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1 BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE

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SUPER LEAGUE: THE GAME OFF THE FIELD

Soccer is the biggest sport in the world,

But nowhere is it bigger than where it was founded, where it was founded: in Europe.

SOCCER COMMENTATOR

There are 55 nations, 55 national leagues.

CZECHIA

POLAND

In every national league there are hundreds of professional soccer clubs,

who are fighting for supremacy.

In England, for example.

There are several divisions, through which you can play your way up,

The Premier League at the top.

MODERATOR

SECOND LEAGUE - FIRST LEAGUE

The worst clubs are promoted

at the end of the season relegated to the league below.

The best teams in these leagues...

10.5 BN £

...take their place.

The danger makes things interesting.

Below, the fight for survival, for ascent.

It is a pyramid with ascent, descent and access...

ITALY

...and system-inherent qualification.

FRANCE - BELGIUM

SPAIN - AUSTRIA

The pyramid system ensures equal opportunities.

You can start at a local level. As a village with 5,000 inhabitants.

By means of performance you can through the ranks and different levels

of the game and become the best in the nation.

This is how Leicester City, my team, won in 2016...

MODERATOR

...the Premier League.

It is the greatest team miracle of all time.

Leicester is a provincial city.

Leicester City has always commuted

between the first and the second division.

Once or twice they even dropped into the third division.

This team, that had failed everywhere,

suddenly played an amazing season.

In 2016, the ratio was 5,000:1.

Leicester's team is cheaper

than what individual players cost some big clubs.

SALARY LIST

Everyone dreams of not being not to be defined by it,

where we start, but where we want to go.

The fairy tale continues!

One of the biggest surprise victories.

No matter how often you say it, it sounds surreal.

From dishwasher to millionaire.

Win the title,

this is the greatest soccer story of all time. Of all time.

It's a goal!

Leicester City has the most fantastic soccer fairytale

in English soccer history.

Leicester inspires

every soccer club, every manager, every player, every fan.

That could be them.

The top clubs in the Premier League

are allowed on this incredible European stage against the biggest soccer clubs

of the continent. Everyone's dream.

SLOVENIA

Aleksander Čeferin chairs the committee,

which monitors soccer throughout Europe.

He is committed to the values of equality and equal opportunities.

Yes!

That was a dream shot.

It's difficult to handle when dribbling difficult to process.

The magic of hope.

The weaker can beat the stronger.

Very good!

Goodbye.

Everyone has a chance.

The dream is alive, and it should stay alive forever.

That you can rise from the darkness can rise.

UEFA PRESIDENT

You can create anything from nothing.

I am comparable with a smaller club.

I came out of nowhere.

THE DIPLOMAT

I was born in Slovenia, in the former Yugoslavia.

In the former socialist regime we had little in material terms.

For example, we had two televisions.

With one, only the sound worked, the picture on the other.

We played soccer on the former cornfield of our neighbor.

The cleaning ladies and the CEOs of the companies

had houses that were the same size.

The equality was great.

How is your client doing?

Good, but his health is a cause for concern.

I joined the family law firm.

My father always said: "You have to defend everyone.

Everyone deserves a good defense."

I defended various people,

accused of dealing in tons of drugs or murderers.

You see things like that, you can appear tough on the outside,

but inside you still suffer.

I had nightmares that I was hiding corpses or hiding drugs.

Emotions are almost impossible to control.

I told Aleksander: "You can achieve anything in life....

ALEKS' FATHER

...if the will is strong enough."

And he gained mental strength.

Many people still still don't know where Slovenia is.

But Aleksander doesn't give up.

My father believed in me.

As a lawyer, I learned how to communicate, how to negotiate.

Now I am the president of the most powerful sports organization in the world.

UNION OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS

MEMBERS: 55

UEFA is the umbrella organization of European soccer.

Although the FIFA...

My goodness! The World Cup final...

...the worldwide governing body of soccer,

UEFA is the financial engine of world sport

and exceeds all FIFA revenues.

UEFA $6.77 BILLION FIFA 1.61 BILLION $

UEFA is a huge institution.

A company that earns six billion euros per year.

250 clubs, 55 countries, 55 national leagues.

We organize all European club matches,

including the main competition and the largest sports competition

of the world: the Champions League.

The CL final is the biggest annual sporting event

the world and has three times as many spectators as the Superbowl.

-Incredible! -The Champions League is the crown jewel.

The best against the best from every country on the continent.

In the most prestigious tournament.

To win the Champions League, you have to beat the best.

The best placed

of every league in Europe qualify.

It was always my dream, to win the Champions League.

This is the pinnacle of soccer.

It is broadcast worldwide, is the most prestigious tournament

and incredibly lucrative.

73.94 MILLION DOLLARS

Thirty-two clubs share two billion euros every season.

The money that UEFA receives for the implementation...

OTHER TOURNAMENT CLUBS € 1.46 BILLION

NON-QUALIFYING € 1.10 BILLION FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT € 1.03 BILLION

...flows to the whole of Europe, to finance the game.

We do not make a profit.

We distribute 97% of the total money to the soccer community.

UEFA ensures the distribution,

so that the smaller clubs also get something,

to develop further and promote the game in their country.

UEFA distributes money, but also takes a whole chunk of it.

It means for the good of soccer.

But the biggest clubs think their games bring in more money

and they should get more.

THE BIG CLUBS

In Europe there are hundreds of professional soccer clubs,

but there are only a handful of super clubs.

These are the bigger teams, the richest and the most popular.

They are the top predators at the top of the pyramid.

Barcelona, Real Madrid, Liverpool,

Manchester United and now also Manchester City

know themselves and their value for UEFA and the Champions League.

The problem is that the big clubs have to spend money all the time,

to maintain their position.

Over the last 30 years soccer has become bigger and bigger.

Accordingly the players' salaries also increased.

In this decade the demands of players are skyrocketing.

-Cristiano Ronaldo is coming. -Ronaldo is coming to Real.

120,000 £ PER WEEK

The best-paid athlete in the world.

Ronaldo goes to the Italian champions...

510,000 £ PER WEEK

In order to put together an astronomical salary package for the club,

you have to earn a lot of money.

A club owner once said: "A third of our revenue

depends on CL qualification. Then we can pay our salaries.

If we don't qualify, we'll fall into a financial hole."

Under this pressure the club business is under every year.

Their place in the Champions League is not secure.

It would be great for them if they their annual winnings were guaranteed.

It is about guaranteed access to top-level soccer in Europe,

to the CL income.

When I became UEFA President, I heard rumors

about a possible breakaway league,

in which the big clubs can form their own UEFA

and their own competition.

This threat was there all the time.

They used it as a negotiating tactic, to impose their will on us.

Čeferin must accommodate the large clubs,

so that they do not go rogue

and set up their own league.

However, if you focus entirely to the needs of the large clubs,

one neglects the needs of the smaller ones.

These may then disappear.

What he essentially needs are Friends in influential positions.

He probably found one in Agnelli.

THE SPROSS

Andrea Agnelli has someone's demeanor,

who knows that his name is important.

The scion of the Agnelli family,

of the Italian industrialists behind everything from Fiat to Ferrari.

A dynasty.

Basically the Italian royal family, the Kennedys of Europe and beyond.

For over nine decades the Agnellis controlled...

A TRADITION

...the biggest club in Italy: Juventus.

CHAIRMAN

-Please adjust the microphone. Is it running? -Yes.

Should I iron this too?

Which is very important in our family,

and what I always heard as a child is: "What's good can get better."

Don't be satisfied. Look for better solutions.

My brother died in 1997.

My father and I went for a 45-minute walk.

We didn't speak. Just before we went back into the house,

he said to me: "That means more responsibility for you."

Then we continued the day with our family,

as if nothing had happened.

That really defined the concept of responsibility for me.

You have to think about the next generation.

Andrea became president of Juventus in 2010.

He was 34, young.

Juventus was not doing well.

Andrea's project was, to make Juventus great again.

He managed to lead Juventus from the ashes to the final of the Champions League.

Since Agnelli became president,

Juventus won

nine times in a row the Italian Serie A league.

He is Juventus' most successful president of all time.

In 2017, Andrea Agnelli President of the European Club Association.

SWITZERLAND

UEFA HEADQUARTERS

The European Club Association.

234 MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

It includes more than 200 clubs throughout Europe,

but it is controlled by the largest.

The European Club Association was founded,

to regain an element of control over UEFA.

The fight for power. The fight for money. The fight for control.

That was always the point.

GENERAL MEETING

The tensions

between the big clubs and UEFA, the governing body,

have been escalating for several years.

It's a ticking time bomb.

AVERTING WAR

I met Andrea Agnelli for the first time, before I became president of UEFA.

He was, shortly after I took up the post,

Chairman of the European Club Association.

We worked closely together for many closely together.

He seemed nice to me.

Modest for how rich his family was, and we became friends.

They are the biggest power brokers in European soccer.

There was a lot of talk about the development of European soccer.

The clubs may want something different from UEFA.

Now you are sitting here.

-That's a sign of unity, isn't it? -Yes, definitely.

There are always differences of opinion,

but we both believe firmly in the European sports model.

With regard to the future design of the game we are working closely with UEFA.

For the development of soccer you have to cooperate.

Under the leadership of UEFA by President Čeferin

we will pursue one of the main interests of soccer: unity.

Aleks and we have a lot in common, common agreements,

shared visions, which we discussed not only in the office,

but also outside of it on many walks along Lake Geneva.

We met privately with our wives.

Many asked: "Aren't you too close?"

I always said: "Come on."

I thought that was nonsense.

I defended our friendship.

Aleksander Čeferin suddenly had this powerful ally in Andrea Agnelli,

the mouthpiece of the major clubs in Europe.

These two will change the game together.

What was special thing about Agnelli and Čeferin's friendship was

it enabled them this peace treaty

between the big clubs and UEFA, to solve the old problem,

who gets how much from the Champions League

and who is allowed to play.

There were many discussions between Andrea Agnelli and myself about reforms.

We had discussions literally every day.

The big players want more games, more exclusivity, more money.

The little ones want money to survive.

It was a long discussion process, to find a balance,

a solution that works for everyone.

No reform satisfies the public 100 %.

If you reach 60, 70 %, that's a success.

They moved towards a position,

according to which they would share the Champions League.

We worked with UEFA on a real joint venture

with full control of the clubs over commercial development

international competitions.

We tried to create a real European platform platform for everyone,

which should give the industry the stability to the industry.

MARCH 2021

REFORMS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL VERSION

You listen to everyone. Compromises are made.

In the end, we found a good solution for all clubs and for UEFA.

In an industry that generates 40 to 50 billion euros a year,

it is almost impossible to achieve balance, to create harmony.

Getting everyone involved around the table is nothing short of a miracle.

When I had my last child, it seemed quite natural to me.

Agnelli asked me to become his daughter's godfather.

An offer of sponsorship evokes joy and surprise.

I was proud.

This is a sign of closeness and trust.

I am so proud, because I know that should something happen to me,

he takes good care of my daughter.

The baptism took place in the Vatican.

In attendance were the wife, Aleksander, Agnelli and a high-ranking cardinal.

It was solemn and beautiful.

Čeferin and Agnelli's friendship,

within the framework of which they decided on the CL prevented a war.

We planned to put our reforms of the Champions League on the agenda

of the Management Board.

I was sure they would be at the congress in Switzerland

vote in favor of the proposal.

The 2021 congress should be a monumental event,

to adopt this new reform,

and then everything went wrong.

DAY ONE 17 APRIL 2021

SLOVENIA

7:30 AM

On Saturday, April 17, I got up relatively early,

to drive eight hours by car to the congress in Switzerland.

SWITZERLAND

I thought it would be easy, so I drove a car.

My first day at UEFA

was the Saturday that started it all.

UEFA HEAD OF FOOTBALL

We filled up on the way.

Aleks went in to pay.

When he came out again, he walked slowly.

I asked him: "Aleks, what's wrong? What happened?"

Someone from the soccer industry called me and said:

"Everything is ready for the Super League.

The Super League will be announced today or tomorrow."

I was very angry.

That threatened what I had worked for, to protect soccer.

That's a big deal.

THE SUPER LEAGUE

There were rumors about a "Super League project",

that turned the power structures in the world's most popular sport.

This group of plutocrats schemed and plotted in secret,

but had never gone as far as at this point in time.

The Super League was the proposal:

"We always have the best teams to play against each other,

led by themselves instead of UEFA."

The Super League is a renegade tournament.

Only the best the best teams play against each other.

I saw a so-called term sheet with the structures of the Super League.

All the money generated is divided among fewer teams.

The big ones get a bigger slice of an even bigger cake.

And the biggest advantage is is that you can never be eliminated.

Even if you lose every game and you're at the bottom.

You are there every year.

Which is not the case in the Champions League.

They wrested control from UEFA.

They took over the soccer pyramid and put themselves at the top.

The Super League clubs wanted that the future of soccer belongs to them.

With the stroke of a pen, they eliminated hundreds of competing teams.

If the clubs are deprived of this opportunity,

to qualify for the biggest stage in Europe to qualify,

they are deprived of what is considered birthright in European soccer.

The little ones would become more and more impoverished,

because the opportunities would be taken away from them.

This whole Super League idea stands in the way of the clubs' hopes,

to climb the pyramid.

Leicester City would not be possible.

The draft of the Super League

was a rocket that was specifically aimed specifically at the Champions League.

There were not enough match days for the Super League and Champions League.

The group...

UEFA, their empire, will be destroyed by this.

One will win.

This is not a Super League and Champions League.

This is a Super League or Champions League.

12 O'CLOCK

I called Agnelli.

I said: "I've heard about this so-called Super League."

He said: "That's not true. Don't believe that. Those are rumors."

I said, "Okay, let's issue a press release,

that this is not true, we are still united

and the reforms will go through."

He said, "No problem, Can you prepare a draft?"

I said, "Okay."

Andrea told Aleks, "Don't worry."

But he was very worried

because of the Super League.

During the rest of the journey

he swallowed it somehow and said nothing.

I had to have a conversation with myself.

Soccer has the potential to to unite people.

But the flip side is that the power of soccer

also brings people with idiotic ideologies on the scene.

When you hear about secret meetings who want to undermine the whole system,

you always listen.

There are many sharks swimming swimming around in the sea of soccer.

As soon as I heard about the Super League, I knew who was behind it.

Because he kept saying publicly,

A club like his should not play with little ones.

They think they are some kind of elite club,

who didn't have to worry about anyone, because they were so important.

That everyone should bow to them and salute them.

They were from the royals. Their leader was Florentino Pérez.

Okay.

I am Florentino Pérez, President of Real Madrid.

THE ARCHITECT

Real Madrid is more than just a soccer club.

It is a passion. A club with values.

It is a way of life.

Pérez.

He is the president of Real Madrid.

This status confers something that is above soccer.

Florentino Pérez,

Civil engineer,

President of one of the most important construction companies in the country

and now from Real Madrid.

Pérez transformed Madrid from an incredibly good team

into a transcendent, great team.

This team has the crown of Spain's royal family in its logo.

They really believe they are the kings.

I owe my passion for Madrid is thanks to my father.

He taught me what Real Madrid means.

When he died, I thought of my father in everything I did, I did, I thought of my father.

Real Madrid has always been a pioneer in terms of innovation.

The Super League is not a spin-off. It is a development.

We see soccer drifting away.

We can't let him die. That would be a crime.

Anas.

Charming. Convincing.

Head of an advisory group called Key Capital, based in Madrid.

But more importantly, he is Florentino Pérez's financial backer.

The problem with the system is: Clubs can in one year

hundred million.

ADVISOR TO PÉREZ

The following year only eleven without CL qualification.

There is a song: "Get Rich or Die Trying."

Here: "Win the trophy or die trying."

There is so much instability. And 40% of the young generation say,

they would not even watch live sport.

Interest is shifting from soccer to other content.

The whole world only follows the best players, the best teams.

Only with these teams they play in the video games.

We have to adapt to reality.

1 GOAL IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The key to understanding this is television.

The future is taking place all over the world.

This is where the growth potential lies.

The fans in Asia or North America are not interested in local rivalries.

Without good games, the numbers fall.

The fans want to see more games,

more attractive games,

Matches between great teams.

Real Madrid had never played Chelsea ever played against Chelsea,

until last year.

Bayern Munich and Liverpool, who each won six European Cups,

have only played each other only played against each other twice.

This is not enough for new generations.

The Champions League is very European, not global.

This is entertainment. It's a movie.

The Champions League offers you a few blockbusters a year.

But there is a very boring phase,

where they only release some obscure movies with subtitles.

The Super League consists of blockbusters. It would be a global product.

Something new is coming. Soccer should flourish,

so that it remains the most universal sport in the world.

This is the Super League.

Florentino Pérez not only wanted not just create a Super League,

but one, in which Real Madrid dominates.

This is the culmination of his quest for supremacy.

When I'm no longer there,

will be remembered as the legacy of Florentino Pérez.

I was afraid that with the Super League

all the money, all the income

in the small circle of the big clubs

and the development of soccer would be curbed.

Youth soccer, amateur soccer, women's soccer.

If you privatize this system,

that would destroy soccer in small countries.

That would end the dream of children to play at the highest level.

That's why rules are needed.

That's why you need the governing body.

A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

Aleksander Čeferin...

When he said:

"I am running for the presidency

of the Slovenian Football Association",

I asked Aleksander:

"Where is the sense in that,

the largest and most prestigious law firm in the country,

to go to soccer?"

But I have always supported my children always supported them,

to pursue their dreams.

Aleksander's main goal as UEFA President is to,

to give everyone a chance

and equal opportunities.

And to each person

and every small club.

In 2015...

Cases of bribery, corruption and other scandals in soccer.

They arrested many of the big beasts, but many others got away.

They were looking for new managers.

Aleksander Čeferin could be Mr. Neutral.

Čeferin is the type of man who likes to ride his motorcycle

drives through the Sahara, and he has a black belt in karate.

He fought as a soldier in the Slovenian War for independence.

He has a tough character.

Not the kind of man that suits this group of boys.

His appointment as UEFA President was part of the clean-up process.

It was a very clear statement.

It will look different from what we have seen so far, what we have seen so far from these bodies.

12TH EXTRAORDINARY UEFA CONGRESS

There is match-fixing and racism.

The gap between the rich and the poor is widening,

So there is a lot to do.

...Aleksander Čeferin.

My small and beautiful Slovenia is very proud.

And I hope one day you will be too.

It is a great honor, but at the same time also a great responsibility.

In democracies people make decisions.

They decided for a new face.

Back to normality and stability.

One of the goals of my presidency

was and is the prevention of the secession league.

41ST UEFA CONGRESS

We will never give in to the blackmail of others,

who manipulate small leagues or want to impose their will,

and this is due to the astronomical income they generate.

I said, with me as UEFA President

there would be no secession."

That's a pretty bold statement. Would that happen,

I would have to resign.

2:30 PM

That would be the end of soccer during his presidency.

That was a tragedy.

He will be the weakest president in the history of the game.

I spoke to my press team,

then I sent Agnelli the draft of the press release.

I couldn't reach him.

When his wife finally got around to it, I told her to give it to me.

He came on the phone and said, the press release wasn't very good.

He would like to change a few things.

He said: "Give me 15 to 30 minutes.

I'll change a few things and call you back."

I heard that he was nervous. But I tried to tell myself:

"Don't be paranoid."

If you are always suspicious and trust no one,

then you miss opportunities in life. It's good to trust others.

I have never ever trusted anyone in soccer.

THE TROUBLEMAKER

Javier Tebas is a special leader.

People often wanted to buy me.

LALIGA PRESIDENT

I fired seven or eight people.

You can go, we're done.

He is shamelessly mocking.

Let's be adults for a change.

My children argue like this.

"Dad, you let him eat the cookie and not me!"

Pugnacious, loud, but very calculated.

Florentino Pérez has no idea.

He doesn't know the industry. He's a great contractor,

but failed as president.

Javier Tebas, the President

of the Spanish league.

The ardent defender of European soccer.

He doesn't care about the top and the middle, he defends his pitch

and thus that of all European leagues.

Any news?

I take a very critical view of UEFA.

It's a world that focuses too much focused on the big clubs.

But there are 1,500 professional clubs in Europe.

The domestic leagues generate around 12 billion per year in TV revenue.

We don't let pushed around by anyone.

In LaLiga we want to be very open and visible.

Traditions must be valued and protect them instead of destroying them.

The big names in European soccer...

LALIGA HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

...became so big through national success.

A few years ago Tebas was incredibly angry with UEFA.

He thought UEFA didn't care about the leagues

and agree with the big clubs.

The big leagues revolted.

I had a few meetings with Čeferin and Agnelli,

and we agreed that any future Champions League reform

require the approval of the leagues.

Javier Tebas is very Spanish-oriented.

He does not have a European view and doesn't want one.

His task is to develop the national league.

International soccer does not interest him.

Your plan is madness for national leagues and for the clubs.

That's what worries me the most:

the Champions League reforms.

How far do they go?

They know no boundaries. They don't care.

You always have to keep fighting.

My parents are people with deep religious convictions.

They taught me that money is by no means everything.

The rich do not have do not have the same ethical standards.

They often lie and cheat.

They are masters of betrayal.

Loyalty does not exist.

A Super League would only achieve,

that they had 14 Ferraris instead of ten.

They all like to talk about the values of the game,

But that's not true.

I didn't trust anyone.

It was already clear,

that the most scandalous members of the European Club Association were behind it.

OCTOBER 27, 2020

SPAIN

I realized in October 2020,

that the Super League was seriously prepared.

I saw the behavior of certain clubs,

which contradicted the UEFA reforms.

Bartomeu, Barcelona's ex-president,

shocked at his farewell press conference:

"Oh, by the way, now that I'm going, I'm joining this Super League.

It will save Barcelona from economic ruin."

Then he left the stage.

The Board of Directors will determine the conditions of participation

in a future European super league of soccer clubs.

That was the first time,

that someone officially confirmed the project.

Until then we had called it a phantom project.

Something people talk about, but at most behind closed doors.

I spoke to some of the big clubs. They said:

"That's not true. It's nothing serious."

Then I spoke to Agnelli, and he said to me: "This isn't real."

We are very close to my ideal Champions League very close.

The speculation has been around for 20 years.

We hope to be able to finish it in the next weeks.

APRIL 15, 2021

SPAIN

Thursday before the chaos

I met with an important Spanish club president:

Laporta, the new Barcelona president.

It came out, he was part of the Super League.

I met Javier Tebas.

I told him, we needed the Spanish league,

to bring the clubs into the Super League.

BARCELONA PRESIDENT

For us, the Super League will be the best competition in the world.

The organizations that soccer do not invest.

You are not taking any risks.

And we invest and take risks.

You manage the resources that we generate.

And I asked for respect.

The financial sustainability of the associations is urgently needed.

The meeting served this purpose,

to get me to do it, to help the Super League.

I had known Joan Laporta for years. I told him: "You're wrong."

"But they have promised us promised us 700 million euros."

I did the math and said: "There's not that much in circulation.

European soccer makes 15 billion

700 million for you,

multiplied by 15 clubs, would be 12 billion

So the rest of Europe gets nothing, so you get all the money?"

"But I find myself in a difficult difficult situation, I need income.

He and he has already signed and soon..."

I said: "But Agnelli won't go along with it." And Laporta said: "Of course."

If you do something I'm against, I will not remain silent.

So I called Aleksander and said:

"Agnelli is involved."

I had a duty to tell him what was going on.

People from within want to destroy us from within.

This is an attempted coup!

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Agnelli did not call back.

I tried to to call him around 4 or 5 pm.

Then his phone was off.

That's when I knew he was hiding.

I knew he had lied.

I realized that this was a betrayal.

Pérez and Agnelli are the main players.

Čeferin believed Agnelli was coming,

until he stopped answering the phone.

His friend didn't answer the phone. Aleksander trusted him to the end.

This shows Čeferin's morality.

That's how he was. He was true to his word.

Sometimes you get to know someone in hard times and suffering.

He's a lawyer like me.

He said: "Javier, that makes you makes you think about life."

6 PM

Many asked: "Do you trust him?"

I simply dismissed her and said: "Come on. I trust him."

I was obviously blind, because he was my friend.

They say: "Business is business, Friendship is friendship."

But no.

Even in business life you can't lie like that.

There is a code of conduct.

For me, that is beyond any morality.

The information spread incredibly quickly.

In this industry, rumors spread rumors spread at the speed of light.

When I arrived in I arrived in Switzerland,

55 bandages were waiting for us.

They were all nervous.

They thought it was the end of soccer.

They were afraid of losing everything.

But I had to say: "Don't worry", and had to hide my feelings.

If the president is nervous, everyone is nervous.

So you have to be calm on the outside, and inside there is war.

I was flooded with emotions.

Agnelli's personal betrayal.

What will become of soccer...

Am I the president in whose term of office soccer fragment?

It was a real mess.

A mess in the head.

New information came in every second. Who supports us and who doesn't?

Who will attack us? Who is threatening us?

I felt like I was in a washing machine.

It was a lot of twisting and turning, until we came up with a solution.

I decided to confront him immediately.

The people I had to fight with I had to fight in the soccer world,

did not have my experience.

I have had to fight in my life.

I don't know how much these people had to struggle.

Why should I be afraid of anyone?

I will attack them with everything with everything I have.

We didn't have time to mobilize.

Behind the scenes there is another game going on.

Changing alliances, to maintain dominance.

Javier Tebas seemed to me like a complicated person at first.

Tebas fights hard.

He is a tough negotiator, but he never stabs you in the back.

He keeps his word.

We have to burst the balloon and make it public.

You may not issue a press release.

One door opens, one closes.

It feels very Machiavellian. My enemy has an enemy.

Suddenly Javier and Čeferin agree.

These two types are the buffer, the central pillar

against the barbarians who want to take over want to take over European soccer.

Our common enemies are bigger

than the enemies we are to each other.

I fight to the end. Go all the way.

Now the war for soccer has begun.

You were accused of being immoral,

to agree to reforms and at the same time having another project running at the same time.

I don't think we should talk here talk about acts of morality or immorality.

They are not part of the business.

ANDREA AGNELLI SAYS HE TOLD UEFA BEFORE THE EVENTS OF APRIL 2021,

HE PURCHASES ALTERNATIVE COMPETITIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

Subtitles by: Maja Chalhoub