their position, and now they regretted it. It was quite confusing.
"Then Beckenbauer can run for the election and directly become the president of UEFA! But he doesn't seem to have that intention. Otherwise, why don't you make it clear to me? He only needs to say that he is running for the election, and I can give it to him on behalf of G14.
All the commitments he wanted."
"Well, I think the problem might be the World Cup."
"World Cup? What does the World Cup have to do with UEFA?"
"Two years ago, Beckenbauer might have been walking on thin ice. After all, the outside world had serious doubts and criticisms about Germany hosting the World Cup. But today, the World Cup has received a huge response from the beginning. The outside world has praised it. As a member of the World Cup Organizing Committee,
What will it be like for Chairman Beckenbauer to receive praise in front of and behind the scenes, and the stimulation of his ambitions caused by today's success?"
"Then what is he going to do? If he is ambitious, fine, he can become the president of UEFA! What else would make him more attractive than the position of president of UEFA..."
Aldrich suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence.
Because he suddenly thought of something that would be quite sensational in the next few years of original history.
That was the World Cup application bribery scandal.
Beckenbauer was also involved.
What was exposed was Fleet Street.
However, the key is not the scandal. The scandal itself existed during the World Cup bidding period, it was just whether it was exposed.
It was Beckenbauer's identity at the time, he was from FIFA!
He works for FIFA!
In fact, after the Johansson era ended and Platini came to power, Aldrich had not heard much about Beckenbauer's deeds in the football political circle. The Caesar of German football was not very glamorous in front of the stage.
Bright.
However, thinking about it now, Aldrich probably guessed why Beckenbauer, who was so popular before Johansson lost to Platini, will almost disappear in the next few years!
"I received rumors from Germany that Beckenbauer seems to have lost interest in the position of UEFA president. The rumor revealed by the German media is that Beckenbauer is going to run for a member of the FIFA Executive Committee with the goal of
The throne of FIFA President. But the news is not certain, and there are not many media hyping it. After all, it is during the World Cup, but one thing is certain, the World Cup in Germany is very important to Beckenbauer's political capital."
After Carter finished talking about the rumors he had heard, there was no response from Aldrich for a long time. After a long while, Aldrich sighed helplessly, said goodbye to Carter and hung up the phone.
He somewhat understood why there were subtle differences in the attitudes of Johansson and Beckenbauer, allies in the trenches.
Johansson really wants to put Beckenbauer on the throne of UEFA president.
However, Germany's success in the World Cup made Beckenbauer's ambitions expand. He wanted to reach the top in one step and directly overthrow Blatter's rule and become the next head of FIFA.
As a result, his and Johansson's strategic lines had huge differences.
Johansson wants Beckenbauer to defend Europe, which is the most important territory for FIFA, and it is the territory that has the most weight and has long been regarded as an enemy of FIFA.
Beckenbauer has now changed his mind, and in turn hopes that Johansson will stick with it for one more term, and that he will go to FIFA to expand his territory and make further progress!
To put it simply, Johansson wanted to maintain the status quo, but Beckenbauer wanted to forge ahead.
Perhaps Beckenbauer feels that it is absolutely fine for Johansson to keep his position as UEFA president and serve as his backing to challenge Blatter!
But relatively speaking, Fifa's strategy is very simple. Blatter fully supports Platini, who is now both an ally and his younger brother. If successful, he will win over UEFA and kick out Johansson's big mouth.
If it fails, there is nothing to lose.
That's why after Johansson failed in the election, FIFA turned around to appease Beckenbauer and allowed him to be successfully elected as FIFA executive committee member. However, in fact, Beckenbauer was attacked from both sides. It was impossible for him to get involved in the FIFA chairmanship. Withdrawal, the foundation of the European territory was cleared by Platini. In the politics of football circles, it has also become the main theme of the struggle between Platini and Blatter from allies to enemies for a long time. Emperor Pei can only watch the show. .
Aldrich was helpless about this, and it was impossible for him to call Johansson or Beckenbauer to remind him that in a game that was not guaranteed to win, but at least not lost, you adjusted the strategy and ended up in a mess.
Why should people listen to him! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!
