After listening to James Murdoch's introduction, a sentence came to Yang Huan's mind.

If you don't die, you won't die!

I am afraid that the root cause of the matter has to start with the FIFA presidential election.

In order to win re-election, Blatter made a promise to all parties with voting rights.

So, after being successfully elected, he had to start fulfilling his promises, after all, whoever came out to mix, who didn't grasp some of the other party's black materials, really fell out, and no one could get benefits.

It is strange that Blatter, an old man in his seventies and eighties, is still blind enough to think that he can fully control the situation.

So there was an interesting incident that after the World Cup in South Africa, the two Olympic Games were voted on at the same time.

And in the process of the whole thing, bribery and shady scenes have been in the newspapers, and it has become the most controversial vote for the right to host the two World Cups in history.

With the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the European debt crisis in Europe, the economies of both the United States and the United Kingdom were generally depressed.

In this case, with the help of the preparation of the World Cup, it can undoubtedly greatly stimulate the domestic economy, and at the same time drive a series of domestic supporting industries, especially the sports industry.

Don't underestimate the commercial value of the sports industry!

Needless to say, the benefits of hosting the World Cup are that the English Premier League in the United Kingdom is one of the best professional football leagues in the world and has a significant influence all over the world.

And what about the United States? The sports industry in the United States itself can create huge commercial value for the country, although football is relatively weak, but it is developing rapidly, with the help of the preparation of the World Cup, greatly develop a domestic professional football, is undoubtedly a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Therefore, the United States and Britain attach great importance to the right to host the two World Cups, especially the United States, former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Kissinger personally served as ambassadors for the World Cup, and the bid documents alone amounted to 873 kilograms, nearly one ton, and were shipped to Nyon, Switzerland, in two containers.

The result?

Britain lost to Russia, the United States lost to Qatar!

This time, FIFA angered the two former and current world hegemons at the same time.

As a result, the United Kingdom took the lead in bombarding the FIFA bribery campaign, and the United States was already secretly doing its tricks.

Under the pressure of public opinion around the world, FIFA had to stand up and explain, and pretend to launch an internal investigation.

But the person in charge of the internal investigation actually chose an American lawyer with an FBI background.

Well, they are hired by FIFA to conduct internal investigations, but they are secretly releasing news to News Corporation, using News Corp's newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States to build momentum and release shady information.

That's why James Murdoch said with embarrassment, there are really few smart people who play professional football!

Don't look at Blatter and the others are a lot older, but as far as their ability is concerned, they can still play in the FIFA category, and they really stepped out of the football field, they are carving insect skills, and they can even be said to be extremely clumsy!

Let's just talk about bribery!

How did they bribe the election?

Either give cash, or transfer money through the accounts of relatives and friends, but all this, can get rid of the government's eyes?

It is said that the U.S. government has been following up on this matter quickly, and the target is to lock down the bank accounts.

When Yang Huan heard this, he shook his head and sighed, what else could he say?

"If you don't have that kind of ability, don't learn from others to do this kind of thing, you're a fool, and don't treat the whole world as an idiot!"

James Murdoch slapped his thigh hard and nodded, "Isn't it?" You say, who else has done that in these years? ”

Yang Huan smiled silently.

A large part of Southampton's star salaries and bonuses are now coming through Monaco.

The reason is simple, tax-free!

This alone saves Southampton an unknown amount of money every year.

Don't the Premier League and UEFA know?

Know! But what can be done?

Southampton didn't break the law, they didn't break the rules, they just cleverly used the rules.

So, they just turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

Anyway, if you see it, it's okay, unless they fix it? Rules, but there are policies and countermeasures.

Yang Huan dared to guarantee that as soon as he introduced the policy in the morning, Southampton would be able to come up with a countermeasure in the afternoon.

The reason is very simple, Yang Huan hired a group of professionals, and if nothing else, he just looked for your loopholes, what can you do?

I'm still playing with these imaginary things these years, isn't this looking for my own death?

Besides, just for the hundreds of thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars, accepting bribes?

Yang Huan wants to laugh as long as he thinks of this, is it too cheap?

At the very least, your group of FIFA executive committee members are also a little disciplined, don't be so easy to be bought, okay?

"I think, this time it's enough for FIFA to drink a pot!"

James Murdoch is a bit of a bustle and not afraid of big things.

Anyway, his family is in the media, and the more lively it is, the better it will be for them.

Yang Huan shook his head with a smile, "I don't think so, Britain and the United States are not clean in their own butts, where can they manage?" ”

If you really want to talk about bribery, who doesn't?

All those who have hosted the World Cup, who dares to say that they have not bribed the election?

In order to host the World Cup, the United Kingdom specially invited the national youth team of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Kingdom to train and play, and all the expenses were paid by the FA, is it because the national youth team is of a high level?

Don't look at the jokes!

It's because the FIFA Executive Committee members of Trinidad and Tobago have the right to vote!

In addition, the UK paid £35,000 for dinner for the voting Caribbean Regional Executive Committee.

Niang Sippi's, a dinner cost more than 30,000 pounds, which is enough luxury!

So, if you really want to talk about bribery, none of them have a clean ass!

It's just that now those who fail are unwilling in their hearts.

"You, Too young, too simple!" Yang Huan shook his head and smiled.

James Murdoch was depressed.

A man in his thirties was pointed to his nose by a kid in his early twenties and said, "Your too young, too simple Tucson is broken, what kind of rush is that?"

Grandma's, has the world completely changed?

"Don't be unconvinced, don't say anything else, you just need to answer me one question, if FIFA is finished, who will replace him in managing the world's football and the World Cup?"

This time, James Murdoch was speechless!

Yes, FIFA is finished, who will manage such a huge football industry in the world?

The U.S. government must want to, and it's crazy, but does he have the ability to do it?

Even if he wanted to, other governments would listen to him?

In addition, the ownership of a large number of tournaments such as the World Cup and the Club World Championship is owned by FIFA, and the football associations of other countries are nominally affiliated with FIFA.

On this one, if FIFA is finished, where will the national football associations go?

Don't be fooled to play football!

Those sponsors are as shrewd as ghosts, they don't know the shady scenes of FIFA?

Wrong, they know better than anyone else!

But they also know very well that if they want to use these high-quality resources in FIFA to promote their brand, they have to endure these messes of FIFA, because they have no other choice!

Even if it's as strong as UEFA, can it go it alone without FIFA?

Don't be stupid, if you really talk about football, the level of the UEFA Champions League has already been thrown off the World Cup several streets, but the influence and commercial value can be compared with the World Cup?

In the minds of fans all over the world, who is more important than the two?

Why does Messi have to win a World Cup if he wants to be crowned king?

Therefore, Yang Huan preliminarily judged that in this turmoil, no matter how big and fierce the trouble is, FIFA or FIFA may only carry out a redistribution of power.

Thinking of this, Yang Huan suddenly raised his eyebrows, thinking about it.

Since it was a redistribution of power, he didn't mind getting involved.

Anyway, if he can get some benefits, then even if he earns it, if he can't share it, he has nothing to lose.

The big deal is to sacrifice some time and have fun!

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The discussion between Yang Huan and James Murdoch in the stands obviously did not affect the trend of the game.

The Barcelona coach fell out of harmony and looked rather bad and ugly on the field.

Southampton have just undergone a major change, but the central midfield has largely remained unchanged, especially the backline, and the double back of Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, which is becoming more and more solid and tacit.

This makes the Saints as good as ever on the defensive and playmaking ends.

In midfield, James Rodriguez started the first half and did well, making three dangerous passes and planning two goals.

In particular, the Colombian had a very high-quality shot on goal, but it was saved by Valdés.

Bielsa replaced James Rodriguez with Pogba in the second half, but the French midfielder didn't do much in the way except for a long-range shot that stunned the whole stadium.

It is estimated that this also has something to do with Bielsa's early replacement of Modric, and then the replacement of Toni Kroos, and the use of Matic to play with Kovacic, after all, Matic is biased, and Kovacic is relatively young and lacks experience in taking charge of himself.

Up front, Bielsa started with a combination of Eden Hazard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sturridge, with Ibrahimovic and Sturridge scoring a goal each in the first half.

In the second half, Suarez, Alexis Sanchez and Lavel Morrison were brought on respectively, and although the team still created a lot of chances, they were never able to convert them into goals.

Especially Suarez, the Uruguayan striker is still desperately Saburo's true colors, but he is a little out of place with his teammates.

Liverpool's tactics are still a little different from Southampton's, and in the past, in Liverpool, teammates around Suarez revolved, so after the Uruguayans switched to Southampton, whether it was psychology or playing style, they were bound to make some adjustments.

Therefore, although this game was Southampton defeated Barcelona 2-0, in Yang Huan's opinion, there is really nothing worth writing about.

At the end of the day, it's a game that is worse and worse than anyone else.

In the end, Southampton narrowly won by a narrow margin.

But the game drew more than 85,000 fans and packed the entire FedEx Stadium in Washington, D.C., and the battle was even more lively than the home game of the Washington Redskins.

It is not difficult to see from this point that after several years of publicity and foreshadowing, football games, at least football matches of European giants, still have a very wide audience among young Americans.

And with the top-level clash between Southampton and Barcelona lit the horn, the wave of international Champions Cups quickly swept across North America, and almost every match was a huge hit and once again sold out.

After all, the eight teams in the International Champions Cup are all popular giants in Europe.

This not only attracted more and more American fans to the scene, but also attracted countless fans to stay in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the game, and the ratings also continued to climb.

Compared with the boom of the International Champions Cup, the performance of another competition is very average.

It can even be said that it is unsatisfactory!