Super Marshal

After the annual draw and awards ceremony, UEFA will hold a dinner in a five-star hotel near the Grimaldi Conference Center to entertain all guests and football professionals present.

Even the Monaco royal family will send representatives to attend.

Manchester City is the protagonist of this year's Champions League group stage draw. As a fourth-tier team, it has become the focus of media around the world. In the end, this team also drew AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajak. Such a death combination.

Therefore, after the draw, many media wanted to interview Gao Han, but they never saw him. Only Manchester City's general manager Paul Futre was the representative and routinely accepted media interviews. Ferguson, who had been with Gao Han before, Guardiola and others were interviewed in person, which surprised many media reporters.

Where did Gao Han go?

It was not until the dinner party was about to begin that Gao Han and Platini arrived late, chatting and laughing.

This undoubtedly further deepened everyone's curiosity.

Guardiola sat at the same table as Ferguson and others, and specially reserved a seat for Gao Han. He raised his hand to signal him as soon as he came in. Platini also said politely after he personally sent Gao Han to his seat. Just say, "Please do everything."

Watching the UEFA president leave, everyone felt strange.

"What's going on?" Ferguson asked curiously.

In fact, Ferguson has always been a very curious person in life, which is why he has been able to maintain freshness and pursuit in the coaching position of Manchester United for many years.

After hearing this, Gao Han nodded seriously and said: "It's nothing. I just think you are old and not suitable for such a tiring job anymore, so let me be merciful to you and let you retire honorably."

Everyone around him burst into laughter when he said such nonsense so seriously, and Ferguson almost didn't punch him.

But he didn't say anything. Ferguson could vaguely guess, "Is it related to the strike in Spain?"

He asked in a low voice, and the place was very noisy, so there was no need to worry about being heard by anyone except a few tablemates who were paying attention to the conversation.

After listening to Ferguson's words, Guardiola, Simeone and Emery all looked at Gao Han. They are all La Liga coaches, so they are naturally concerned about the progress of the strike.

Gao Han smiled slightly, "Some people were playing around and accidentally ruined themselves. Now they are riding a tiger and it's hard to get off. Someone needs to step forward and relieve them. It's as simple as that."

When he said this, everyone understood it.

But is it really that simple?

With the current situation in Spanish football, the professional leagues and the government have stood on the same unbreakable front. The 42 professional teams in La Liga and La Liga are also unswervingly promoting reforms. Although Barcelona and Real Madrid have vested interests, If you are not proactive, you will be easily offended by public anger and you will not dare to act rashly.

It can be said that under the current situation, the reform of broadcasting rights is unstoppable.

Over the years, FIFA has always claimed that it is free from politics and is a country of its own. It has even repeatedly confronted sovereign countries. For example, during the recent World Cup in South Africa, South Africa was extremely dissatisfied with FIFA.

For grand sports events like the World Cup and the Olympic Games, it is a loss-making business for all host countries, purely to make money at a loss. But even so, the requirements of FIFA and the Olympic Committee are higher and higher.

This time FIFA is provoking South Africa. This African BRICS country is powerless against FIFA. But if it provokes a big country next time, it is uncertain whether Blatter can continue to rule his football kingdom. .

For the same reason, FIFA's style has been inherited from top to bottom to all continental football associations and national football associations.

The Spanish Football Federation dares to risk serious disapproval and go against all professional clubs, professional leagues and the government because they have the confidence and FIFA is standing behind them. Previously, Blatter personally stood up and threatened the Spanish government not to interfere in the internal affairs of football, otherwise Spain will be banned.

But what's the result?

The Spanish government didn't care about him at all, and even his arrogant and domineering remarks angered Spanish fans.

Football is very important, but how can national sovereignty be trampled on like this?

What's more, this is Spain's own domestic football affairs, does FIFA need to give its thumbs up?

If I listen to you this time, why don't you show off your nose and face next time?

So soon, the government increased the pressure and even drew a bottom line. The second round of La Liga in the new season will be held as scheduled.

Not only the government and professional leagues, but also the referee committee, coaching committee and players union have all stated that they will reconsider the decision to strike, and have expressed their understanding of the professional league's plan to reform the distribution of broadcast rights.

For a time, the Spanish Football Federation was in a desperate situation of betrayal and separation.

The pressure from Blatter that Bilal had hoped for turned out to be a hot potato and a joke.

Thinking of this, Gao Han sneered sarcastically, "A group of guys who only play amateur football politics dare to play tricks in front of politicians. I even wonder if their foreheads were kicked by donkeys."

Mao Zedong said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

Blatter thought that as the president of FIFA, he could flaunt football as a country of its own, not ruled by any national force, and even confronted sovereign countries many times, but he never thought that his set of rules would really work. Play like this?

Let alone major countries such as China and the United States, even in front of the Spanish government, who do they count?

Besides, ban Spain?

Will UEFA abide by FIFA's decision? Does the Spanish Football Federation dare to listen?

This organization can be said to be extremely arrogant.

Well now, Bilal is playing with fire and burning himself, putting himself on the fire to be roasted. The professional league and the government are planning to kick him out to play with himself. The referees, coaches and players have also relaxed their attitudes. What should we do?

beg for mercy?

Are you kidding me?

If the Spanish Football Federation begs for mercy, will they still have a foothold in the future?

Continue to fight?

That's even worse. Now it's clear that the situation is quite unfavorable to the Football Association.

Therefore, the best result is to find a middleman to deal with it, give both parties a step up, bring them back together, sit down and talk again, and then both parties shake hands and make peace, each to save each other's face.

UEFA is of course the most suitable candidate. In fact, Platini has been calling on all parties to calm down, but everyone knows that UEFA is affiliated with FIFA. Although the two organizations are not on the right track, they can Is there such a relationship?

Therefore, Platini sought Gao Han's help, hoping that with Gao Han's identity and status, he would mobilize several well-known and prestigious football figures in Spain to come forward and appeal to give both parties a step to renegotiate.

This should be the result that both sides want to see the most. After all, it will be a fight to the death. Although the Football Association has been struck out, FIFA and UEFA will definitely not give up. Then there will be another series of battles. , no one benefits.

Politics, after all, is the art of compromise.

But after this incident, Gao Han began to gradually realize that the Spanish Football Association's affairs would only be the beginning. Such arrogant and domineering practices like FIFA would sooner or later kill him.

They can offend South Africa and even put pressure on Brazil and Qatar, but once they provoke major powers, such as the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, they will definitely not get any good results.

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After the Champions League group stage draw ceremony, Gao Han did not accompany Ferguson, Guardiola and others to Nyon, Switzerland to attend the annual European Head Coaches Summit, but went directly to Spain.

Soon, when the shock of the Champions League group stage draw gradually faded, Marca published an exclusive interview with Gao Han.

In an exclusive interview, when a reporter from Marca asked Gao Han about his views on the La Liga strike, Gao Han called on both parties to understand each other and be considerate of each other's positions and concerns. Continuing the strike will have a huge and painful impact on La Liga, so all parties should abandon their past grievances. , sit down and negotiate again.

"Recently, I have been in the UK, but I have always paid attention to the news in Spain. I am good friends with Bilal. I know that he has made an indelible contribution to Spanish football. The Spanish league and the national team can have The Football Association has indispensable credit and contribution for today’s results.”

"The success of the league should not be a reason to deny the role of the Football Association, especially in youth training and football promotion. The Football Association will also need to continue to work hard in the future."

"Of course, the league also has considerations for the league, especially in today's highly market-oriented world. Many systems and regulations that have been used for decades should indeed keep pace with the times and implement reforms. Only in this way can La Liga continue to achieve long-term development. , competing with other leagues around the world.”

"So I hope that both parties can sit down again, have a good talk, and find a win-win solution for cooperation."

Gao Han's words quickly aroused huge repercussions in Spain, and the vast majority of fans also expressed support. They believed that continuing the strike and continuing confrontation between all parties would not be a good thing for the league or Spanish football.

Soon, Spanish star Aragones also stood up and publicly supported Gao Han's remarks, saying that all parties should consider the interests of the fans, sit down to negotiate again, and find a solution instead of continuing to hold on to their existing positions. engage in confrontation.

"I don't think it's going to be fruitful to continue like this and I'm calling for a conversation."

Coach Del Bosque, who had just led his team to win the World Cup in South Africa, also called for talks and refused to confront.

"While other leagues are already in full swing, continuing the strike will only cause La Liga and Spanish football to suffer greater disasters and losses. It is also an irresponsible behavior towards the fans."

Immediately afterwards, the Coaches Committee also immediately issued an appeal, hoping that all parties can sit down and talk again. The Players Union and many stars, including Raul and Guti, who have left La Liga, have all called for talks. The Referee Committee He also quickly issued a statement calling on all parties to talk and stop the strike.

In just two or three days, public outcry and calls for talks and an end to the strike grew louder and louder.

Just in early September, before the first national team game, the media broke the news that Gao Han, Aragones and Vicente del Bosque, as well as many Spanish celebrities, jointly invited representatives from the Spanish Football Federation, professional leagues and government to gather in Madrid to restart talks. , negotiate to end the strike as soon as possible.

Three days later, after three consecutive days of negotiations, the three parties jointly issued a statement and reached an agreement on the broadcast rights plan, and the La Liga strike ended.

At the same time, in the statement, the three parties expressed their gratitude to famous players such as Gao Han and Aragones for their efforts in this conversation, and hoped that they can continue to contribute to the development of Spanish football in the future.

At this point, a month-long La Liga strike that shocked the world has finally come to an end, but the profound changes to the power structure of Spanish football have only just begun.