The Godfather of Football

Early in the morning, before working hours, media reporters from Europe and all over the world gathered outside the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. They crowded outside the UEFA headquarters, patiently waiting for the latest news.

Just yesterday, Porto President Da Costa held a press conference, saying that Porto had already issued a statement regarding the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Chelsea head coach Ye Qiu was suspected of illegally directing the game while he was suspended by UEFA, and believed that UEFA should Disqualify Chelsea from the final and let Porto take their place.

This was definitely the most explosive news yesterday. In less than a few hours, it quickly spread all over the world. The media quickly dug up pieces of explosive information, including UEFA's special Staff were arranged to closely monitor Ye Qiu.

Alan Hansen joked on the BBC's Match Today program yesterday, "Even though UEFA specially arranged for two defensive players to closely mark Ye Qiu, the cunning pitch magician still managed to pass the two of them and hit the volley!"

Porto's accusation was not without evidence. After the game, the cleaning staff of the Dragon Stadium found a note at the scene proving that Ye Qiu directed the game. On the note, what Ye Qiu wanted to say to the coaching staff was written in Chinese. , for example, let them press the full-backs up, and at the same time let the team attack more on the left, target Ferreira, etc.

After Da Costa held a press conference and caused an uproar, UEFA also received evidence from Porto, but also received a self-defense letter from Chelsea's Ye Qiu. UEFA also stated that it would Members of the Control and Discipline Committee will hold a special meeting this morning to discuss a decision on the matter.

Because of this, media reporters from all over the world gathered outside the UEFA headquarters early this morning, with more than a hundred people in attendance.

Chelsea can be said to be unstoppable in recent times. Even with the constant turmoil against Porto in the semi-finals, they still sent the Portuguese Super League team out of the Champions League with a total score of 6:0 over two rounds, especially the 5:0 game at the Dragon Stadium. It even disgraced Porto and was criticized by Da Costa as Porto's biggest shame in recent years.

The FA Cup has reached the final, and the last three rounds of the Premier League have also remained unbeaten. First, they defeated Bolton 2:0 away from home, beat Charlton 1:0 at home, and tied Newcastle 1:1 away. However, Chelsea played with a substitute lineup. , so being able to achieve such results, everyone is very satisfied with the Blues and believes that they have a good chance of winning the quadruple crown.

But obviously, this also depends on the wishes of UEFA.

At this moment, members of the Control and Disciplinary Committee, which determines Chelsea's future destiny, are holding a special meeting in the conference room on the second floor of UEFA's headquarters.

The person presiding over this meeting was the Secretary-General of the Disciplinary Committee, Sievegin, but also participating in this special meeting were the Spanish Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Josef Luis Gajas, and the Vice Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Jacques Ant. Ning, Jim Stejern Hansen from Denmark, and Sandor Belz from Hungary.

The meeting was very heated and the opinions were divided into two groups, but the main thing was not to deprive Chelsea of ​​the finals qualification as Da Costa wanted. This is absolutely impossible to happen, otherwise, the Champions League will completely lose its authority. sex.

The focus of the discussion was obviously on whether Chelsea coach Ye Qiu had acted illegally.

"We must clearly see that this is a very obvious provocation to the authority of UEFA. This is obviously not the first time. He used a mobile phone to direct the team before, and we let him go. But if he comes now and does not give the most severe warning, we will have no authority at all. Who will follow the rules we have set? "

Jacquet Antonin is a very famous judge in Switzerland. He speaks loudly and has a serious expression. Although he is only the vice chairman of the disciplinary committee, his prestige is very high because he is not only familiar with football, but also familiar with the rules.

"But we must also be clear. It was also very clear in his self-defense statement, and we can also clearly see from the supervisor's report that the note was not handed out from his hand. , and in our rules, there is obviously no restriction on passing notes!" Josef Luis Gaas said with a wry smile.

He received a call from UEFA President Johansson and CEO Olsen last night. This matter has attracted great attention. Ye Qiu has a very large influence in the current football world, coupled with the past For several years, there have been rumors that UEFA intends to suppress Ye Qiu, and this year's Champions League is also seen by many as UEFA will make every effort to prevent Chelsea from defending the title.

If an inappropriate penalty is made on this matter at this time, it will inevitably lead to a greater crisis.

"This is where he is smart!" Jacques Antenin pointed at the self-defense statement angrily and cursed, "But this is also his biggest provocation to us. He treats us as a group of people who he can play with at will. Fool, do you think you believe it?”

In Ye Qiu's self-defense statement, he denied that he had illegally directed the game. He said that it was just a note he wrote casually, but he threw it on the ground. As a result, he did not know who threw it off the field, and was then beaten by the cleaners. I found it, and Ye Qiu also said in his self-defense statement that he could ask the two supervisors for details.

In addition, according to UEFA rules, the head coach who was sent off with a red card is not allowed to participate in the command of the game during the suspension period. After Ye Qiu used his mobile phone to remotely control the coaching team to command the game, UEFA's rules added mobile phones and text messages, but he played a new trick in this game and actually passed notes.

In terms of the rules, the members of the Disciplinary Committee did not have much objection. They wanted to change it, and they wanted to change it to prevent anyone from taking advantage of it, so they decided to give a new interpretation to this rule, that is, the head coach who was banned from the game was not allowed to have any form of contact with anyone in the team during the game.

This is indeed very overbearing, but it can plug this loophole.

But the trouble is how to deal with the cunning Chinese, who almost gave UEFA a big problem.

Heavy punishment, this is obviously unreliable, how heavy can it be? There is only one final left, and he has been banned, how heavy can it be?

A light penalty, this is obviously a bit difficult for UEFA itself to accept, especially for this group of officials who have always regarded the Champions League as their own forbidden fruit, because Ye Qiu's behavior is really too embarrassing.

"Jacquet, what do you think the penalty should be?" Josef Luis Gayas asked.

"One-year ban!" Jacquet Antnin said.

"You are crazy!" Jim Steyn Hansen slammed the table directly, "This is absolutely impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Jacquet Antnin asked with his eyes wide open.

At this time, Secretary General Sijevikin, who had been recording but not speaking, coughed and reminded: "I have to remind everyone that generally speaking, unless there is a particularly serious violation of the regulations, such a severe fine will not be issued. The more famous long-term suspension before was Ferdinand's absence from drug testing and AC Milan's strike in the Champions League that year."

After Sijevikin said this, everyone present was silent again.

This matter is not big, but it is not small either.

On a larger scale, this is related to tens of millions of euros in revenue, and possibly the ownership of a Champions League champion; on a smaller scale, Chelsea has an obvious advantage in strength, winning 5:0. Even if Ye Qiu didn't direct the game, Porto wouldn't have much chance of advancing. Besides, there is no absolute evidence to show that Ye Qiu really directed the game.

Just based on a note written in Chinese, Ye Qiu was said to have directed the game illegally? Chelsea should be disqualified from the final? Ye Qiu should be banned for a year? It's ridiculous to say it out loud!

"I think this is it!" Josef Luis Gayas thought for a moment and broke the silence, "Additional suspension for two games, fine of 10,000 euros, that's it, if they really want a heavy fine, we can't produce any hard evidence, he will definitely appeal then!"

When he said this, Josef Luis Gayas sighed inwardly, this Ye Qiu is really a troublemaker, causing trouble everywhere, he had publicly refused to participate in UEFA's group stage draw and award ceremony before, which had already made UEFA feel embarrassed, and now there is such a drama, sometimes think about it, it's better to really listen to Jacquet, fine him for a year or two, and have peace!

But if it is really punished like this, UEFA will definitely be in the whirlpool again, there are many things that others don't know, but as internal officials, how can they not know? It's just that everyone knows it tacitly and doesn't say it out loud.

Of course, there are not many troublemakers in European football now, so UEFA can easily deal with it, but once it really encounters a troublemaker, UEFA really has little way to deal with it, just like this time when it encountered Ye Qiu.

"Isn't this too easy for him?" Jacques Antnin was a little unwilling, but he didn't object.

Josef Luis Gayas made the decision directly, and the matter was settled. They immediately made a resolution and handed it to Sijevikin, who immediately went to find Chairman Johansson and Olsen. They had also paid attention to this matter before, and they had to notify them as usual before announcing it to the public.

When UEFA's press officer William Gaillard announced the punishment of Ye Qiu at the press conference at noon, the reaction of the media on the scene was relatively calm, because this ticket was actually not heavy.

Considering the wealth of Chelsea and the strong strength of the Blues, this ticket has no effect on Ye Qiu. At best, he can't command the first two group matches of the next season, but with Chelsea's strength, there is no problem in qualifying for the group, so the impact is minimal.

Because of this, after receiving the fine from UEFA, Chelsea did not appeal against UEFA's punishment. Ye Qiu also publicly stated that he would not appeal again. After all, it's okay to get an advantage. The most frightening thing for a person is to get an advantage and still be good. Such a person is too that.

As the Premier League came to an end, Chelsea began to focus all their energy on the two finals.

The FA Cup final on the afternoon of May 22 and the Champions League final on the evening of May 25, the former was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, and the latter was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The two games were only three days apart, which was also very unfavorable for Chelsea, especially in recent times, Chelsea has a lot of injuries.

On the contrary, as the opponent in the final, Liverpool has a full 10 days of preparation time from the Premier League to the Champions League final. I believe Benitez will make good use of these 10 days to practice the tactics of the Champions League final against Chelsea.

The most terrible thing is Ye Qiu. He will not be able to direct this final. This is also regarded by everyone as an important factor in Chelsea's slim chance of winning, because without Ye Qiu's on-the-spot command, Chelsea would encounter Benitez's tactics. Master, it will undoubtedly be very dangerous.

For Ye Qiu, the Champions League final is secondary. His top priority now is the upcoming FA Cup final.

This year's FA Cup competition is not without fierce competition. Manchester United and Arsenal have tried their best to win this trophy, and Arsenal reached the end. Wenger is also determined to win this trophy. In the pre-match news At the press conference, it was made clear that Arsenal had only one idea when going south to Cardiff, and that was to win the championship!

Although Wenger himself is unwilling to admit it, with Chelsea already winning the League and League Cup, the FA Cup has become Arsenal's only fig leaf, so the Gunners are determined to win this game.

"I don't think about the past record of our two teams. That has no effect on this game. What we are thinking about now is trying to put all our energy into the game, and for my players, what we have All I want is the championship!”

Wenger also congratulated Chelsea for winning the Premier League championship, but said that Chelsea's success cannot be copied by outsiders. "I don't deny the strength of Chelsea at all. I even think that under the leadership of Ye Qiu, this team has become a success." This team has the ability to achieve the status and influence of the Manchester United dynasty under Sir Alex Ferguson in the 1990s."

"But relatively speaking, I appreciate and admire Ferguson more, because at that time Manchester United still relied more on its own youth training and cultivation, but now Chelsea is a team drugged by money. Only by increasing their investment in transfers can their performance on the court continue to improve.”

"Many people ask me why we need to tighten spending and help the team build a new stadium. I majored in economics, so I know very well that Chelsea's finances that rely on large-scale blood transfusions are like taking drugs and cannot be stopped. It is easy to cause problems as soon as it stops, but the problem is that the money that is constantly invested is not earned by the club itself, and they do not have such ability. "

"I will never let my team be like Chelsea. I will respect Manchester United and respect Liverpool, which has a long history and will one day regain its glory, but I will not respect Chelsea!"

Regarding the provocation from Wenger, Ye Qiu also fought back at the pre-match press conference. He said that he did not respect Arsenal at all because this is a team that lacks bravery and tenacity.

"You know, I have always been very disgusted with the destructive tactics similar to Mourinho's in Porto, but I am also disgusted with Wenger's weak tactics, because I think any good professional Players are not afraid to fight with each other, they have to adapt to some rougher styles of play."

"Of course, the roughness here refers to the technical and tactical level, rather than those lethal tactics aimed at hurting and intimidating the opponent, but for a long time in the past, Wenger has always been making excuses for himself. He said that his ball The team is often violated, but from a statistical point of view, the number of violations is obviously not as good as ours, but we rarely complain about this.”

According to the final official statistics of the Premier League, the team with the most violations is Chelsea. Among them, Ronaldinho is the player with the most violations, followed by Drogba, and then Manchester United's Cristiano? Ronaldo and Reyes of Arsenal ranked fourth, obviously not much higher.

"I never make excuses for losing. In my opinion, if you lose, you lose. You should find the reason from yourself instead of blindly blaming it on your opponent, so this will make us better in every game. Go all out and be braver because no one wants to accept losing.”

While many of Chelsea's main players were absent due to injuries, Arsenal only had Gilberto Silva and Henry absent. Reporters asked Ye Qiu if he felt Chelsea were at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and Ye Qiu denied it.

"Frankly speaking, I can't tell whether Henry and Gilberto Silva will really be absent until I see Arsenal players starting the game. Of course, if they are absent, it will be a little bit detrimental to Arsenal's strength. Impact, but for us the result is the same.”

"Our side has been greatly affected by injuries, but my players and I are full of confidence in the result of the game. We will definitely defeat our opponents at Cardiff Stadium and successfully win our third championship this season!"

If Chelsea wins the FA Cup again, it will be a treble. This has never happened in the history of the Premier League, because Manchester United's treble was the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League. Now Chelsea is the Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup, the weight is definitely not as good as Manchester United's Triple Crown, but if they can win the Champions League again and complete the Quadruple, it will be truly unprecedented.

Because of this, the outside media are full of expectations for Chelsea, and Chelsea fans gathered crazily in Cardiff, hoping to come to the scene to witness the team making history.

It was precisely because of this confidence that Ye Qiu publicly stated with confidence that the team would definitely win in the finals.

"Although we have several players missing due to injuries, which will inevitably affect the team's strength, we have a group of equally outstanding players who can fill the gaps in the lineup. I am very confident that my players can beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final."

"We will not become conservative in the game, because our attitude towards every game is the same, that is, to do our best to attack the opponent and seize the initiative of the game. We will continue to do so in this game!"