Joseph Blatter, known as the football tumbler, has served as FIFA Secretary General since 1981. Since being elected FIFA President in 1998, he has always been an evergreen tree in FIFA. .
Some people even call him a dictator in the back.
As an veteran player who has been in international football forever, Blatter knows better than anyone how to play this set of rules.
In 2007, Platini defeated Johansson and was elected UEFA president. Many people said that he won the true story of Blatter.
They seem to be the two students, and Platini has studied under Blatter, but now coaching UEFA, there is a vague start to challenge Blatter. There is even news that Platini intends to participate in the future. Election of FIFA President.
This is what all major European football powers want to see.
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FIFA has more than 200 members, such as world powers such as China and the United States, as well as developed and wealthy countries such as Germany, Britain, and France, but also poor and troubled African countries such as Uganda.
This institution pursues democracy and votes. Large and small countries, rich and poor countries are all equal before FIFA, and everyone holds a precious vote in the same hands.
This creates a very interesting situation, that is, the majority of small and poor countries, they do not have too many demands, their football level is very low, the economic level is also very low, they do not have much Demand, there is neither league nor want to host the World Cup, and some even do not have the will and funds to develop football.
However, they have a precious vote.
And in Europe, such as Britain, France, Germany and Spain, they have the world's top leagues, they constantly open their own markets around the world, expand their influence, and earn broadcast fees and commercials from all over the world. Sponsored, they actively participate in FIFA's business.
In the FIFA system, it is these powerful and rich countries that are seeking FIFA.
How should this set of games be played?
The answer is simple, Blatter knows well, that is to get more resources from the rich countries and powerful countries that are seeking FIFA, to please them with the votes, and have no desire for FIFA, but they A small country and a weak country with real power and insufficient success, but more than defeat.
This kind of trading method makes Blatter's position in FIFA as stable as a mountain. Although the relationship with UEFA is extremely poor, and the relationship with major European football powers is also very indifferent, but in fact, over the years, but Almost no one can shake his position in world football.
Within FIFA, he is also a word.
As his proselytized disciple, Platini also definitely won his true story.
In the campaign that defeated Johansson and was elected UEFA President, Platini helped support the small and weak countries within UEFA against the big powers and powers behind Johansson. This tactical play was in full swing Pure, and eventually defeated Johansson.
After being elected as UEFA President, Platini also believed in his strategy, so he began to support small and medium-sized countries within UEFA, and even hesitated in the UEFA Champions League group stage quota and knockout draws to let small and medium-sized countries You can also share a piece of soup on this fat.
When dealing with UEFA ’s major clubs, Platini was also unequivocal to start with, not only through layer-by-layer terms and restrictions, but also to set up obstacles in various aspects of finance, and to do everything possible to suppress giants and giants. The g14 group was completely dissolved in his hands.
The two generations of mentors and apprentices have done a good job in FIFA and UEFA respectively, which also makes everyone feel that the person who will succeed Blatter in the future must be his personal disciple Platini.
And do n’t think that only football does this.
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Let ’s talk about the Olympic Committee. When South Koreans bid for the Olympics, the South Korean president personally lobbied in Africa, promising that if African countries voted for South Korea, they would use special planes during the World Cup to receive athletes from all African countries. Participate and return to Africa after the Olympics.
For poor African countries, this is definitely a huge sum of money. Even for South Korea, the four little dragons in Asia, it was also a huge expense, but it finally helped South Korea win the right to host the Olympic Games.
As for the World Cup of South Korea and Japan in 2002, more of them are stupid.
It can be said that such a set of gameplay is no longer new, but as long as the rules have not changed, it will definitely work.
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Blatter deeply understands the essence of this gameplay, whether he is managing FIFA or treating people, and this time he pursues this time at Oxford University, when he talks about the Yangyang and Messi Golden Ball battle He also adopted this strategy.
Messi, the world's superstar, no one will deny Messi's strength and talent, but he has been under the shadow of Yang Yang all year round, and he was born in Argentina. This is another distinctive thing with Yang Yang, which is backed by a powerful China. Comparison.
Blatter did not really think about it at the time, but just considered this issue according to his inertial thinking over the past few decades. He believes that from the perspective of FIFA, Yang Yang ’s monopoly of the Golden Globe Awards is not a good thing, and now supports Messi ’s The voice is not small, so he chose to support the weak to challenge the strong.
To his surprise, his strategy this time not only did not work, but caused himself trouble.
Suddenly, he discovered that he had played well in the past few decades, and his tried-and-true tricks were useless.
Originally, he hoped to suppress Yang Yang and support Messi, but the public opinion outside was completely reversed. The vast majority of people even supported Yang Yang with a clear stand. What is going on?
Blatter has been reflecting on this phenomenon these days, and the people under his leadership have come to a preliminary conclusion that Yang Yang is indeed stronger and performs better, which is different from some of the FIFA ’s past operations. , Because the strong on the football field is king.
In fact, if FIFA really wants to support Messi, he does not need Blatter to come forward and directly awards Messi. This is not a big problem, because before Blatter came out, according to the famous gaming company Odds, the probability of Messi winning is 1.8, ranking first, Yang Yang has only 3.5, ranking second.
But after Blatter's remarks, public opinion quickly reversed, the latest odds William Hill just opened, Yang Yang's winning odds exceeded Messi, reaching 1.36, and Messi, who has been in a slump recently, fell to 3.2.
Gaming companies are the most sensitive to public opinion in the market. They rely on this to eat. Although the odds do not represent winning, they can initially reflect the public opinion that appears. Most people support Yang Yang.
This is undoubtedly putting FIFA and Blatter on the fire.
What's more terrible is that Yang Yang already has the confidence and determination to challenge FIFA.
His agent, Lajola, came forward and said publicly that before Blatter publicly apologized, he would prevent Yang Yang from going to Zurich to participate in the FIFA awards conference. This is undoubtedly the final ultimatum for FIFA.
If Yang Yang does not come to participate in the FIFA awards conference, the influence of this event will be greatly reduced. Even if Messi won the award, it will also be questioned all over the world. If Yang Yang wins the award, it will be a nightmare. Too.
And the current Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy also publicly stated recently that he is a true Real Madrid fan. "If I can vote, I will vote for Yang Yang. He always impresses me. He is a player on the court. The player who pays everything and always tries his best. "
Not only that, from the current FIFA, the national team coaches and captains from member countries around the world, as well as the votes of the national media, after preliminary statistics, Yang Yang relied on the recent state of the blowout, plus Blatter His own "throwing waves" made Yang Yang's popularity soar.
This worried the FIFA internally. If Yang Yang really won the award, but was absent, then FIFA will definitely become the laughing stock of the world, but if you let Blatter fool, he would not dare.
Although everyone said that Blatter is a FIFA dictator, in fact, the inside is not a monolithic one. If Blatter is caught in a braid, he will immediately lose his reputation. Besides, now that the media is so developed, there are What tricks can cover up?
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"We have issued a notice urgently, calling on players, coaches or reporters who have not yet had time to vote, or 'hope' to re-elect voting, to continue to vote before October 29 and give 'guidance' to the vote. "
The right assistant sat in front of Blatter, frowning, but said cautiously.
"Is there no tail left?" Blatter's old voice came.
This period of time, his pressure is greater than ever, and the whole person seems to be old.
"No, we handled it very carefully, but judging from the current situation, the result is difficult to predict."
It is hard to predict that in the end, Yang Yang and Messi, whoever wins this Golden Globe Award, are possible.
The original Golden Globe voting ended on November 15th. I did not expect Blatter to deliberately postpone it to 29th, and let the right assistant call one by one to "direct" the voting. The result was still unpredictable.
"Now the public opinion is fierce, Yang Yang did not come in person, but let the agent come out, but also wanted to leave a room for maneuver, really let him come out in person, saying something irreparable, it would be too late.
When Blatter heard this, his turbid eyes flashed a little, "Do you want me to apologize publicly?"
This is what happened to him. If he apologized publicly, what would be the result?
The man on the other side was stunned and dared not to speak again.
He knows what the result will look like, but this is the best stop loss solution he can think of now.
Blatter is really to blame, why should he blame himself at Oxford University?
If you didn't say these things, would FIFA cause so much trouble?