Chapter 38 Penalty

In the last round of the group stage of the European Cup qualifiers, such a big thing happened, which caught everyone off guard. The players of the two teams waved their fists and fought against each other. The nature is so bad that it has never happened in the European field in recent years.

The most unacceptable thing is that in this court fight, one side is the runner-up of the World Cup in Germany, and on the other side is the traditional giants of Europe. In the whole football world, there are many fans of both teams. Once this matter is not handled well, it will be a big trouble.

Portugal has been eliminated by Belgium and has lost its qualification to advance to the European Cup. Their current attitude is to pull a cushion to the death.

Everyone knows that Belgium is Degan's team. Although Degan was a victim of this stadium violence, he was the captain of the Belgian national team, but he failed to control his emotions on the field and also participated in the fight. As long as he was banned for a long time, Belgium would go to the European Cup. What can be done?

Now everyone is staring at UEFA to see what kind of punishment they will impose on this violence.

Before the result came out, someone couldn't help jumping out and begging for mercy, but what surprised people was that the first person who stood up was the trigger for this incident.

This man was beaten hard by Degan. His nose bone and eyebrow bones were broken, and several ribs were broken. Looking at the miserable appearance of his illness** in the hospital during the interview, even hard-hearted people couldn't help but feel sad.

"I know I did something stupid on the court. At that time, I didn't know what I was thinking. I apologized to the fans for my behavior and my teammates, but I won't apologize to anyone. That person is Degan. He insulted me first. He called me a bastard monkey, which caused my mood. Out of control, I don't understand why everyone shifted the blame to me. If I'm wrong, then Degan has a bigger mistake first. If he hadn't insulted me, I don't think I would have done that!"

The villain will sue first!

A typical villain will sue first!

After learning of Pepe's remarks, Degan held a press conference in Brussels on the same day. Although he disdains to do these verbal quarrels, now people have put the shit basin on his head. Wouldn't it be too cheap for Pepe if he didn't say anything?

"I think you all know the cause of the matter. The TV video can testify. At that time, I was fighting for a header. As a result, when I fell, the bastard Pepe maliciously plotted against me. If it was just like this, nothing would happen, but I think you all know what happened next. ."

At this time, a Portuguese reporter stood up: "Mr. Wright! Pepe said that the reason why he lost control of his emotions was because you said racist words to him. Did you say it or not?"

Digan sneered when he heard the words and said, "Did I say racist words? Mr. Reporter, I want to ask you a question!"

The reporter signaled to Degan, and his eyes were full of provocation. This time, Portugal broke the halberd in the European Cup qualifiers. The culprit is Degan. It can be said that Degan has now become the enemy of Portugal.

Digan still sneered and asked, "Excuse me, which country was I from before I became a Belgian nationality!?"

The reporter was about to answer, but before he could say anything, his face changed.

Degan continued: "As everyone is well, I now have dual citizenship of Belgium and Brazil, and I am not 100% white, so why should I use racist words to insult people of basically the same color as me? If a white man insults a black man as a 'nigger', of course he is 100% racist, then a black man can only be understood as a joke and joke! And do you think I have time to say something to him? In yesterday's game, I didn't have any verbal communication with him at all, and everything was public.

Although the Portuguese reporter was rebellious by Degan, he did not intend to give up: "Mr. Wright, even if Pepe took action first, the fact seems that he was more seriously injured. Don't you think you should apologize?"

Of course, Degan knows the sinister intentions of the Portuguese reporter. If he apologizes, it is tantamount to admitting that the main responsibility for this violence lies with him, but how can it be difficult for Digan to get Digan?

"If a person hits you, won't you fight back? Don't tell me that you won't, or you will reason with him. I'm different from you. I'm a bloody man. If others bully me with their fists, I will only give him fists. That's the case. Since Pepe doesn't intend to tell me a winner by football, he turns the football field into Boxing ring, I will still accompany you!"

On that day, Degan's words spread all over the world with the Internet, newspapers and TV programs, especially his last words "I still accompany you" and attracted countless fans for him.

Although the noble son and elegant football gentleman on the football field are pleasing, there are too many, and people are prone to aesthetic fatigue. Now suddenly there is such a tough man, people, especially those young people, will certainly pursue it.

Degan denied that he had made any racist remarks, and soon a group of friends stood up to testify against him. There were also people of color in the Florence team, such as Thiago. Silva, Mota and others.

"Degan has always been a good friend. He never treats every friend differently because of his skin color. I just want to say that he is a good man, and Pei's frame-up is unreasonable!"

"Digan is a racist. This is the funniest news I've ever heard, no! He has never been, because he is a colored person himself. Why does he discriminate against his own people!"

"Every word Pepe says is a false accusation. He is as despicable as a maggot. The facts are public. I can only tell everyone that Degan is definitely not what Pepe said."

This is the current situation. People are helping Degan speak and plead for mercy. Although the Portuguese media is still slandering Degan's image, compared with most European media, the water they poured is really insignificant.

Now all the pressure has fallen on UEFA. How to punish both parties in this incident and how to minimize the impact of this matter has become Platini's biggest headache.

From the heart, Platini hopes to punish Digan severely, not only because Digan eliminated France at the German World Cup, but also because of last year's Golden Globe Award, Digan actually released UEFA pigeons, which made Platini intolerable. Digan did not win his first Golden Globe Award as UEFA president. It's obvious that he will be embarrassed.

Although Platini knew very well that he had no direct contact with Degan, the reason why Degan boycotted the Golden Globe was entirely because Blatter offended Degan, but it was the same. After all, the Golden Globe Award was not given to Degan.

But Platini does not dare to punish Belgium now, without Portugal, and now England's qualifying situation is also precarious. Without these two traditional giants, if the heavy penalty of Degan leads to the incomplete lineup and insufficient strength of Belgium's participation in the European Cup, then what are the highlights of the European Cup?

Put aside his personal grudges, Putatingi now has to consider his first competition since he became the president of UEFA.

Digan ever said anything that was racist?

This matter does not need to be investigated at all!

No one will abuse themselves unless that person is crazy!

So how to punish?

There are too many players involved in this violent incident, and it has a great impact. Heavy penalties are not allowed, but if the board is raised high and gently falls, it can't be done. After all, people's eyes are staring.

One problem that Platini still needs to consider is that if Digan is lightly sentenced, the Portuguese Football Association will be unconvinced and bring this matter to the FIFA Arbitration Commission, it will be troublesome.

FIFA and UEFA have not been at odds with each other for a long time, and they fight for each other's interests very frequently. If FIFA takes advantage of this matter to reach into UEFA, that won't work.

What should I do?

Platini felt that his head was about to crack.

In the end, after careful consideration, Platini quickly announced the result of the punishment after communicating with the football associations of the two countries.

The Portuguese Football Association was fined 200,000 euros, Simão, Petit and Cavaillo were banned from participating in two national team games and fined 10,000 euros. Pepe was the perpetrator was banned from participating in ten national team games and fined 500,000 euros.

The Belgian Football Association was fined 200,000 euros, Goul and Van der Hegel banned from participating in two national team games and 10,000 euros, and Degan banned him from participating in three national team games and fined 300,000 euros.

As soon as the penalty came out, there was an uproar. Pepe took the blame. Even people felt that he should be banned from playing for life when dealing with thugs on the court like him. What surprised people was that there were only three penalties for Degan.

You should know that although Degan is the victim, the video of him violently beat Pepe on the field has now spread all over the Internet. It can be said that the degree of injury is basically nothing, but Pepe needs to recuperate on the ice rink for at least two months, but Degan's ban is only three-thirds of Pepe. yi.

That is to say, Degan can still participate in the European Cup, of course, provided that Belgium can successfully qualify for the group.

What's more surprising is that the Portuguese Football Association subsequently announced that it would accept the penalty and then calmed.

On the contrary, Real Madrid was very dissatisfied. As soon as they found an excellent central defender, they were beaten to bed by Digan and could not play for the team for at least two months.

Real Madrid's head coach Schuster was furious after knowing the result of the penalty: "My player was beaten for a two or three months, but the murderer does not need to come back at any price. What a bullshit. UEFA is so partiality, which is really unconvinced. I don't know what happened behind this matter. But what I want to say is that all this is abnormal. Degan's punishment is too light, which will be condoning him!"

Also stood up and spoke by Scolari, who had just stepped down as the head coach of the Portuguese national team: "All this is disappointing. Pepe joined Portuguese nationality under my persuasion to realize his competition dream, but when it happened, the Portuguese Football Association should have stood behind Pepe. , but chose silence, which makes people feel sad.

Pepe himself also said: "I can't understand that I was hurt more, but I suffered heavy penalties, but Degan could get away with it, which is unbelievable!"

But after saying this, Pepe updated a message on his personal Twitter: I decided to accept the punishment and apologize to the people I hurt. Everything is over. I hope it can calm down.

Pepei gave in?

Why?

The reason is very simple. The Portuguese Football Association has exerted its strength in this. As for why the Portuguese Football Association bowed its head, in the final analysis, football is just a sport, and it has not risen to the level of national events at all. As for the reasons, to summarize three more points, first, the economic situation in Europe is very bad, and second, The Portuguese government is very poor. Third, the Belgian government is very rich.

Europeans are always very efficient. When things happen, or to be more precise, the communication above should have begun. Portugal needs to restore the country's economy, and Belgians hope to raise their eyebrows on football.

The only unhappy person now is only one person, Cristiano. Ronaldo!

For the first time, he had the opportunity to lead Portugal to the international competition as a captain, but he missed the shot. It can be imagine how unhappy he was.

What makes Kimuro unbearable the most is that this time he lost to Degan: "Violence, I don't want to say more. What is the truth? One day people will know. The only thing I want to say is that the European Cup without Portugal is not perfect!"

When I heard Kim Maoluo say this, I feel a little familiar with him.

At the end of last season's Serie A, Galliani also said a similar sentence: without AC Milan's Champions League, it is not perfect.

Does Kimuro still expect UEFA to show mercy and let Portugal participate in the competition with a foreign card?

It turns out that Kim Reuero is completely whimsical. The earth rotates as usual. Without that team, the European Cup will continue as usual, and the current situation is very clear. In this European Cup, not only a Portugal will be missing, but England, as a traditional strong team, is also uncertain.