Chapter 335: Football is dead! Completely exposed! The key to solving the mystery! Come, hurt each other! [Subscribe]

While Yang Cheng was enjoying watching the show, the Premier League game was still going on.

These are two distinct worlds.

Football is football, and football politics is football politics.

However, Yang Cheng still made some arrangements.

For example, in the last two rounds of the Premier League, he left all the preparation and command to Flick, with Brian Kidd assisting.

He also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to examine Flick's ability to stand on his own.

More importantly, through this gradual decentralization, Flick took over step by step and slowly established his prestige in the team.

After working together for the past season, Yang Cheng is most satisfied with Flick's character.

How to say it?

It only took him a short time to get along well with everyone on the team.

This is his ability and personal charm!

But when it comes to taking over the Bayswater Chinese, he is still a little short of it.

After all, as an assistant coach, he can be friends with the players.

As a head coach, he must make the players obey and accept his leadership.

That's another matter.

Therefore, Yang Cheng still followed the original plan and gradually delegated power.

In the 37th round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese played against Newcastle at home.

This was also the first game that Flick prepared and directed alone.

His pre-match preparations were very detailed and his starting tactics were very targeted, taking advantage of Newcastle's weaknesses and launching a fierce attack.

Just two minutes into the game, Harry Kane scored the first goal for the team.

Then in the 12th, 23rd and 38th minutes, Gareth Bale scored three goals in a row and performed a hat trick.

Before the end of the first half, Harry Kane scored again, making it his second goal.

5 to 0!

After the change of sides in the second half, Walcott also began to exert his strength.

In the 51st and 53rd minutes, the Little Tigers scored two goals in a row.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Newcastle 7-0 at home.

After the 60th minute, the team made continuous substitutions and never scored again.

Flick himself was quite satisfied with this game.

Yang Cheng, Brian Kidd, the technical team, and the locker room all gave generally positive feedback.

The team was united, had the right tactics and was well prepared. Given the strength of the Bayswater Chinese, it was normal for them to win against Newcastle at home.

But in this round, Manchester City beat Swansea 4-2 away.

Manchester United drew 1-1 with Arsenal at home.

Chelsea lost 0-3 to West Bromwich Albion at home.

Liverpool lost 1-3 to Crystal Palace.

After the game, Bayswater Chinese lifted the 14/15 Premier League championship trophy at the Prudential Stadium! But Yang Cheng still asked to keep a low profile.

The Champions League final is the key!

…

The 38th round of the Premier League, the finale.

Arsenal beat West Bromwich Albion 4-1 at home.

Manchester City beat Southampton 2-0 at home.

Manchester United drew 0-0 with Hull City away.

Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-1 at home.

Liverpool lost 1-6 to Stoke City away.

The Red Army suffered two consecutive defeats, and there are two main reasons for this.

One is that it is no longer possible for the team to break into the top four and there is nothing to aspire for.

In addition, head coach Mancini announced his resignation after the end of the season.

It is obvious that the Saudi consortium is also very dissatisfied with Mancini's coaching this season.

Due to the influence of the Champions League final, the Bayswater Chinese did not play as freely in this game as they did in the previous one.

This game is an away game against Leicester City.

16 minutes into the game, Harry Kane scored the first goal for the team.

But it wasn't until the end of the first half that Gareth Bale scored a goal.

After the second half, Bayswater Chinese scored a goal each in just two minutes by Hazard and Modric.

Later, Vardy scored a goal for Leicester City.

But before the end of the game, De Bruyne, who came on as a substitute, scored a goal.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Leicester City 5-1 away.

Flick won both of the games he coached.

And they were all big wins.

All 38 rounds of games have ended and the Premier League rankings have been released.

After winning the championship ahead of schedule, Bayswater Chinese continued to win two consecutive games, and finally won 105 points with an impressive record of 34 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and became the Premier League champions with a score of over 100 points again.

Manchester City ranked second in the Premier League with 99 points.

This can almost be said to be the most tragic league runner-up in history.

The team has scored 99 points in the league but still hasn't won the championship.

As Guardiola said in an interview with media reporters, he is proud of his players.

Manchester City has played its best season in recent years and has also won the highest points in history.

But unfortunately, they met a stronger and more stable Bayswater Chinese team.

Chelsea and Arsenal both scored 84 points.

However, interestingly, Mourinho was forced to rank fourth in the Premier League because of the unexpected 0-3 defeat to West Bromwich Albion, in which he lost to Arsenal on goal difference.

Although Mourinho's team had an amazing start, as the season progressed, their overall performance was quite different from that of Bayswater Chinese and Manchester City.

At least in terms of strength, the gap is still quite large.

Manchester United scored 73 points and ranked fifth.

However, although they failed to reach the top four in the league, Manchester United performed very well in the Europa League.

In the semi-finals, they defeated Serie A's Napoli 2-1 in total in two rounds.

The Red Devils reached the Europa League final, where their opponent was Sevilla from La Liga.

If Van Gaal's team can successfully defeat Sevilla and reach the Europa League final, Manchester United will qualify for the Champions League group stage next season.

By that time, there will be five Premier League teams participating in the Champions League group stage.

Manchester United drew 0-0 with Hull City in the last away game, which was actually because Van Gaal kept all the main players for the Europa League final three days later.

In terms of relegation, the three teams that were eventually relegated to the Championship were Burnley, Hull City and Aston Villa.

Among them, Hull City, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Sunderland had the same final points.

It's just that Hull City and Aston Villa performed so poorly in terms of goal difference that they fell into the Championship.

…

When the Premier League finished all the games, other European leagues also ended their schedules.

In Serie A, Atalanta basically continued its excellent performance from last season.

Especially center Luca Toni, who is still in good shape and performed very well.

This season, the veteran once again contributed 26 Serie A goals and was elected Serie A's top scorer.

This really surprised everyone.

At the age of 38, he has been the top scorer in Serie A for two consecutive seasons. This is simply unbelievable!

But this is not the best part.

After the team sent away Iturbe and Romulo at high prices last season, the whole of Italy felt that Atalanta was likely to fall into decline.

At the very least, Luca Toni's goal was difficult to maintain.

More importantly, in the new season Atalanta will have to focus on the Champions League and fight on two fronts, which is a taboo for small and medium-sized teams.

But what is the reality? Perotti, who joined at a very low price, quickly filled the vacancy left by Iturbe and even performed better than Iturbe.

Brazilian teenager Felipe Anderson also performed better and more threateningly than last season.

When Romulo went to Juventus and performed less than ideally, the Portuguese youngster Cancelo shined on the right side of Atalanta and became the new favorite of the true Nerazzurri fans.

In the midfield, the addition of players such as Barrera, Cristante and De Paul has further enhanced the team's midfield depth.

The arrival of central defender De Vrij has greatly enhanced Atlanta's defensive strength.

After a season of fierce fighting, Gasperini's team delivered an amazing answer.

Atalanta surpassed Roma in Serie A and ranked second in Serie A with 77 points, second only to Juventus with 81 points.

But that's not the point.

The point is that Atalanta defeated Juventus twice in two rounds.

This made Gasperini's team famous.

If last season, Atalanta finished third in Serie A, which surprised everyone, then this season, Atalanta went one step further and won the Serie A runner-up, which completely changed everyone's mind.

It is obvious that after Yang Cheng took over, this young guards team that was originally noticed by everyone has demonstrated amazing competitiveness.

Especially in the transfer market and team formation.

Not to mention anything else, Iturbe was sold for 25 million euros and Perotti was signed for 350,000 euros.

As a result, Perotti performed even better than Iturbe.

Looking at the European football scene, is there anyone else who can make such a shrewd transfer?

But for Atlanta, the biggest challenge right now is actually veteran Luca Toni.

After all, the latter is already 38 years old, and it is unknown how long he can maintain his condition.

After Atlanta fully connected with the Chinese in Bayswater, the training base was expanded and renovated, the medical facilities and physiotherapy systems were all upgraded, and the protection of the players was better provided.

But age and physical condition are irreversible after all.

However, in Atalanta, Polish center forward Milik scored 11 goals and provided 4 assists in Serie A last season.

In the team's Champions League, he played 5 of the 8 games, scored 3 goals and provided 1 assist.

Overall, Milik did perform at a very good level.

…

In the French Ligue 1, Nice surprised everyone by defeating Paris Saint-Germain and topping the Ligue 1 standings.

This team from the south coast of France is neither as lavish as Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, nor does it have a top scorer like Lacazette like Lyon.

Nice's main focus this season is teamwork.

In the past few years, after Nice sold players such as Pelle, Benteke, Aubameyang, Mahrez and others, it supported the front trident of Mane, Martial and Salah last season.

These three players mainly play a run-and-gun tactic.

The player with the most goals is Martial, who has only scored 16 goals, ranking 7th in the Ligue 1 scorer list.

Compared with Lacazette's 27 goals and Ibrahimovic's 26 goals, it is far less.

The team's second-highest scorer is Mane, who had 15 goals and 15 assists last season.

The main point is a comprehensive one! Oh, by the way, Martial also has 11 assists.

Salah only has 14 goals but 13 assists.

Each of the front trident is nothing in Ligue 1 if taken individually.

But together, they have scored 45 goals, the most in Ligue 1!

Young, energetic, able to run, fast, strong personal ability...

When all these qualities are put together, they form this vibrant Nice team.

Not only did they beat Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco in Ligue 1, but they also kicked Lyon out of the Champions League zone.

4-2 victory over Paris Saint-Germain, 5-1 victory over Lyon, 4-1 victory over Monaco...

Every game is a classic!

Ronald Koeman's team has created a youth storm not only in Ligue 1 but also in the entire European football this past season.

In addition to the front trident, there were also players such as Kovacic, Kante, Jorginho, Fabinho, Allan, Bernardo Silva and others in the midfield, all of whom performed very well.

It can be said that throughout the season, Nice is the most eye-catching team in European football.

Ronald Koeman also became famous because of this.

Almost everyone speculates that Ronald Koeman will land in the four major leagues this summer.

The most likely one is the Premier League.

According to the Liverpool Echo, after the Reds Liverpool decided to sack head coach Mancini, one of the last two people on the coaching selection list was Ronald Koeman of Nice.

The other is the famous German coach Klopp who was sacked from Dortmund.

In addition, Ronald Koeman is also on Tottenham Hotspur's coaching selection list, ranking very high.

But there is one thing that the French media and fans are most worried about.

With its outstanding performance last season, Nice has been targeted by many European giants.

There is a high probability that the new season will be divided up among many giants.

This is also the fate of Ligue 1 teams!

But precisely because of this, the French media and fans have become more vocal in condemning Platini and Infantino.

If it weren't for Platini and Infantino, how could Nice stop in the Champions League semi-finals? …

As major European leagues gradually come to an end, time quickly turns to the Champions League and Europa League finals at the end of May.

But there is another very important thing, that is the FIFA presidential election on May 29th.

When the French media and fans continued to denounce Platini, especially when the media continued to dig up more explosive news and explosive materials, UEFA headed by Platini adopted the strategy of playing dead.

No response to any questions! Even Laurent Platini, who had previously made mistakes in responding to the media, has now completely disappeared from the public eye.

Everyone knows that this is how UEFA and FIFA have always done things.

Solve the problem by procrastinating.

But things turned out just as Yang Cheng expected. Once the knife was thrown out, someone would naturally come out to pick it up.

FIFA President Blatter gave interviews to multiple media outlets at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

But the cunning Swiss did not even mention the dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris at the end of 2010. He focused more on the controversy caused by the Champions League semi-final.

Moreover, he did not mention Platini, but pointed out Infantino and Villar who were named by the media.

Everyone knows that these two people are Platini's confidants.

"I have authorized the Ethics Committee to investigate this matter."

"It is undoubtedly UEFA's business, but if they encounter some resistance and are unable to perform their duties, FIFA has an obligation to provide some help."

"Isn't the purpose of establishing the Ethics Committee to play a role at this time?"

What Blatter meant was that FIFA's Ethics Committee might intervene in the investigation of the Champions League semi-final.

This is a big taboo! Over the past few years, FIFA and UEFA have been at odds, and everyone knows this.

If FIFA gets involved, it will be easier said than done. If you want to send them away again, forget it.

This incident also caused a huge response within UEFA.

No matter how much trouble UEFA makes, it is UEFA's own business.

FIFA wants to get involved? No way!

Therefore, UEFA obviously can no longer play dead.

Platini must be furious, but he can only come out and respond to some of the hot news at the moment.

He also never mentioned the matter of the Elysee Palace, but repeatedly clarified that Laurent Platini's cooperation with Qatar had nothing to do with him.

Platini has repeatedly clarified what happened in the Champions League semi-final, saying that it never happened.

"We have a dedicated agency that closely monitors every game of the tournament, from before the game, during the game, to after the game, and we also have sufficient archive records."

Regarding the red card that led to Nice's elimination in the semi-finals, Platini said that it was a misjudgment by the referee that should be forgiven.

"Our referee committee will question the Norwegian referee and give an explanation to all the fans."

Platini also reiterated that the Champions League matches must be open, fair and just.

There may be mistakes in the referee's enforcement, but there will never be match manipulation.

"We will never allow anyone to manipulate the game!" Platini shouted righteously!

According to past tradition, once the President of FIFA and the President of UEFA have successively come forward to express their stance, the matter will soon come to a temporary end.

After all, there are very few things that surface.

Everything will be transferred to the desktop.

But Yang Cheng was very, very dissatisfied with the first remote confrontation between Blatter and Platini.

The battle isn't intense enough!

They are both big men who aspire to be the president of FIFA. Can't they be a little more ruthless? Why are they both holding back? Do they still want to continue being good friends?

…

"Obviously, both sides didn't stab hard enough!"

In the head coach's office of the Brent Training Center, Yang Cheng had a closed-door meeting with Adam Crozier and others who came over.

Everyone thought they were discussing the upcoming Champions League final in Berlin, Germany.

But who would have thought that they were lamenting that the recent news was not explosive enough.

"That's for sure. Blatter certainly doesn't dare to put in too much effort. A lot of Platini's dirty laundry has been exposed, and Blatter himself can't get away with it." Xia Qing had an expression that said, as if I had guessed this a long time ago.

This is also the reason why FIFA, UEFA, all the subordinate continental football federations, and even the national football associations are all in collusion, because they are a group of interests that have been maintained for decades.

Does Platini want to defeat Blatter?

I guess he dreams about it.

But what is the prerequisite for defeating Blatter? You have to clear yourself.

If I fight Blatter to death and get myself into trouble at the same time, wouldn't that be a benefit to others? This is the case with FIFA and UEFA, and it is also the same between the football associations of each continent and each country? Therefore, many people in Yang Cheng's previous life said that the Chinese Football Association is truly a world model in addition to football!

This is true.

"What they're doing now feels like tickling, and there's no pleasure at all." Adam Crozier was also quite depressed.

They are an alliance of interests, and they are united as one. What can we do? Yang Cheng now has a lot of black material in his belly, but he doesn't know how to expose it.

Because he knew a lot of things, but had no evidence.

And if he himself is exposed, then things will be interesting.

The simplest thing is, how did you, Yang Cheng, know all this? So, he immediately became the number one suspect! "If this continues, I think it won't be long before this fire goes out again." Adam Crozier was also helpless.

After all, this alliance has been built over decades and is not so easy to break up.

But Yang Cheng had no intention of letting them go just like that.

"Have you heard of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists?" Yang Cheng asked.

Xia Qing and Adam Crozier both shook their heads.

"It is a US-based organization established in 1997 to safeguard the public interest. The topics it focuses on are basically transnational crime, corruption and accountability. It currently has nearly 200 journalists around the world."

"The Luxembourg tax evasion scandal in November 2014 and the HSBC Swiss branch helping global clients hide $100 billion in assets in February 2015 were both uncovered by reporters from this organization."

"They adopted a distributed investigation approach, distributing documents to reporters in different countries for local verification, so the case investigation was very fast."

Xia Qing and Adam Crozier were both a little confused.

"Are you planning to use this organization to investigate FIFA?" Xia Qing asked.

Yang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "No, I just want to provide them with some small clues anonymously."

The clues are indeed small, but these matters involving FIFA and UEFA are very hot, and I believe the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists should be interested.

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Besides, these reporters are all smart people. They know very well that no matter how small the clue is, as long as they follow the clues, they may find more explosive news.

Who doesn't want to make big news?

"What are you going to do?"

Adam Crozer thought about it and decided that it would not be difficult to accomplish this task.

"Use encrypted communications and contact the Obermayer brothers at the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung under the name John Doe."

"Why contact them using this name?" Xia Qing felt a little surprised.

But Adam Crozier had already reacted and looked at Yang Cheng as if he was an expert.

Before he could even react, Yang Cheng had already thought of the next step.

sharp!

John Doe, also known as Anonymous, has been used in the UK for centuries and is also commonly used in Canada and the United States.

For example, in court, if you want to protect someone's real identity, just use this name.

There are also some unidentified bodies that are also called this name.

Later, it gradually evolved into a group of anonymous people using this name.

As for why it was the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Adam Kroese had no idea.

After Adam Crozier explained the reason for John Doe, Yang Cheng also explained the reason for Süddeutsche Zeitung.

In the past few years, two major cases handled by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists were basically articles unearthed by the Süddeutsche Zeitung based on data leaks. They have a lot of secret intelligence from South America and the Caribbean.

More importantly, this newspaper has tasted the sweetness of success and will definitely hold on to it and dig deeper.

Given their status in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, I believe the investigation will be quicker.

As for the Obermayer brothers, they were famous journalists for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and there was nothing wrong with them.

Yang Cheng's explanation is quite reasonable.

Whether it's for confidentiality or other reasons, there's no big problem.

When the time comes, we will contact the Obermayer brothers via encrypted communication.

"By the way, what do you want to investigate?" Adam Crozier asked.

"Over the past few years, many financial transactions of FIFA, UEFA, and even the football associations and federations of various continents have passed through Panama, a haven for money laundering. They cannot bypass Mossack Fonseca."

Mossack Fonseca?

For big guys like Xia Qing and Adam Crozier, it is impossible that they have not heard of this company.

The fourth largest offshore law firm in the world.

The business is spread all over the world, ranging from politicians of various countries to ordinary cross-border trade, and even including arms dealers and drug traffickers active around the world... Countless people register shell companies through this law firm to operate various tax evasion and money laundering businesses.

"Isn't this a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack?" Adam Crozier smiled bitterly.

Yang Cheng was full of confidence, "Don't worry, they have a way."

This left Adam Crozier confused.

Are all the reporters from the Süddeutsche Zeitung so awesome? But out of trust in Yang Cheng, he decided to do it anyway.

…

Bastian Obermaier, 37, is head of the investigation department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

In the past few years, under his leadership, the Süddeutsche Zeitung has reported a number of weighty investigative articles, which have caused a huge response in the global press.

He himself has also won many awards.

Influenced by him, his younger brother Frederick Obermayer also joined the investigation department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

When brothers work together, they can cut through metal.

In recent months, they and their team have been secretly studying a batch of documents.

The documents came from an anonymous whistleblower named John Doe in early 2015.

There are as many as 11.5 million documents, involving 200,000 to 300,000 tax evasion networks and individuals and companies from more than 200 countries.

The time span is from 1970 to 2015.

The total volume of files is up to 2.6TB.

Obermayer and others shared the documents with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and gave them a code name, the Panama Papers.

According to John Doe, the documents came from the leaked database of Mossack Fonseca, the fourth largest law firm in the world in Panama.

The other party is only reporting, not for the reward.

This is consistent with the Süddeutsche Zeitung's consistent style.

They never pay for intelligence, it's a matter of principle.

Over the past few months, the Obermayer brothers and their colleagues have been busy with these documents.

They tried every possible means to unravel the various connections among the massive amount of documents.

But unfortunately, it was all in vain.

Mossack Fonseca is one of the world's largest suppliers of anonymous shell companies. They are not picky about their clients and are very famous in the industry.

More importantly, the company is like an impenetrable firewall.

Whenever Obermaier and his team dug deeper, they always stopped abruptly in front of this wall.

Either on this side of the wall or on that side of the wall.

Mossack Fonseca in the middle is like a black hole.

Anyone who has done an investigation knows that if the clues on both sides cannot be connected and an effective closed loop cannot be formed, then all the work will be in vain.

Not to mention the massive amount of files and data.

Months passed and they had made no progress, with nothing to do.

This was very frustrating for both Obermayer brothers.

But that evening, an anonymous encrypted message came to Bastian Obermaier's mobile phone.

John Doe!

But it was clear that this was not the person who had secretly transferred the documents to him a few months ago, but someone else.

"I heard that you have a lot of secret data about the Caribbean and South America. Are you interested in investigating a corruption scandal involving FIFA and UEFA?"

Just one sentence stunned Bastian Obermaier.

"Who are you?"

Just as Obermayer was about to send the message, he immediately realized that once this message was sent, the other party would probably withdraw.

So he deleted it silently and typed again, "Are you willing to help? We don't offer any compensation."

"Of course, I just simply hate those worms."

The words resonated with Obermayer.

Him too.

"How should we proceed?"

“Have you heard of the Uruguayan club Peñarol?”

"Of course, one of the top clubs in the Uruguayan league."

"Does their chairman know who it is?"

"have no idea."

"Juan Pedro Damiani, a prominent Uruguayan lawyer and a close ally of Uruguayan Eugenio Figueiredo."

“Wait, who is Eugenio Figueiredo?”

"FIFA Vice President, Treasurer and CONMEBOL President."

"Over the years, Damiani used his lawyer status through his law firm to help Figueiredo and his predecessor, former FIFA vice president and CONMEBOL president, Argentine Julio Grondona, secretly register 200 offshore companies at the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm."

"If you follow this line of inquiry, you will definitely gain something."

Bastian Obermaier was completely excited.

If he had been drifting in the vast ocean before, he had no idea where to start.

Now, the clues provided by the anonymous person gave him the coordinates and direction.

This is the key he has been waiting for! "Didn't Julio Grondona die last year?" Obermayer is also a fan.

This person is also the financial director of FIFA and is known as Blatter's money bag.

Just from this one point, Obermaier was already clearly aware that once he unravelled this secret, it would be big news that would shock the whole world.

"Yes, but Figueiredo inherited everything from him and they have always been the most loyal allies, including Damiani."

That’s right!

Obermaier nodded repeatedly.

This kind of thing must have a lawyer, otherwise it cannot be done at all.

"Check it first. Once you have investigated this matter thoroughly, I will give you the next message."

A TV series? Obermayer was immediately excited.

This is going to be a series of explosive news.

With that huge batch of documents and now the secret key, he can solve the mystery right away! …

As the Champions League final draws closer, more and more fans are flocking to Germany, especially the capital Berlin.

But on this day, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, headquartered in Munich, Germany, suddenly published a shocking news.

This has added fuel to the fire in the world of football, which has been booming in recent times.

Bastian Obermaier, a well-known investigative reporter for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, wrote a large-scale investigative report exposing a corruption case involving FIFA vice president and treasurer Figueiredo and Juan Damiani, president of the Uruguayan Peñarol club.

Since the end of the last century, they have used Panama, a money laundering paradise, to secretly set up more than 200 companies specifically for money laundering and tax evasion for officials from FIFA, UEFA, and even football associations of various continents.

Among them, from 2011 to 2015, FIFA paid salaries and bonuses of up to 80 million US dollars to FIFA President Blatter, Secretary General Jerome Valcke, and Corporate Services Director Markus Kattner.

In this report, every account and contract is listed in great detail.

For example, in 2011, before the FIFA presidential election, Blatter authorized the signing of an 8.5-year contract extension with Valcke and Kattner.

The terms of the contract indicate that if Blatter fails to be re-elected and the two lose their jobs, they will receive severance pay of $17.6 million and $9.9 million respectively from FIFA.

The reason was that Blatter was not sure whether he could be re-elected successfully at that time.

The purpose of this is to protect the interests of Valk and Katner.

Not only that, the three received a total of $23.5 million in special bonuses four months after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The money does not appear in any contract but was approved by the late FIFA treasurer Julio Grondona.

At the 2014 World Cup, the three received another bonus of 14.3 million US dollars.

In June 2014, they received a bonus of $15.8 million for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

All of this was dug out by the Süddeutsche Zeitung from the massive collection of documents in the Panama Papers.

In addition, FIFA Vice President Figueiredo provided "loans" to officials of many sports organizations through a company established by Damiani in Panama.

As recently as February of this year, Damiani asked the law firm Mossack Fonseca to grant Figueiredo's wife special powers over a company called Gilson Overseas SA.

This is a real estate company founded on May 9, 2003 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, with dedicated offices in Europe and Asia.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung not only disclosed the report, but also released relevant documents.

This immediately caused an uproar around the world!

It turns out that not only UEFA is dirty, FIFA is not much better either.

This is simply crazy!

From FIFA President Blatter, to Vice President, to Secretary General...

God, isn’t the football world so dark?

…

Bang! In the president's office at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Blatter angrily slammed the desk in front of him.

"Is Platini crazy?"

Bratt was shaking with anger.

"He even dared to expose these things? Do you really think I don't know about the dirty things he did?"

Standing in front of Blatter were Secretary General Valcke and Vice President Figueiredo, both of whom looked angry.

They have been completely exposed! "It's all over. Juan Damiani just called me and said that all our offshore companies have been exposed. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is digging up dirt on us."

Figueiredo said this with gnashing teeth in hatred.

"Damn Platini, he's going to go to war with us!"

Blatt also gritted his teeth in hatred.

Before, he and Platini were just playing a game back and forth as usual, letting the media reporters and fans outside watch the excitement, and when things gradually became dull, people forgot about it.

This is how FIFA has handled things over the years.

Now he just overturned the table.

"This unruly bastard!" Blatt cursed.

"If you want me to die, then you can't live either!"

"Jerome, go and arrange to expose the matter of the 2 million Swiss francs he received in 2011!"

Blatter also got angry.

This is called reciprocity! …

As the Swiss media revealed that UEFA President Platini illegally received 2 million Swiss francs from FIFA in 2011, UEFA once again entered the vision of all media and fans around the world.

FIFA has just been exposed here, and UEFA has come on stage again.

This drama is really exciting!

But more importantly, it was in the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Again, investigative reporting by Bastian Obermaier.

In 2006, Infantino, who was then UEFA's legal director, signed a contract with Cross Trading, a shell company established in Panama, for the broadcasting rights in Ecuador for the Champions League, UEFA Cup and European Cup from 2006 to 2009.

The signed amount was only 97,000 euros.

But the company turned around and immediately sold it to Amazon TV for three times the price.

After investigation, it was found that this shell company belonged to a company called Full Play, whose founders were Hugo Jinkis and Mariano Jinkis, father and son.

They are Argentine.

FP is an Argentinian sports marketing company that specializes in advertising but has been acting as an intermediary to facilitate illegal payments between sports marketing companies and football officials.

Among them is the late FIFA vice-president and CONMEBOL president Julio Grondona.

Grondona is also an Argentine.

In other words, Infantino is suspected of profiting from selling UEFA tournament broadcasting rights at a low price! Not only that, the Süddeutsche Zeitung also dug deeper and found out who is the current Secretary General and Legal Director of the South American Football Confederation, who is also Figueiredo's right-hand man as the Vice President of FIFA? Spaniard Gorka Villar.

Son of UEFA Vice President and Spanish Football Association President Pilar!

Everything is connected again! It turns out that it is not just UEFA that is like this, FIFA is no exception.

A Spaniard went to South America to be the Secretary General of the Football Association? What kind of internationalism is this? What's even more outrageous is that as the investigation deepened, more and more negative information about Bilal and his son was uncovered.

All crows are black!

When the whole world was looking forward to the Champions League final, no one expected that such shocking news would be revealed.

The whole world is in complete chaos!

…

Killing like crazy!

Completely crazy and killing!

Platini, sitting in the office at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, was completely confused.

He was also completely enraged!

Because he realized that he had been completely exposed.

Not only him, but also Infantino, Villar and others below, all were exposed without leaving a single one.

The one who is most likely to expose him is Blatter! Killing himself and his confidants, Blatter will be the biggest beneficiary! "This damn old guy, he has dirty hands and feet, and after being exposed, he wants to drag me down with him!"

Platini even had no doubt that the previous exposure of himself and his son was Blatter's masterpiece.

Of course, there must be a traitor here! Okay, you want to stab me, right? Then come on, let's see who dies first!

…

The day before the Champions League final, UEFA President Platini was interviewed by media reporters in his office before leaving Nyon, Switzerland for Berlin, and publicly criticized FIFA President Blatter.

He believes that Blatter's obsession with power is the root cause of the current chaos and corruption in world football.

"In fact, as early as 2011, I asked him not to run for re-election, but he was reluctant to give up the power in his hands!"

As for the 2 million Swiss francs, this made Platini even more convinced that it was Blatter who leaked it.

"That was not some immoral income, but my salary from working at FIFA, which was not paid until 2011."

But these words seem particularly pale and powerless.

Platini revealed how Blatter used the competition between bidding countries to seek illegal benefits during several World Cup bids, as well as his vote-buying during his campaign for FIFA presidency.

This immediately sparked heated discussions around the world again.

Has anyone seen the UEFA President report the FIFA President by real name?

Blatter was no pushover either, publicly accusing Platini of malicious slander.

"I have instructed the Ethics Committee to start investigating the corruption and favoritism of some important officials in the Qatar World Cup bid process. Once it is confirmed, we will punish them severely!"

Platini immediately hit back.

"Does this still need to be investigated? Why doesn't he dare to make public Garcia's complete investigation report? He feels guilty! There is evidence in it that he accepted bribes!"

Blatter responded immediately, denying that he had accepted bribes and accusing Platini of using his son to make money!

When the two most powerful men in world football accused each other like shrews in front of the media, and no organization was able to effectively restrain or punish them, all the media and fans around the world were dumbfounded.

Why do Blatter and Platini dare to do this? Because they know that no one can punish them! At least, there is no way under the existing laws! Is the corruption of FIFA and UEFA a secret? No.

Although there has been no concrete evidence in the past, it has already spread all over the world.

But now, even if there is evidence, what does it matter? Who can punish them for being so fearless? No one! This is the saddest thing! Football is dead!

(End of this chapter)