The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 341
Early in the morning, before working hours, media reporters from Europe and around the world gathered outside the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. They were stuck outside the UEFA headquarters, waiting patiently for the latest news.

Just yesterday, Porto chairman Da Costa held a press conference, saying that Porto had already decided that Chelsea coach Ye Qiu was suspected of illegally directing the game during the UEFA suspension in the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final match, and that UEFA should Disqualify Chelsea from the final and let Porto take their place.

This is definitely the most explosive piece of news yesterday. In less than a few hours, it quickly spread all over the world. They arranged staff to guard Ye Qiu closely.

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

Porto is not an accusation without evidence. After the game, the cleaners of the Dragon Stadium found a piece of paper at the scene proving that Ye Qiu directed the game. On the note was written in Chinese what Ye Qiu wanted to say to the coaching staff , For example, let them press the full-backs up, and at the same time let the team attack more on the left, mark Ferreira and so on.

After da Costa held a press conference that caused an uproar, UEFA also received evidence from Porto, but at the same time also received a statement of self-defense from Chelsea's Ye Qiu. Members of the Control and Disciplinary Committee will hold a special meeting this morning to discuss the matter.

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

Chelsea can be said to be on the verge of breaking through recently. Even though the semi-finals with Porto continued to turmoil, they still sent the Portuguese Super League team out of the Champions League with a total score of 6:0 in the two rounds, especially the 5:0 match at the Dragon Stadium. It discredited Porto even more, and was criticized by Da Costa as Porto's biggest shame in recent years.

The FA Cup reached the final, and the last three rounds of the Premier League remained unbeaten. First, they beat Bolton 2:0 away, Charlton 1:0 at home, and Newcastle 1:1 away. However, Chelsea played on the bench. , so to be able to achieve such a result, everyone is very satisfied with the Blues, and they all think that they have a good chance of winning the quadruple.

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

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

The meeting was presided over by the Secretary-General of the Disciplinary Committee, Sievkin, but also participating in this special meeting were the Spanish Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Josef Luis Gaias, and the Vice-Chairman from Switzerland, Jacques Ant. Ning, Jim Steyern Hansen from Denmark and Sandor Belz from Hungary.

The discussion at the meeting was intense, and the opinions were divided into two factions, but the main thing was not to deprive Chelsea of ​​the final qualification as Da Costa wanted, which is absolutely impossible to happen, otherwise, the Champions League will completely lose its authority sex.

The focus of the discussion was obviously on the issue of whether Chelsea coach Ye Qiu had violated the rules.

"We must clearly see that this is a very obvious provocation to the authority of UEFA. This is obviously not the first time. Before he used his mobile phone to command the team, we let him go. But if he still comes now, without giving the most severe warning, we will have no prestige at all, and who will follow the rules we have made?"

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

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

He received calls from UEFA President Johansson and CEO Olsen last night. For several years, the outside world has been rumored that UEFA intends to suppress Ye Qiu, and this year's Champions League is also seen by many people as UEFA will do their best to prevent Chelsea from defending the title.

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

"This is where he's smart!" Jacques Antling angrily pointed at the self-defense and cursed, "But this is also his greatest provocation to us. He treats us like a bunch of people who he can play with casually." Fool, do you think you believe it?"

In Ye Qiu's self-defense statement, he denied that he violated the rules of commanding the game. He said that it was just a note that he wrote down casually, but he threw it on the ground. I picked it up, and Ye Qiu also said in his self-defense, you can ask the two supervisors for details.

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

In terms of rules, the members of the Disciplinary Committee did not have much objection, and they wanted to change them, and they needed to be changed so that no one could take advantage of the loopholes, so they decided to give a new interpretation to this rule, that is, the coach who was suspended for the game Do not have any form of contact with anyone on the team.

This is indeed very domineering, but it can block this hole.

But the trouble is how to deal with that cunning Chinese, he almost posed a big problem for UEFA.

Heavy punishment, which is obviously unreliable, how heavy can it be?There is only one final game left, and he was fined and suspended, how much more can it be?

A light punishment is obviously a bit unacceptable for UEFA itself, especially for the officials who have always regarded the Champions League as their own ban, because Ye Qiu's actions are really embarrassing.

"Jacquet, what do you think of the punishment?" Josef Luis Gaias asked.

"A year's ban!" Jacquet Antling said.

"You're crazy!" Jim Steyern Hansen slapped the table directly, "This is absolutely impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Jacques Antling asked with staring eyes.

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

After Sievkin said this, everyone present was silent again.

It's not a big thing, it's not a small thing.

On a larger scale, this is related to the income of tens of millions of euros, and may be the ownership of a Champions League champion; on the small scale, Chelsea has a clear advantage in strength and wins 5-0. Even if Ye Qiu does not command, Porto will not How many chips are advanced, besides, there is no absolute evidence that Ye Qiu really commanded the game.

Just relying on a piece of paper written in Chinese to say that Ye Qiu violated the rules of directing the game?Will Chelsea be disqualified from the final?Are you going to suspend Ye Qiu for one year?It's ridiculous to say this!
"Let's see it this way!" Josef Luis Gaias thought for a while and broke the silence. "Additional two-game suspension and a fine of [-] euros. This is the case. If there is a heavy penalty, we will If there is no hard evidence, he will definitely appeal at that time!"

When he said this, Josef Luis Gaias secretly sighed in his heart, this Ye Qiu is really a troublemaker, causing trouble everywhere, he publicly refused to participate in UEFA's group stage draw and award ceremony before, it has already Let UEFA feel ashamed, and now there is such a drama, sometimes think about it, it would be better to listen to Jacquet and punish him for a year and a half, quiet!

But if it is really such a punishment, 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 tacitly agreed with each other and didn't say anything.

Of course, few thorns dare to come out in European football now, so UEFA can easily handle it, but once they really encounter thorns, UEFA really has nothing to do, as if this I met Ye Qiu once.

"It's too cheap for him, isn't it?" Jacques Antling was a little unwilling, but he didn't object.

Josef Luis Gaias made the decision straight away, it was settled, they immediately made a resolution, and then handed it over to Sievkin, who immediately went to the chairman Johansson and Olsen, which They have also paid attention to this matter before, and before it is announced to the public, they should be notified as usual.

When UEFA press officer William Gaillard announced the result of Ye Qiu's punishment at the press conference at noon, the media's reaction was relatively calm, because the fine was actually not serious. .

Considering the wealthy Chelsea and the strength of the blue team, this fine has no effect on Ye Qiu. At best, he will not be able to command the first two group matches of the next season. However, with Chelsea's strength, the issue of group advancement Not big, so the impact is negligible.

Because of this, after receiving the fine from UEFA, Chelsea did not appeal against UEFA's penalty. Ye Qiu also publicly stated that he would not appeal again. The only thing is to get cheap and act good. Such a person is too bad.

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

The FA Cup final on the afternoon of May 5, and the Champions League final on the evening of May 22, the former will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, while the latter will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. The difference between the two games is only 5 days. It is also very unfavorable, especially in the recent period when Chelsea suffered a lot of injuries.

On the contrary, as the final opponent, Liverpool has 10 full 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. style of play.

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

For Ye Qiu, the Champions League final is second, and his top priority right now is the upcoming FA Cup final.

This year's FA Cup competition is fierce. Both Manchester United and Arsenal tried their best to win this trophy, but Arsenal came to the end. Wenger is also bound to win this trophy. In the pre-match news At the press conference, it was clearly stated that Arsenal had only one idea in their trip to Cardiff, and that was to win the championship!
Although Wenger himself doesn't want to admit it, the FA Cup has become Arsenal's only fig leaf when Chelsea have won the League and the League Cup, so the Gunners are also determined to win this game.

"I don't think about the past game records of our two teams. It doesn't matter at all for this game. What we think about now is to put all our energy into the game as much as possible. For my players, all we have All I want is the champion!"

Wenger also congratulated Chelsea for winning the Premier League title, but said that Chelsea's success cannot be replicated by outsiders. "I don't deny Chelsea's strength at all. This team has the ability to reach the status and influence of the Manchester United dynasty under Sir Alex Ferguson in the 90s of the last century."

"But relatively speaking, I admire and admire Ferguson even more, because Manchester United at that time relied more on their own youth training and cultivation, but now Chelsea is a team drugged by money. Only by increasing their investment in transfers can they ensure their performance on the court continues to rise."

"A lot of people ask me, why should I tighten my budget and help the team build a new stadium? I am a student of 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 once it stops, but the problem is that the money that is continuously invested is not earned by the club itself, they do not have such ability.”

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

For Wenger's provocation, Ye Qiu also counterattacked at the press conference before the game. He said that he did not respect Arsenal at all, because this is a team that lacks bravery and tenacity.

"You know, I've always been very disgusted with the kind of lethal tactics like Mourinho's in Porto, but I also dislike Wenger's weak pussy tactics, because I think any good professional Players will not be afraid to fight with each other, they have to adapt to some rough styles of play."

"Of course, the roughness here refers to the technical and tactical level, not those lethal tactics aimed at hurting and intimidating the opponent, but for a long time in the past, Wenger always made excuses for himself. The team is often violated, but from the statistical point of view, the number of violations is obviously not as good as ours, but we rarely complain about it."

According to the 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 Didier Drogba, and then Manchester United's Cristiano? Ronaldo, Arsenal's Reyes ranked fourth, obviously not very high.

"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 the opponent, so this will make us feel better every game. Go all out and be braver because no one wants to accept losing."

Compared to many of Chelsea's main players missing due to injuries, only Gilberto Silva and Henry were absent from Arsenal. The reporter asked whether Ye Qiu felt that Chelsea was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and Ye Qiu denied it.

"Frankly, I can't judge whether Henry and Gilberto Silva will really be out until I don't see the Arsenal players starting. Of course, if they are absent, it will be a little bit for Arsenal impact, but for us it's all the same outcome."

"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 the Cardiff Stadium and successfully win the third championship this season!"

If Chelsea wins the FA Cup again, it will be the treble, which has never happened in the history of the Premier League, because Manchester United's treble was the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League. Now Chelsea is the Premier League, the League Cup and the FA. Cup, the weight is definitely not as good as Manchester United's Triple Crown back then, but if they can win the Champions League again and get all the four crowns, it will be really unprecedented.

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

It was because of this confidence that Ye Qiu publicly stated confidently that the team would definitely win in the final.

"Although we have a number of players who are affected by injuries, which will inevitably affect the strength of the team, we have a group of equally good players who can fill the gaps in the lineup. I am very confident that my players can be in the football team. Beat Arsenal in the Cup final."

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

(End of this chapter)