Chapter 259: The Result of the Mess
"Godzilla hits Henin angrily, Stamford Bridge suffers a dark scene!" "We were raped?! UEFA is back in the dark?!! "In the chaotic second round, the referee ruined the classic." "Kneeling to advance, the Catalan giants are mired in a black scandal!" The next morning, news about the Chelsea and Barcelona match dominated the front pages of the world's major football newspapers, stealing the limelight.
Under the impetus of such public opinion, the discussion about this game quickly spread to the corners of football around the world. Herning's decision, Ray's move and the crazy riots of Chelsea fans have become the focus of everyone's heated discussions, and everyone has their own opinions, which is even more lively than the national election.
However, among these complex views, there is one point that is the same. That is, with the exception of the Catalan media, almost all the media have aimed their public opinion artillery at UEFA and Platini. It's not that their usual popularity is too poor, but Henin's series of incredible misjudgments are really difficult to cover up with mistakes. It takes little speculation on the part of anyone to smell conspiracy theories.
In the face of unanimous criticism from mainstream public opinion, UEFA, which has always been procrastinating, has also shown a rare and resolute side at this moment. Not only did the spokesperson immediately hold a press conference to clarify, saying that there were no conspiracy theories, UEFA had sent an investigation team to intervene in the investigation and would soon give a conclusion. Even Platini couldn't sit still and immediately stood up and spoke in defense of UEFA.
Of course. In it, he also criticized Lao Ray and Chelsea without naming them. Among them, he also focused on Lao Lei's harsh criticism and warning of Hening's actions. Claims that this must be punished severely and cannot be forgiven. In the face of Platini's brazen conclusions. Mourinho couldn't help but take the lead in countering and said: "If there is nothing wrong with this game, then I can only say that it is simply a miracle of miracles, it turns out that God also likes ugly farces." ”
With Platini and Mourinho firing each other's guns, this war of words naturally evolved into a three-country romance between Chelsea, Barcelona and UEFA. However, with UEFA and Barcelona inevitably joining forces, Chelsea have inevitably fallen into a difficult situation. Fortunately, most of the mainstream public opinion is still sympathetic to the victim Chelsea. So the two sides just fought evenly between the two sides. Of course, there are some reasons why the media does not want this public opinion battle to be one-sided, but Chelsea are the beneficiaries either way.
Seeing that this global-level war of words is intensifying, and there will be no difference in the short term, Mendes also had to temporarily put off all other activities and came to London to deal with this matter. Lao Lei and Mourinho are his two major partners, and it is naturally difficult for him to stand alone in this storm of public opinion.
And as soon as he arrived in London, Lao Lei, who had been choking angrily after the game a few days ago, suddenly fell silent. Just when the outside world wondered if Lao Lei was instructed by Mendes. Mendes, however, expressed helplessness in dealing with Lao Lei's problem. First of all, in terms of Lao Lei's strong personality with a strong desire to control, his decision not to speak out again was naturally made by himself, rather than following Mendes's advice.
In fact. Mendes wanted Lao Lei to speak out, and no matter what he said now, it was better than not saying anything. Only Lao Lei spoke up on his own. He was able to use his connections to fuel the momentum. But if Lao Lei himself doesn't speak out, others naturally have no reason or name to help him.
Right now. He persuaded Lao Lei at Lao Lei's house, but the result was still the same. "Needless to say. Jorge, I've decided. After taking a sip of the boiled water in his hand, Lao Lei said resolutely with a cold face. With this strong and indifferent attitude, he was signaling Mendes to stop talking.
"Okay. So what do you think? After hearing this, Mendes exhaled helplessly, rolled his eyes and continued to ask. Although he knew that his persuasion would be difficult to work, when the result really came out, Mendes couldn't help but feel a little pain in his brain and weak.
Knock, knock, knock Lao Lei did not immediately answer Mendes's question, but first walked to the window on crutches, gently lifted the corner of the closed curtain, and looked coldly at the reporters surrounding the outside, before saying: "No matter what I say now, the result will not change." Whether it's the result of the game or the result of my punishment, you should be naïve to think that Platini's shit will really reduce my punishment because of the outside world's public opinion, right? Once he does this, won't he sit on his weak heart and really manipulate the game. This kind of old* won't make such a mistake, so don't waste your efforts.
As for me, I naturally still want to beat him flat and tear him apart! But I'm just a player, and since I'm a player, I should use the player's method to get revenge. I'm waiting for the day next year when he gives me the award, and I can't make it! ”
Lao Lei's faint and cold tone stopped in Mendes's ears, just like a large pile of ice slag suddenly being thrown from the back of his neck into his body, making him swoop for a moment, and he couldn't help but shudder. His pores stood up and looked at the calm old Lei, and suddenly felt that the current old Lei was like a wounded beast, waiting for the opportunity in the dark, not knowing when he would suddenly jump out and give the opponent a fatal blow. Roar, hoo, uh-huh, at this moment he had the illusion of hearing the gasp of the injured beast, which made him shudder.
While public opinion continues to ferment, Chelsea have to continue to start the journey of the Premier League. In the absence of the likes of Lao Lei and the morale of the elderly, Chelsea were unsurprisingly held to a draw at home by West Ham United. The sluggish form of the whole Chelsea team even began to lead to speculation after the game whether Chelsea would start to collapse or even empty the whole season. For a moment, it seemed as if Chelsea were overheaded by a heavy cloud, and the bad news was blowing in the wind, one after the other.
It was at this time that UEFA finally announced the final decision on Chelsea's punishment. Among them, Mourinho, Drogba and others were fined 10W euros for inappropriate language after the game, and they were all banned for two games. But these are just hors d'oeuvres, and the real highlight is on Henin and Lao Lei.
Of the two, Henin was suspended for three seasons of the Champions League because of a serious mistake in the penalty and the average of the Champions League. Although it is said that he has been suspended for three seasons, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Henin's refereeing career is coming to an end, which is obviously the result of UEFA and Platini unloading the donkey and trying to completely refrigerate him.
Hening's punishment decision did not come out of the expectations of the outside world. Because if you don't do this, regardless of whether Henin's penalty in this game is bad or not, the credibility and image of the Champions League will be greatly reduced, which is something that those sponsors and financiers will never tolerate. In this matter, even if Platini has objections, it does not play any role. Seeing the decision, all Chelsea fans couldn't help but curse in their hearts.
However, this pleasure was short-lived. Because after seeing Lao Lei's punishment decision, they immediately returned to a state of crazy scolding. 8-month ban and a fine of 20W euros! Well, it doesn't matter how much the fine is in the back, it's the time of the ban in front that matters. If this penalty decision is implemented, the next time Lao Lei will appear in the Champions League will only be in 2007.
Although the number of bans does not seem to be much, such a huge gap will undoubtedly have a very big impact on the player's own competitive state, prestige, fame, and even economic interests. This is a punishment that seems to be merciful, but in fact it is very vicious.
However, for Lao Lei, what surprised him was not the punishment against him, but UEFA's understatement of this time. Penalty error?! How is this possible, why didn't the club react at all, our silent reaction like Chelsea dumb eating coptis made Lao Lei very stunned, and a burst of anger and betrayal inexplicably rose in his heart. At this time, the feeling in Lao Lei's heart was the same as the feeling that an ancient minister was suddenly about to die after helping the emperor ascend to the throne.
Hardly without any hesitation, Lao Lei immediately dialed Mourinho's phone as soon as he learned the news. During this time, he has been recuperating at home and has become a little rusty about the specifics of the club. Mourinho, on the other side of the phone, was equally furious, and from him, Lao Lei got a key name, Abu.
As soon as he heard the name of this Russian tycoon, Lao Lei was stunned at first, not knowing how to react. He could feel the alienation of the other party from him recently. But he never expected Abu to do such a thing, and the image of Abu in his memory suddenly collapsed at this moment. Thinking of all the ups and downs during this time, Lao Lei couldn't help but suddenly sigh in his heart, it turned out that everyone had changed, Abu, Mourinho, Kayla, and himself
However, despite knowing the news, Old Ray still asked Mendes to arrange a meeting between him and Abu. The rhetoric of "building a new wealthy family together" is still there, and now at this moment when the dream is about to burst, Lao Lei is a little reluctant, and he has the last bit of luck in his heart.
As a result, his meeting with Abu came and went quickly. Two people and one sentence each, only two sentences in total.
"This is my club!"
"Jorge, pause the renewal process!"
Before he could sit down, Ray got up and left, saying only something that I don't know if it was for Mendes or Abu.
At the moment, perhaps no one could have imagined that Chelsea, who were in their prime, would suddenly show signs of collapse on this day.
Sitting in the car, looking at the fine white clouds in the sky through the window, Lao Lei was silent (to be continued......)