Frenzy [football]

Since friends with long and short legs in South America happened to come to Paris on this day, Lei Yi and his good friend Tigos separated after drinking afternoon tea instead of lunch.The Portuguese went shopping for fashion in Paris, and Leiy with the magical long and short legs stopped a car and went to the airport in Paris.

In fact, this is not the first time he has come to the city. In this year's UEFA Champions League, Lazio, where the long and short legs are located, met the Ligue [-] giants Paris Saint-Germain in the knockout round and defeated them in the home and away two rounds. defeated the opponent and successfully advanced to the knockout round of the next round.

However, it had been a while ago. When he came to this city again in May at the end of the season, Lei Yi was not worried at all about whether his personal safety could be guaranteed.In this slightly cool weather, he was wearing a bright blue short-sleeved T-shirt and a hooded vest, standing in the pick-up hall of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, waiting with joy An old friend he has known since playing in Sao Paulo.

Ten minutes ago, Yorkbook had sent him a text message that the plane had landed safely, so he waited in the first row in front of the guardrail, looking for the Brazilian in the crowd with his good eyesight.

Then, he saw it!The demeanor of the whole person changed, his eyes were very bright, he jumped up and waved to people.

So Book of York saw his friend after walking a few more steps.Pulling the suitcase, the Brazilian in a casual suit sped up his pace and walked directly to the guardrail. It was a warm face-to-face gift with his long-legged friend across the guardrail!

Book of York: "leiy! It's been a long time since we saw each other!"

Lei Yi: "Hahahaha! Yes! I think you have become handsome again! Come and tell me how about sitting on the superconducting maglev train?"

After meeting, the long and short legs took his tow case from York Book, and the two talked and laughed all the way to the taxi stand.According to the itinerary mentioned by York Book, he came here for work this time, and he could only rest for a while after arriving at the hotel where he stayed, and the meeting had to start.

So the long and short legs could only regretfully chat with the person on the way to the hotel where they were staying, and then stuffed the macarons they bought for York into the other party’s when they parted. arms.

"leiy." When the long and short legs were about to leave, York Book called the other party's name again, "although I said the same thing to you a month ago. But I still want to say, congratulations to you, leiy. Next year The World Cup...play well."

Hearing his Brazilian friend, Pele's little grandson York Book speak such Chinese to himself so solemnly, he scratched his head in embarrassment, and then smiled and winked at him. Then he turned and left.

When he walked out of the lobby of that luxurious hotel, Lei Yi, who put on his hood again, saw a middle-aged man who was very familiar to him coming in from the hotel gate.The strange sense of familiarity made him stop suddenly, staring at the person for a long time but couldn't remember who this person was.That is to say, when the long and short legs were trying hard to search for the memory of who this person was in his head, the middle-aged man who made him feel very familiar had already brought a person who was like an assistant around him and two people following him. The bodyguards left together.

So the long and short legs could only walk out of the hotel muttering.That is to say, when he took out his mobile phone and called Tigos' communication number, planning to meet up with his good friend, he reacted with a flash of inspiration in this way, when Tigos' voice was transmitted from the receiver of the mobile phone When he came out, he said loudly: "Tiggs! I just saw a man who looks like the president of UEFA! It really looks like it! What's his name? Stefana!"

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"Mr. Stefana, the president of CONMEBOL, said he could not attend today, but he sent his representative. He said that in today's meeting, we can treat his representative as if it were him. His proxy can make any decisions on his behalf."

"I see, is everyone else here?"

"The president of the Portuguese Football Federation and the Argentine Football Federation are left. However, according to the information sent by their assistants, the meeting can be held on time."

"Very well, show me my meeting preparation manuscript again, and we will leave for the conference hall in 45 minutes."

This is an important meeting between the six continental confederations and football associations.At this meeting in Paris, the presidents of the six continental football confederations and the most important leagues under them will attend this meeting.In the past, a meeting of this scale was almost unimaginable.But for the dream league that fans all over the world dream of, such meetings have been held several times in recent years.Although they have carried out drastic reforms to make way for the fantasy league held from March to July every year, when it is only 14 months before the start of the first World Cup, they still have a lot of detailed rules. to discuss.

When the president of UEFA entered the conference hall, he saw that the president of the Portuguese Football Association was shaking hands with a young man who made him look a little embarrassed, and said something enthusiastically.

"Stefana! My old chap! Come and see who this young man is!"

When the president of UEFA approached, the president of the Portuguese Football Association, who was reminded by the young man and found the opponent, greeted the French president first.So the chairman of UEFA set his sights on the young man under the enthusiastic gesture of the chairman of the Portuguese Football Association.

The young man wore a well-tailored suit and his hair was well done, but there was a surge of sunshine and enthusiasm about him and cheerfulness.Just by seeing him smiling, the president of UEFA knew that this must be a young man from South America.And when he looked closely at the young man's eyebrows, he always felt that there was something familiar to him.

"He looks like..." Stephane said uncertainly.Then the chairman of the Portuguese Football Association hurriedly asked: "Is it similar to Mr. Bailey when he was young? But Little York looks completely white and Latino!"

When he heard this prompt, the president of UEFA realized who this young man was, and the young man stepped forward to extend his hand to him in a timely manner, and said to him in fluent French: "Hi, Mr. Stefana. I am York Book. Bailey is my grandpa."

"Hi York Book, welcome to come here! You today...is the Brazilian Football Association asking you to come here on behalf of Mr. Pele?"

Although the President of UEFA looked very enthusiastic when he shook hands with York, in fact he was not sure why Pele's grandson came here today, so he asked the question in his heart like this Confuse.Then the Brazilian who looked too young and even a little too young in front of him gave an answer that he never thought of anyway.

"No, I represent CONMEBOL."

When Yorkbook uttered these words in this place where the important players in world football gathered, his face was full of self-confidence that was not overstated, and his voice was so calm, without the slightest bit of timidity or fear. nervous.

After finishing this sentence, when he saw the hesitation flashing across the face of the UEFA president, Yorkbook also played his humor at the right time: "In fact, our president accompanied his granddaughter to play football the day before yesterday. Unfortunately, he broke his leg when he accidentally stepped on a pit in the garden. Because he really valued this joint meeting, he still struggled all day, wondering if he was really absent from this meeting. Of course, he wouldn't say such a thing."

Hearing such an anecdote, the President of UEFA certainly did not spare his laughter, but he still has doubts about whether such a young man can represent South American Football Confederation in such a meeting.So in the end he asked again: "I'm really sorry for something like this. It's just... Yorkshire, did Izeksen really ask you to represent CONMEBOL at such a meeting? Excuse me, I I don't want to offend you, and I have no intention of questioning your chairman's decision. It's just young people, when it is necessary, can you make the necessary resolutions on his behalf?"

At this time, the important football players who participated in this meeting have already entered the field one after another, so this conversation between York Book and UEFA President Stefana has attracted the attention of some people.Facing this doubt, Yorkbook just smiled very calmly and looked directly at the other party, looking directly at the president of UEFA, the biggest opponent of CONMEBOL in this dream league, and said calmly: "I think so." .Before I set off here, our Mr. Chairman sent Mr. Hitzels (FIFA President) a written document that he wanted me to act as his proxy in this meeting, and also got Affirmative answer. Regarding the idea of ​​the World Cup, our chairman has talked to me a lot. We have also exchanged opinions on this many times. No one understands his thoughts better than me. I can represent him. It is here to convey his wishes, and the wishes of the entire Conmeber."

When Book of York spoke these words in French, the entire conference hall fell into an inexplicable silence.It wasn't until he finished speaking that the whispered conversation among the important officials re-emerged.

After Yorkbook finished speaking these words, he smiled at the UEFA president and made a "please" gesture, inviting the other party to sit down with him.

"I think it is necessary to introduce the league's points system in the World Champions League. It's just that such a strong quota limit is not conducive to the development of the World Champions League in the long run."

Soon after the meeting started, this very practical question was raised.Obviously, everyone does not want to be permanently limited to participate in the World Champions Cup.After all, no one thinks that their own league will not improve for decades under the stimulation of this level of league.It seems that after Turkey applied to join UEFA, not only the strength of the Turkish team has made great progress, but even Turkey's domestic leagues have repeatedly achieved great results in the UEFA Champions League.

However, it is not only the Continental Football Federation other than UEFA who thinks that their own league has won too few seats in the World Cup group stage.Why doesn't the president of UEFA think that with the status of European giants in world football, they should occupy half of the seats in the top 32 of the group stage in this world-level Champions League.

But when the topic got here, the UEFA president didn't speak, the Frenchman just raised his eyebrows and waited for others to speak further.

Sure enough, when the issue involved the Continental League points in the World Champions Cup, people began to argue about how the places should be awarded after the introduction of the points system, and how the continents should be allocated after the places were given to the continents.

"Our cups on all continents are all knockout. Although each team participating in the cup will have corresponding points, if the ranking is given according to the ranking of points, this is contrary to the original intention of the knockout system! Fans want What they are looking at is the excitement of two games that determine life and death, what they need is not a bunch of complicated statistics!"

“引入大洲的积分制度我认为是有必要的，但是积分制世冠杯的32强小组赛名额挂钩之后，我们应该怎样定一个分配标准？难道就一直是排名No.1的拥有12个小组赛的席位，排名二三四五的大洲就只能就我们究竟是拥有6个小组赛的名额还是5个或者4个拼个死活了吗！”

Very well, these are two very representative and practical questions.But obviously, this makes the Oceania Football Federation, which has only one group stage place and ranks last among the six continents, very dissatisfied.

And UEFA is obviously more concerned about how the proceeds from the sale of broadcast rights should be distributed.Apparently, the Europeans see their giants as the most crucial component of what makes the league so attractive.They should be allocated a larger proportion of the World Cup funding pool.But the tone of the UEFA president seemed very reserved, and the president of the African Football Confederation choked it back in French as soon as he said it.

"It sounds like UEFA has allocated a larger proportion of the UEFA Champions League fund pool to the number one league? If not, please shut your noble mouth!"

The chairman of the Oceania Football Federation said: "I think I need to reiterate that it is very disrespectful to give Oceania only one place when the leagues ranked second, third, fourth and fifth have similar places. Yes. I demand that the gap between us and the fifth-ranked continent be shortened!"

After the quarrel in the conference hall continued to escalate, the president of the Uruguayan Football Association, who felt offended, directly raised his meeting draft and hit the heads of the people around him. Using this as a trigger, the presidents of the major football associations and several The chairman of the Continental Football Association also joined the battle, and the entire conference hall was filled with meeting manuscripts flying around because of this re-enactment of the scuffle, and even leather shoes that were projected like baseballs!

"In my opinion, there is actually a very urgent and practical issue. Before the start of the World Cup, many leagues have already conducted a long-term two-line battle in the cup and domestic leagues. That is to say, when they enter It is very likely that we will already face the trouble of too many injuries before the World Cup. So I think it is necessary for us to open another transfer window before the start of the World Cup..."

York Book, who was firmly expressing the questions he raised in this melee, heard the wind in his ears, so he dodged sideways, narrowly avoiding a high-heeled leather shoe flying across the side.Glancing at the high-heeled leather shoes that fell not far behind his seat, Yorkbook glanced at the female president of the Argentine Football Association who was only two seats away from him, with a very tangled expression.After getting a look from the other party, Book of York got up to pick up the high heels for the other party, and held the high heels in both hands to return it to its owner very solemnly.

"Thank you."

The Argentinian woman just said thank you coldly to the Brazilian in front of her, then stood up and took her high heels and smashed it at the forehead of the UEFA president whose hairline moved back a lot .

"Oh..." York Book, who was standing next to the female president of the Argentine Football Association, sighed softly, and then awkwardly raised his hands towards the UEFA president who was unfortunately recruited, indicating that the attack just now really had nothing to do with him .

In this way, Book of York narrowly avoided several possible impacts during the several meters journey back to his seat, then sat down on his seat again, covered his forehead and sighed: "So I just Said, Mr. Chairman, he broke his leg and is not suitable for such an occasion..."

After saying this, York Book thought for a long time, and experienced several times of inner struggle, finally stood up, walked to his right, and walked step by step along the long oval table in the conference hall.He acted very roughly and pulled the president of the UAE Football Association, who was holding only a few tufts of hair on the bald head of the president of the Spanish Football Association, and pulled him up with both hands and put him on the seat next to him for waiting. with.He also rescued the chairman of the Cameroon Football Association from the opponent's umbrella attack, helped him up from the ground, flicked the ashes for him, and helped him get back the chair that had been flying away for a long time.

York Book, who came here with a heavy responsibility, separated those who were fighting hard, and at the same time brought the microphone that was buttoned on his collar closer, took a deep breath and said loudly: "I said that South American Football Association Request to open another transfer window before the start of the World Cup! Has anyone heard that!!"