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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