Chapter 338 The King of World Football! Troublemakers, all of them are troublemakers! Kneel down and beg for mercy, Yang Cheng! [Subscribe]
"This is a Champions League final that is destined to become a classic!"
This was the commentator's evaluation of the game before the final whistle sounded.
It's not just because of the final score of 4 to 2, nor is it just because the two teams contributed 32 shots, and it's not just because of the smooth and skillful cooperation, and the offensive and defensive battles that the two teams insisted on.
What’s more important is the atmosphere.
In the past, not to mention the Champions League final, even in the knockout rounds, the two teams would often fight to the death in order to advance.
Even to the extreme.
But in this game, both teams played very cleanly and devoted themselves to the football game.
There were no unnecessary fouls or physical movements, no complicated calculations or provocations.
All we have is the persistent pursuit of victory in the football game by every player of both teams.
But precisely because of this, when the Turkish referee Cakir blew the whistle to end the game, Manchester City players did not feel sad about losing the Champions League final.
Yes, they will definitely be lost.
But not sad.
Because they have tried their best.
Instead, they high-fived, shook hands and hugged the Bayswater Chinese players around them.
They stood there in groups of three or four, chatting, and some even put their arms around each other's shoulders and interacted with the fans at the scene.
This is basically not seen after the Champions League finals in the past.
As the Sky Sports commentator said in his summary after the game.
"This is a special Champions League final held in a special period!"
“I believe it will be difficult to see it again in the future.”
"In today's increasingly commercialized era, it is difficult for us to see such a pure football game."
"Especially in the world's top Champions League final!"
"Both teams played some fantastic football for us."
"It is certainly something to be happy about that the Chinese players from Bayswater won the championship."
"But the Manchester City players were not disappointed because they had tried their best."
"Tonight, all the players who participated in the game played in very good condition and they all did their best."
"The score of 4 to 2 reflects more the gap between the two teams."
"Bayswater Chinese are indeed the most powerful team in world football today, bar none!"
As mentioned before, the Berlin Olympic Stadium has a wide athletics track.
As soon as the whistle sounded to mark the end of the game, the staff immediately ran into the stadium and began to set up the award-receiving passage between the runway and the chairman's podium.
On the podium, a spacious area for receiving awards was quickly cleared.
This is the characteristic of the Berlin Olympic Stadium! Yang Cheng first shook hands and hugged his own players and Manchester City players, and then came to Guardiola.
"Hey, congratulations, Yang!"
"Thanks, Pep."
After the two shook hands, they hugged each other for a long time.
"I admire you, really, you've done a great thing."
Yang Cheng smiled faintly, "You didn't let the water go tonight?"
Guardiola was obviously stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed, "As soon as the game was over, three of our players had cramps on the spot, what do you think?"
Yang Cheng smiled. Of course he saw it.
"Will you go on stage to receive the award later?" Guardiola looked at Yang Cheng with a playful expression as if he was waiting to see the award.
"Of course, since we won the championship, why not go?" Yang Cheng replied as a matter of course.
"Then how to face Platini?" Guardiola asked curiously.
Yang Cheng immediately looked at the Spaniard unhappily, and the latter couldn't help laughing out loud.
According to convention, whether it is the champion or the runner-up, they must go on stage to receive the award from Platini.
This has always been the tradition of the Champions League.
But given the current relationship between Yang Cheng and Platini, it is estimated that at this moment, countless media and fans around the world are waiting to watch.
I even wondered if they would fight on the spot. "Why would I be embarrassed? I'm the champion, I'm very proud. It would be embarrassing to go up and receive the award if I got second place, right?"
Yang Cheng's words made Guardiola unable to laugh on the spot.
Damn, even at this time, your mouth is still so poisonous.
"But, Pep, tell me, if I fight with him, can I win?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.
Guardiola immediately laughed again.
Look at Yang Cheng in front of him. He is dressed in a suit and tie, has a well-maintained figure, looks energetic, and is young.
Look at Platini again, he is already quite old. He was not tall to begin with, and after retiring, he gained weight in middle age, and now he is fat again, and looks clumsy.
But he is a professional player after all, so he still has a solid foundation.
"Thinking about it for so long? I've been exercising all the time." Yang Cheng was somewhat dissatisfied with Guardiola's hesitation.
Guardiola burst out laughing and reminded: "But Infantino is standing next to him."
Two against one, can you do it?
Yang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself that he did feel a little pressured.
The most important thing is that we are gentlemen and not good at fighting.
As a good young man of the new era, I have never been in a fight, and I feel weak at the thought of fighting.
But Yang Cheng was stubborn.
"I'm the head coach, walking in the front, with a group of brothers following behind me, more than 20 people."
"Fight me, do they both want to not go out tonight?"
The tone of voice when he said this really sounds like Brother Haonan from Causeway Bay.
Guardiola was also amused by him.
Actually, this is a real joke.
How could they possibly fight with the whole world watching live?
No matter how big the grudges or how deep the hatred, they will not be revealed in such occasions.
"Then I support you. We'll knock him down and beat him up harder."
Yang Cheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and cursed in his heart: Isn't he your godfather? I beat him, and you still help me with advice?
…
After the referee's call, Manchester City players also walked up to the podium one by one.
Although they only got the runner-up, it can be seen that their mood and mental state are pretty good.
Yang Cheng and the Bayswater Chinese players lined up on the field.
As the head coach, Yang Cheng was the first to walk in.
Captain Modric was the last one to walk.
After most of the Manchester City players had received their uniforms, the staff politely pointed the way to Yang Cheng, indicating that he could go up.
Yang Cheng unbuttoned the front buttons of his suit, revealing the white shirt underneath, then spread his legs and walked forward.
Along the way, many fans and celebrities were shouting Yang Cheng's name and reaching out to shake hands with him.
Yang Cheng waved his hand politely.
Occasionally, when he sees a few familiar people, he will go over and shake their hands.
But when I reached the level where the podium was, it immediately became difficult to walk sideways towards the podium.
Almost every time he passed by someone, Yang Cheng would be hugged by them.
To some extent, this also reflects their attitude towards Yang Cheng.
All practitioners hope to see a more transparent FIFA and UEFA where power is caged.
Perhaps many of them have participated in some under-the-table transactions, or even received benefits from FIFA and UEFA.
But people of insight have long been tired of and even hate such an ecosystem.
Why? Because everyone can see that FIFA and UEFA are doing worse and worse.
How bad is it? During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, both Mandela and the South African president criticized FIFA for its greed.
At that time, everyone felt that this was an uneven distribution of benefits.
Now what? Not to mention anything else, just over 20 million dollars that went into the pockets of Blatter, Valcke and Kattner.
What is this concept? Later, UBS published a 32-page report analyzing the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The final conclusion is that South Africa invested at least 3.5 billion US dollars in this World Cup, but the returns were almost zero, or even negative.
So who benefits the most from the World Cup in South Africa?
FIFA.
As much as 3.2 billion US dollars.
This includes a series of income such as broadcasting rights, sponsorship, tickets, derivatives, etc.
From beginning to end, FIFA has never disclosed to the public where the $3.2 billion was spent.
How much did each participating team spend on appearance fees, travel expenses and other expenses?
There is no public explanation for this.
Putting aside other things, is that bonus of more than 20 million US dollars, which is not included in any contract, really just a special case?
Many people may say, that's not right, if the World Cup doesn't make money, then why did South Africa apply? Maybe it doesn't make money on paper, but building so many stadiums and arranging so much transportation is also a stimulus for South Africa.
And how much stimulus will it bring to the entire South African economy if more tourists flock in?
But what is the reality? Whether it is South Africa in 2010 or Brazil in 2014, various data show that it is not profitable at all!
Brazil has invested a total of $13 billion. According to their estimates when they applied for the tournament, the World Cup is expected to stimulate the Brazilian economy by $13.5 billion, most of which is in the tourism industry, which is expected to reach $9 billion in 10 years.
The actual data seems to be pretty good.
During the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, 1 million foreign fans flocked to Brazil and 3 million fans in Brazil watched the games everywhere.
Pretty data, right?
But what is the reality? The data reported by the Brazilian Aeronautical Association is that in June 2014, air traffic decreased by 15% compared with the same period in 2013.
Why? Because of the World Cup! Everyone knows that the World Cup will be very lively, there will be a lot of fans, the traffic will be congested, and the hotels will be expensive.
Therefore, tourists and business people who usually go to Brazil in June have avoided the peak period.
Is this a coincidence?
no.
The 2012 London Olympics also failed to meet the expectations of the London City Government.
If it weren't for the Bayswater Chinese, the Prudential Stadium, and the entire Queen's Road project, would Ken Livingstone still expect to be re-elected as Mayor of London? On one hand, the organizers suffered huge losses, while on the other hand, FIFA made a lot of money.
But no one knows where most of the money FIFA earns goes.
It even fell into the pockets of Blatter and his ilk.
Isn't it the same for UEFA? In the final analysis, they are just killing the goose that lays the golden eggs! Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is not sustainable.
To a certain extent, what they are doing now is the same as the abuse of Real Madrid's IP by former Real Madrid president Calderon, which led to a rapid decline in commercial value in a short period of time.
It’s just that the World Cup and the European Cup are held every four years and have national attributes to back them up, so they shrink more slowly.
So, now that Yang Cheng stood up, he was immediately surrounded by people.
This scene made Platini and Infantino, who were standing on the podium not far away, look very ugly.
At the press conference yesterday evening, Yang Cheng's words resonated with the whole world.
Why has no media, no fans stood up to ask, are UEFA and FIFA innocent? Are Blatter and Platini wrongly accused?
No!
And this itself is the greatest judgment!
Now, this scene is happening nakedly in front of them.
In front of Platini and Infantino, they welcomed Yang Cheng like a hero.
Even the entire podium was completely empty.
At this moment, countless media reporters were taking pictures below the stands.
The live TV camera also clearly showed that there was a crowd of people at this end of the award channel, and all of them were surrounding Yang Cheng.
At the other end, Platini and Infantino were standing alone, holding their championship medals, waiting for Yang Cheng and others to come and receive the awards.
This scene is full of irony.
After finally breaking free from the entanglement of fans, friends and sponsors, Yang Cheng finally made it through.
His hair was a little messy and his suit was a little wrinkled.
But he didn't care.
He casually played with his hair, pulled his suit, and walked straight up to Platini and Infantino.
Infantino was grinning the whole time.
Because he knew that this scene would be captured by countless people.
The live broadcast camera was even near them.
Platini also forced a smile and said to Yang Cheng, "Congratulations."
Yang Cheng did not answer, but raised his head slightly, looked directly at Platini, and then stretched out his right hand.
The atmosphere seemed to freeze at this moment.
The surrounding sounds seemed to disappear completely at this moment.
Platini and Infantino were standing on the podium, so they were taller than Yang Cheng and others.
According to the normal award ceremony process, Yang Cheng had to lower his head, and then Platini put the championship trophy on Yang Cheng's head and hung it around his neck.
But at this moment, he raised his head and refused to lower it.
And he stretched out his right hand.
The implication is: Give it to me!
Platini's eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
He knew that Yang Cheng did it on purpose.
In front of so many people around the world, he was going to embarrass him! The UEFA president gnashed his teeth in anger, but he could only hold it in and suppress the anger in his chest.
It takes about four or five seconds.
Both of them were motionless.
It's as if time has stopped.
Everyone was worried about what to do next. Infantino racked his brains in a very short period of time, trying to find a solution that was both decent and could break the deadlock.
But Yang Cheng suddenly laughed.
"It's okay. I have several at home."
After saying this, he really turned around and continued walking forward.
After all, he is a professional player, so his reaction is so quick.
In a very short time, Platini calculated his gains and losses in his mind.
Finally, he realized that if he didn't give the medal, he would be even more embarrassed.
So he quickly reached out, grabbed Yang Cheng's right hand, and put the medal directly into Yang Cheng's hand.
Afterwards, the UEFA president patted Yang Cheng on the shoulder as if nothing had happened.
But the next moment, his smile froze again.
Gareth Bale was right behind Yang Cheng. He did the same as Yang Cheng, stretching out his hand and looking up, refusing to lower his head to receive the award.
Platini was almost vomiting blood in anger.
Troublemaker!
The team led by a troublemaker is full of troublemakers!
Platini didn't hesitate for long this time and handed the medal directly to Gareth Bale.
The traditional etiquette of the past, such as handshakes and hugs, has been omitted.
With the head coach and top star players setting an example, others followed suit one after another.
After the first and second times, Platini got used to it.
Love whatever you want!
So, every time a player came up, he would simply say congratulations and hand over the medal directly.
Done!
This is definitely the least ceremonial, yet the most special award ceremony ever.
At the end, after Modric took the medal from Platini, he also took the championship trophy, ran straight to the podium, and held up the championship trophy high with all his teammates.
At this moment, no one noticed that behind the championship team, there were Platini and Infantino with sinister looks on their faces.
All everyone saw was the cheering Bayswater Chinese.
Fireworks were set off at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
There is no lack of championship atmosphere.
…
"I still stick to my previous point of view. I think FIFA and UEFA should have a thorough reform!"
"Only in this way can we inject more fresh vitality into these two organizations and bring different football to fans around the world, instead of what is happening now."
"Yes, I'm pretty sure some people should leave!"
"Leave forever and completely!"
"Why? It's very simple. Just look at what FIFA and UEFA are doing now."
"They are playing dead! They are always unwilling to face all the issues that the media and fans are concerned about."
"You can't expect these two organizations to be innocent of this level of corruption and this scale of catastrophic corruption."
"We also believe that these leaders can effectively drive FIFA and UEFA to continue to develop in the right direction."
“Isn’t this ironic?”
"If he is still elected in tomorrow's FIFA election, I will definitely stand up again and call on more forces to join the action. We need to do something."
“Of course, I may not have that much influence, but I have to do it!”
When the live broadcast on TV showed Yang Cheng talking about his current attitude and his views on tomorrow's FIFA presidential election in front of fans around the world after receiving the award in the Champions League final, Blatter in front of the TV gnashed his teeth in hatred.
"Platini is such a loser, he let him win another championship!"
After saying this, Bratt grabbed a glass of whiskey on the table in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.
Without a drink, he would not be able to sleep tonight.
I was pissed off by that bastard Yang Cheng.
He could already foresee that early tomorrow morning, all public opinion would begin discussing the issue of corruption again.
"Jerome, how are your preparations going?"
After Blatt finished his drink, he turned to look at his right-hand man.
UEFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke.
"Everything has been contacted. Currently, there are more than 140 votes that agree to vote for us, so the first round of voting can be completed." Valk reported.
Bratt nodded with satisfaction.
Currently, FIFA has a total of 209 member associations, which means there are 209 votes.
According to FIFA's statutes, if Blatter can get more than two-thirds of the votes in the first round of voting, he will win directly.
If two-thirds of the votes are not reached, there will automatically be a second round of voting.
But the second round of voting is actually a supplement to the first round.
Unless the votes are extremely close, an upset is unlikely.
Two thirds of 209 is 140.
If Blatter's rival, Prince Ali from Jordan, gets more than half of the votes, or 105 votes, Blatter will have to announce his resignation.
"Over the past few years, under the leadership of the president, our entire association has been very united, and the welfare benefits for association members are also quite good. Everyone loves the president very much and hopes that he can continue to be re-elected," praised Valcke.
Bratt laughed.
"What does the Executive Committee say?"
"I basically agree, but there are a few positions to be chosen on the executive committee this time."
Blatt nodded, "Platini has sent me a signal. The most important thing now is not internal strife, but to get rid of traitors like Yang Cheng first, so we must also give a response."
"What the Chairman means is..."
“Let Figueiredo withdraw from the election and give the vice-chairman position to David Gill.”
Valk frowned and reminded, "Isn't this a bit..."
"There is no other way. The most important thing now is to stabilize Platini. David Gill is very good at finance, and Figueiredo is a loser. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be so many things going on, and he wouldn't be caught by others."
In this case, the source is the Panama Papers.
If there were no documents, how could people outside know so many inside stories?
This is how FIFA has been doing over the past few decades.
This is an independent kingdom!
And he, Blatter, the president of FIFA, is the emperor of this kingdom! "The treatment of the Executive Committee can be relaxed a little more appropriately."
This is Blatter's way of winning people over.
"It's already very high, Chairman." Valk was a little troubled.
"We are currently paying our executive committee members an annual salary of $300,000, with an additional $500 per day in subsidies."
"Nominally, they can only fly first class and stay in five-star hotels when they are on official business, but in reality, we have been very lenient with them when it comes to reimbursement. We reimburse whatever comes, with almost no restrictions."
Valk also felt a headache.
Many people think that FIFA is high and mighty, and that the continental football federations and national football associations are all very glamorous.
But what is the reality? If you really interact with them, you will find that many of them are like flies, and being profit-seeking is already a good thing.
Dealing with these people is really a headache.
Blatter's approach is to relax treatment at times of crisis and win over as many people as possible.
The benefit of doing this is obvious. It is to build an ironclad entity within FIFA, where everyone is part of a community of interests and everyone follows Blatter to benefit from it.
But what is the price?
No one may believe it if I tell you.
FIFA has made so much money over the years, but in fact, it only has $1.5 billion left in the bank now.
Yes, that's all.
What about the rest of the money? I don't know! For decades, the accounts have never been sorted out. Who knows where the money went? Why can't the Garcia Report be made public? Because there are many items in the accounts that cannot be explained, and many things cannot be explained.
Sometimes, Valk actually thought so.
If this continues, how long can FIFA last?
Is Platini definitely better than Blatter if he comes to power? Didn't he learn everything he did in UEFA from Blatter? The Cook Islands, with a population of 10,000, has the same voting weight as China, with a population of 1.4 billion.
Many people may not believe that it doesn’t cost much to buy a vote in the Cook Islands.
Just by doing some small favors and reimbursing some expenses on a daily basis, Blatter can be made grateful to them.
Blatter certainly knows Valcke's difficulties.
It has been said many times before.
"Jerome, the most important thing now is to be united against the outside world."
After a pause, Blatter nodded again and said, "Don't worry, I will only serve one more term at most. We will withdraw in four years. By then, everything will be left to Platini to deal with. It will have nothing to do with us."
Valk nodded.
This is how Blatter took over the business from his predecessor.
It's like a game of pass the parcel.
When the drum stopped, I didn't know who the unlucky guy holding the flowers was.
"By the way, I asked you to investigate Yang Cheng's case thoroughly. How is your investigation going?" Blatt asked solemnly.
"I have checked, but I haven't been able to find any strong clues or evidence yet."
"Didn't he buy Atalanta, Nice, Malaga and other teams?"
"Yes, but it was done very cleanly. From a legal perspective, Bayswater Chinese had no relationship with these clubs. At best, it was cooperation, but we did not have any prohibition on such cooperation in the past."
“What about the financial review?”
"They hire well-known accounting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct financial audits every year, and the audits are made public."
Blatter was a little surprised. "Is this a football club?"
Why does it sound like a listed company?
"They are in London, and their management is fully connected to those multinational consortiums in London. They attach great importance to compliance, so we are still looking for clues."
When Blatt heard this, he was a little upset, "There is no loophole at all."
"Of course not. We are now focusing on grasping some gray areas, but their legal team is very strong. We must obtain strong evidence. Otherwise, if we lose the lawsuit..."
Valcke's words immediately silenced Blatter.
If FIFA punishes the Chinese in Bayswater and loses the case, it will be an even greater loss of face.
"You are right. No matter what, we must hit the target with one strike!"
"Understand, we are considering starting from a transfer perspective."
Blatt nodded, "Think of a way, ban him for a few years, even if he has more clubs, it will be useless."
In theory, a transfer ban prohibits players from registering with FIFA.
Bayswater Chinese are not the same club as other clubs and cannot be promoted directly like the youth teams.
Therefore, if transfers are really banned, it will be useless no matter how many teams there are.
Most importantly, everyone knows that transfers involve the most and are the most extensive, but also have the most gray areas.
If you really want to build a whole club, it’s best to start with transfers.
…
The Chinese from Bayswater defeated Manchester City in the Champions League final, winning four consecutive titles and once again sparking heated discussions among media and fans around the world.
In addition to praising the team's record and the stars, especially big-name players such as Gareth Bale, quite a number of media outlets also focused on what Yang Cheng said in an interview with the media after receiving the award.
The media and fans generally spoke highly of Yang Cheng's remarks.
They all believe that if under such circumstances, the result of FIFA's election still ends with Blatter's victory, it will definitely be a shame for football!
It is worth mentioning that many media reported that after the game, a group of British officials, including British Prime Minister Cameron, entered the Chinese locker room in Bayswater.
Cameron spoke highly of the team's performance.
But he emphasized the football spirit represented by Yang Cheng and the Chinese in Bayswater.
Especially in recent times, Yang Cheng has been working hard to take on FIFA and UEFA, and has received support from Cameron.
The British Prime Minister agreed with Yang Cheng's remarks, saying that both Blatter and Platini were no longer suitable to continue leading world and European football.
In addition, VISA Credit Card, an important sponsor of FIFA, also commented in a media interview, saying that it is closely following the development of the matter and hopes that FIFA will give a clear response as soon as possible.
This is the first sponsor to take the initiative to put pressure on FIFA.
Everyone can also clearly see that after continuous fermentation, more and more voices have begun to join in.
But within the football circle, there has been no movement so far.
FIFA and UEFA also refused to comment on the matter.
UEFA President Platini and Secretary General Infantino left the Berlin Olympic Stadium early after the Champions League final, refusing to accept any interviews or respond to any questions of public concern.
The attitudes of the two major institutions are surprisingly consistent.
They just don't respond or pay attention.
It's like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Anyway, you guys can make a scene! Go ahead and make a scene! For this attitude of FIFA and UEFA, whether it is the media, the fans, Yang Cheng, or even Cameron, there is actually nothing they can do.
That’s right, Cameron himself said that the British government has no choice.
If there was a way, the British government would have dealt with them long ago!
Yang Cheng actually consulted a lawyer, and the biggest trouble lies in a very special company form in Swiss law.
Swiss Verein Swiss legal society!
This kind of special organization does not need to be registered with the industrial and commercial authorities when it is established; it only needs to sign the organizational charter.
Its biggest advantage is that every member within the organization is independent of each other. There is no legal relationship of agency between them, nor any joint liability such as debt and liability.
To put it simply, if something goes wrong with any member of the organization, it has nothing to do with the headquarters or other members.
Precisely because of this convenience, many international organizations like to set up their headquarters in Switzerland.
There is another industry, which is multinational law firms, most of which are also of this form.
Therefore, many law firms are partnership-based.
Back to the question of FIFA.
Legally speaking, the British government has no power to govern FIFA. They can only govern FIFA's subordinate members such as the English Football Association within the UK.
By the same token, the United States only has jurisdiction over the United States Soccer Association, and Switzerland only has jurisdiction over the Swiss Football Association.
What about FIFA?
No!
There really isn’t any!
This is where Swiss legal societies are most popular with those institutions.
If it was in 2024, when Yang Cheng traveled through time, many fans would definitely ask.
That's not right. How did the United States get involved with FIFA in 2015? In fact, if you look closely, you will find that the United States did not get involved with FIFA.
The United States simply used its domestic laws to arrest some FIFA officials, most of whom were from North America and the Caribbean.
The premise for them to use domestic law is that these officials have used American bank cards, accounts, etc. in the process of corruption, so they are within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Didn't the United States take action against Blatter and Platini? But even if the United States did so, it still caused great controversy in their countries.
For example, Harvard Law School professors Norman Feldman and Elizabeth Loftus have different opinions on this.
In an article published in Bloomberg, Federman argued that the United States' treatment of FIFA like the mafia is legally untenable.
He said that FIFA may have problems, but legally, the United States cannot control it.
Professor Loftus holds a different opinion. She believes that there is no legal problem with US jurisdiction.
The prerequisite is that the United States must obtain the support of the European Union and Switzerland before it can use domestic law.
All in all, this is a series of very, very complicated legal issues.
Over the years, FIFA has relied on it to avoid various disputes.
The most typical case is the bankruptcy of ISL. The Swiss prosecutor's office conducted a 10-year investigation and confirmed that former FIFA President Havelange and his son-in-law received bribes of 18 million euros from ISL with conclusive evidence.
But what in the end?
Blatt said that was not the case.
They were not taking bribes; the money was considered a business expense at the time.
Ask FIFA to provide financial accounts? No.
The Swiss prosecutor's office was helpless in this matter and the case was eventually dropped.
Because legally, they are stuck in a vicious circle.
Legally, the Swiss prosecutor's office must have sufficient evidence to prove that FIFA's operations are problematic before the Swiss federal government can investigate a non-profit organization like FIFA.
But for organizations like FIFA, there is never an audit, their accounts are a mystery, and they are never made public. Outsiders have no idea what their operating conditions are like, so there is no way to prove that they have any problems.
If you can't prove that there is something wrong with them, you can't investigate.
This is the case in Switzerland, the country where the headquarters is located, so other countries have even less authority.
So, some people say that FIFA is like in a modern legal vacuum, not subject to any constraints.
Unless some country goes rogue with him! But the problem is that even the most rogue country, the United States, did not actually touch Blatter and Platini.
Maybe many people will find it strange.
Since FIFA is so invincible, they can get away with it by just playing dirty, so why did Yang Cheng have to go? Isn't this asking for trouble? The answer is, isn't the United States playing rogue?
With the help of this momentum from the United States, Yang Cheng is confident that he can further force Blatter and Platini to step down.
At the same time, weren't there the Panama Papers?
In theory, this is enough for the Swiss federal government to launch an investigation into FIFA using Switzerland's domestic anti-corruption law.
Now all we need is an opportunity.
Besides, Yang Cheng has the biggest advantage in this matter.
Even though the big gangster America and the coward Switzerland failed to do as Yang Cheng wished in the end, they even did worse than in their previous life.
In other words, even if Yang Cheng ended up in the worst situation, the worst that could happen to him was that he would be punished.
Given his current status and influence in world football, what can Blatter do to him?
At best, it was just a small punishment to warn Yang Cheng not to keep pestering him, that's all.
Yang Cheng guessed that at most they would just catch some mistakes, such as banning transfers.
Does he care?
As for UEFA, Yang Cheng didn't take Platini seriously at all.
Does he dare to kick the Chinese from Bayswater out of the Champions League?
Don't be funny, if he does this, the sponsors will be the first to cause trouble for him.
Other top teams will not sit idly by.
Why?
It’s very simple. If Platini really bans the Chinese in Bayswater, he will dare to ban Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern tomorrow!
When that time comes, all the top teams will have to kneel down to Platini.
Moreover, Platini and Blatter dared to take such a risk? Therefore, outsiders felt that Yang Cheng and the Bayswater Chinese were in danger.
But in Yang Cheng's opinion, it's just the opposite.
…
10am the next day.
The Chinese in Bayswater ended their all-night celebration, got up, packed their luggage, and holding the Champions League trophy, boarded a Qatar Airways special plane, preparing to take off from Berlin and return to London.
At London's Heathrow Airport, open-top buses had been prepared and countless Bayswater Chinese fans were eagerly awaiting the team's triumphant return.
Today's championship parade will be the largest in London's history! At this moment, FIFA representatives came from the most luxurious Baur au Lac Hotel in the center of Zurich to the FIFA headquarters in the eastern suburbs.
The FIFA presidential election will officially kick off here.
There are only two candidates in this election.
The current FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, and Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan.
Before the vote, Blatter gave a speech.
The 79-year-old FIFA president briefed all members on the corruption scandals of the past period.
But he said it was just the individual behavior of some people.
As an organization, FIFA is still very good.
"We cannot allow the corrupt behavior of individual members to affect the reputation of our entire organization."
"If I am re-elected, I will lead FIFA to restore its past good reputation. It will be a brand new beginning!"
Regarding FIFA, Blatter said that it has dominated world football for many, many years and has always done a very, very good job.
"It is by no means rotten, old, or unusable as some people say."
"On the contrary, it is like all of us here, maybe a little older, but still full of energy and enterprising spirit, so I have always said that FIFA does not need a revolution."
"What we need is evolution!"
When Blatter said this, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.
This made the FIFA president shake off the lethargy of the past few days and appear particularly energetic again.
He was still the king of world football! He also swore in his heart that as long as he was elected, he would do everything he could to make Yang Cheng, the rebel, crawl in front of him again and kneel down to beg for mercy!
Only in this way can he regain his former dignity and glory!
After Blatter's speech, Prince Ali of Jordan also gave a speech.
But apparently, Prince Ali's speech was actually pretty bad.
He could neither use the same campaign slogan as Blatter nor dare to call for revolution.
So he didn't get much applause.
After both candidates had finished speaking, Secretary General Valcke stepped forward to introduce the first round of voting.
FIFA has 209 members, 209 votes, and 206 members were actually present.
Blatter needs a two-thirds majority in the first round of voting to win.
But Prince Ali only needs to get more than half of the votes to force Blatter to step down.
In order to ensure privacy and safeguard members' voting rights, voting will be conducted in a completely sealed black room.
When the voting began, the 206 representatives present took their ballots, walked into the dark room and voted.
This is done to ensure the fairness of the vote.
Therefore, by then, no one will know who voted for whom.
After Valcke announced the voting rules and order, the 206 representatives on the scene stood up and walked to the voting room one by one, taking turns to vote.
Blatter sat upright on the podium with his right hand against his forehead.
Although he had made sufficient preparations before and had strong confidence that he could win the election.
But when the moment comes, he still feels nervous.
Because this will be his last time running.
He hopes he can get away with it unscathed like Havelange did.
Ideally, the successor would be able to clean up his own mess.
Just like what he did to help Havelange.
The representatives entered the room one by one to vote.
The whole process lasted more than an hour.
Finally, two transparent boxes were taken out.
Everyone could clearly see that there were very few ballots in the box representing Prince Ali.
Probably only half of what was in Blatt's box.
This also proves that it is difficult to get more than half.
This made Prince Ali very disappointed and he kept shaking his head.
Blatt breathed a sigh of relief and began to smile.
Now, the final suspense is whether Blatter can get more than two-thirds of the votes.
That is 140 votes.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
