The Young Lion

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In fact, before the opening of the World Cup in Germany, the black whistle scandal in the Bundesliga, the long-term weakness of the national team, the problems in the construction of the World Cup venues and other factors caused Germany to be widely questioned and criticized, but when the World Cup came, people were surprised. The Germans, who have always been known for their rigidity and rigor, set off an unstoppable frenzy of passion.

Flags everywhere, fronts of houses, cars, streets full of helpful fans, an unprecedented passion is sweeping Germany!

June 9, Munich.

Munich World Cup Stadium (that is, the Allianz Arena, but Allianz is not a sponsor of the World Cup. During the World Cup, the stadium is called the Munich World Cup Stadium.)

Aldridge took his family to attend the opening ceremony and sat in the VIP stands. The seat arranged for him by the organizing committee was quite conspicuous. He sat next to Beckenbauer.

In addition to the theatrical performances at the opening ceremony, Southgate, who has retired, played on behalf of the England national team holding the Hercules Cup, symbolically handing over the championship trophy, which is held every four years. The scramble begins again!

The German team defeated Costa Rica in the opening game. The German team led by Klinsmann is actually quite awkward. It is considered to be in a transitional stage. It needs to rely on old players to support the scene and promote young players. It is a bit like a predecessor planting trees Role.

The victory of the German team made the whole country jubilant, and Aldrich simply appreciated the game, under the bursting atmosphere in the stadium. I just feel that this trip is worthwhile.

After the game. Aldridge had a separate conversation with Beckenbauer.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the scene.

Aldridge as the last World Cup champion coach. And with his unprecedented coaching feats, he can come to support, of course, it will add a lot to the World Cup in Germany.

The focus of the two discussions was football politics.

Beckenbauer hopes that Aldridge can temporarily suppress the pressure of g14 on UEFA.

g14 has not always been a role that aligns with UEFA's position.

As Millwall began to play a leading role in g14, the voice of g14 to the outside world will naturally have Millwall's will.

In the UEFA presidential election half a year later, Beckenbauer hoped that g14 could temporarily go dormant to avoid putting too much pressure on UEFA and creating external difficulties for Johansson's re-election.

for such a request. Aldrich agreed.

However, after their conversation was over, Aldrich went back to the hotel to think carefully about the problem, and only then did he discover the core of the problem.

Aldridge was reassured by Johansson's promise that UEFA's internal turmoil would end.

Then, it must mean that the faction of Johansson and Beckenbauer can win!

Beckenbauer came forward to find Aldridge again, but the tone of the conversation seemed to ask Aldridge to help Johansson to be re-elected smoothly.

Where is the problem?

Who will be the next UEFA president?

Judging from the intelligence collected by most of the European media before.

Johansson is abdicating!

Come on, he's not only 76 years old, he's suffering from cancer. He has also expressed his intention to abdicate for the virtuous on many occasions.

The outside world believes that Johansson will support Beckenbauer. It can be called the appointed successor who was cultivated by Johansson and paved the way with all his strength!

However, in the conversation between Beckenbauer and Aldrich, although he also hated Platini's election stance, he seemed to be uninterested in the position of UEFA president.

Platini is engaged in charity and poverty alleviation. He is an enemy in the eyes of European elites. It can be said that g14 will never like Platini. On the contrary, if Beckenbauer can uphold Johansson's philosophy , then, g14 can even fully support Beckenbauer.

Johansson can understand that for football to develop, first of all, the superstructure must be very luxurious!

Football stars, star teams, this is an important factor to attract the outside world.

The success of the Champions League is also due to the existence of European elites. Without these giants, the Champions League is worthless!

But if it is like the set promoted by Platini, what Macedonian fans not only want to see Zidane on TV, but also want to see their team compete with the team represented by Zidane in the Champions League. They have the right to enjoy football and we will do our best to achieve that! The same goes for other European countries.

This is just bullshit!

Who can imagine that one day there will be a group of teams from Malta, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and other countries in the Champions League?

Yes, that's right, it seems that the scope of the UEFA Champions League is wider. In theory, it is good for promoting football and enhancing the brand.

However, do giants like Millwall, Real Madrid, Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern, etc. need to be in the main lineup to play teams from these countries?

In addition, who will be squeezed out by these participating civilian teams?

Platini is a great player, but after he became a football politician, his ideas made the European elites disagree, and even firmly resisted.

Naturally, g14 is also unwilling to see Platini elected. At this time, Platini is still an ally of Blatter.

Regarding this matter, Aldridge called Carter at night to exchange and discuss.

I don't know now whether Johansson will run firmly or Beckenbauer will run! European media say that Beckenbauer will be the next UEFA president, but Beckenbauer and I speak as if he has other ideas!

After listening to Aldrich's explanation, Carter pondered for a moment on the other end of the phone, and then replied uncertainly after a long time: There will definitely be no split between Beckenbauer and Johansson, but from what you said, it seems that the two have different plans. The difference, I think, is that Johansson’s position is affirmative. If he goes for the election, his chances of winning are not too great. In the past two years, he has been campaigning for Beckenbauer, and he has stated many times that he will retire. He is running. It’s not enough. In addition, he still has health risks. He is 76 years old, and by the end of the year, he will be 77! If Beckenbauer runs for the election, he should be sure.”

Aldrich thought so too.

If Johansson has not been troubled by cancer and has not expressed his intention to abdicate for the better in the past two years, then Johansson continues to run for re-election, and the hope of re-election is still very high.

But they are all ready to give way, and then they will regret it at this time. It's quite a mess.

Then Beckenbauer can run for the election and become UEFA president directly! But he doesn't seem to have that intention, otherwise, why didn't he make it clear to me, as long as he said he was running for the election, I can represent G14 to him All the promises he wanted.

Well, I think, maybe the problem is the World Cup.

The World Cup? What does the World Cup have to do with UEFA?

Two years ago, Beckenbauer may still be walking on thin ice. After all, the outside world has serious doubts and criticisms about Germany hosting the World Cup. But today, the World Cup has received a huge response from the very beginning. The outside world is full of praise. As the World Cup Organizing Committee Chairman. What will Beckenbauer be like with the praise he receives both on stage and behind the scenes, and the boost to his ambitions from today's success?

Then what is he going to do? Ambitious, okay, to be UEFA president! What else makes him more than the position of UEFA president...

Aldrich suddenly stopped talking halfway through.

Because he suddenly thought of a relatively sensational event in the next few years of the original history.

That was the bribery scandal over the World Cup application.

Among them, Beckenbauer was also involved.

It was Fleet Street that was exposed.

However, the key point is not the scandal. The scandal itself existed during the World Cup bid period, but whether it was exposed or not.

It was Beckenbauer's identity at the time, the man he was!

He works for FIFA!

In fact, after the end of the Johansson era, Platini was in power, and Aldridge hadn't heard much about Beckenbauer's deeds in the football political circle. The Kaiser of German football was not very bright in front of the stage. beautiful.

However, thinking about it now, Aldridge probably guessed why Beckenbauer, who was so loud before Johansson lost to Platini, would almost disappear in the next few years!

I received rumors from Germany that Beckenbauer seems to have lost interest in the position of UEFA president. The German media revealed that Beckenbauer is going to run for membership of the FIFA Executive Committee. The chairman's throne. But the news is not certain, and there is not much media hype, after all, it is during the World Cup, but one thing is certain, the World Cup in Germany is very important to Beckenbauer's political capital.

After Carter finished talking about what he had heard, Aldrich didn't get a response for a long time. After a while, Aldrich sighed helplessly, said goodbye to Carter and hung up the phone.

He kind of understood why Johansson and Beckenbauer, an ally in the trenches, had subtle differences in their attitudes.

Johansson did want Beckenbauer to become UEFA president.

However, the success of the World Cup in Germany swelled Beckenbauer's ambitions. He wanted to step up to the sky and directly overthrow Blatter's rule and become the next head of FIFA.

As a result, he and Johansson had huge differences in their strategic lines.

Johansson wants Beckenbauer to defend Europe, which is the most important territory for him, and it is the territory with the most weight, which has long been the enemy's role.

Beckenbauer has changed his mind now, and instead hopes that Johansson will persist for another term. He will go to expand the territory and make further progress!

Simply put, Johansson wants to be conservative, but Beckenbauer wants to forge ahead.

Perhaps Beckenbauer thinks that Johansson will keep the position of UEFA president, and it is absolutely no problem for him to act as a backing to challenge Blatter!

But relatively speaking, the strategy over there is very simple. Blatter fully supports Platini, who is now both an ally and his younger brother. If it succeeds, win UEFA and kick Johansson's big mouth. If so, there is nothing to lose.

That's why Johansson failed in the election. He turned around to appease Beckenbauer and let him be elected as the FIFA executive committee. The foundation of the European map was swept away by Platini. In football politics, it has long become the main theme of the struggle between Platini and Blatter from allies to enemies. Pei Huang can only watch the show.

Aldridge was very helpless about this, and it was impossible for him to call Johansson or Beckenbauer to remind Johansson or Beckenbauer that it was not a game that was guaranteed to win, at least not to lose.

Why do people listen to him! (To be continued..)

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