• Launched with fanfare on Monday, the Super League was shattered on Wednesday.

  • At the forefront in this coup attempt on European football, Andrea Agnelli (Juventus Turin) and Florentino Perez (Real Madrid) were shaken, but in very different proportions.

  • Conversely, French football seems to be reinforced by this crisis.

In the space of two days, a storm dubbed the Super League swept through the landscape of European football, and therefore worldwide.

Between the officialization of the project, on the night of Sunday to Monday, and the pitiful declaration in a “coitus interruptus” style from the president of Juventus Turin Andrea Agnelli this Wednesday morning, the cards were redistributed in this great game of fools.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin is curling his mustache.

But some leaders of the club of 12 dissidents, which melted as quickly as a Pyrenean glacier, have lost a lot.

On Tuesday, Manchester United had announced the resignation of its vice-president Ed Woodward.

As for Agnelli, his credibility followed the curve of the Juve share price on the Milan Stock Exchange this Wednesday morning, with a fall of more than 10% at the opening.

Agnelli in danger?

Spearhead of sedition with Florentino Perez, the heir to the Fiat empire had already left the head of the ECA (European Association of Clubs) on Sunday. "I do not see how he can return to a position of responsibility in European football, ton Ronan Evain, general manager of the Association Football Supporters Europe (FSE). He will already be lucky if he stays at the helm of Juventus. "More generally, Evain targets all the" felons ":" We cannot let those who tried to blow everything up to take back control of European football and its competitions within a few days or weeks. "

AC Milan and Inter, the other two Italian clubs engaged in the ephemeral adventure, were forced to see the failure of the putsch but did not let go.

The concept of the Super League remains firmly anchored in a corner of the brain of these entities controlled by American groups (Elliott for AC Milan) and Chinese (Suning for Inter), not come to football for the beauty of its turnarounds. situation.

"In recent years, the Italians have struggled to integrate the Top 5 of the best European clubs, the Super League is an opportunity to reposition themselves", observed Monday Jimmy Algerino, former defender of PSG (and Venice), before the balloon does not deflate.

The "huge popularity" of Florentino Perez

Let's talk about the Perez case again.

The madman president of Real Madrid has also given a lot in the media to try to sell his stillborn tournament.

But at 74, he's seen more, and the critics slip over him like rain on a mallard's feathers.

"The Spanish clubs [Barça, also" discreetly "embarked on the adventure, apart from] and the whole country rejected the idea of ​​a closed league despite the words of President Perez, asserts Jonathan Perez (no link), of the very popular digital media Real France.

But Florentino enjoys enormous popularity in Madrid and his defenders have stepped up to support him as well.

For Merengues supporters, we do not touch the President and a man who has done so much for the club.

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So yes, Real will perhaps sit on the arrival of Kylian Mbappé, if we are to believe the statements of Nasser al-Khelaïfi, in the form of “se queda” in PSG version. But Perez can continue to rest easy. “Florentino has known others,” continues Jonathan Perez. Its image is weakened today, but hadn't it been for a long time? In Spain as in Europe or the whole world, Real Madrid is envied and its president constantly jealous and criticized. The revolution of the transfer market with the arrival of the Galacticos was him, the accusations of arbitration corruption at the European level, him too… ”And to continue: 

Florentino Perez risks absolutely no sanction at any level whatsoever and that is why he decided to lead this project.

Legally, he knew what he would incur.

As for the popular aspect, it certainly buffs a lot.

"

His political weight, which goes far beyond his already important function, also counts in this supposed detachment.

That said, despite all his experience, Perez like his schismatic colleagues undoubtedly underestimated the rebellion of supporters, particularly strong in England, whose six representatives had embarked on the Titanic of the Super League.

"Terrible consequences" in Liverpool

Woodward (ManU) drowned there.

But he might not be the only casualty in this neck-deep crew.

“For a club like Liverpool, the consequences are terrible, said Ronan Evain.

The link is almost irreparably broken.

And not only with the supporters, with the city, with the players, the staff… All this to take control of a competition that had yet to be delivered to them hand and foot.

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For a fan of the Reds or other teams of this caliber, heir to a family passion, we do not joke with a story that balances between glory and drama.

We want to close our eyes to a certain point on the commodification of football, but this Super League was really the flute too many, the one that brings down the fountain of champagne.

Nasser's good shot

So yes, some venerable institutions (and especially their leaders) have taken dearly in the space of just a few hours. Others have seen their prestige soar, such as Bayern Munich and especially the PSG of Nasser al-Khelaïfi, not far from appearing in the eyes of some like the Philippe Poutou of European football.

"He could not take up the case for a Super League a year and a half away from a World Cup for which some speak of a boycott, judge Eric Champel, author of 

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(with Philippe Auclair) and

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.

He was obliged to show a minimum of ethics and solidarity.

More generally, the new formula of the Champions League is great for France, which has three automatically qualified instead of two.

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Cocorico and "hypocrisy"

UEFA's triumph therefore looks like a cocorico, while no French formation had taken the risk of responding to the call of the Super League.

With, all the same, a good bottom of “hypocrisy”, pointed out by Jonathan Perez, of Real France.

“Football has been a business for years and UEFA is no exception.

Like the Guardiola type coaches or famous clubs like PSG, who have taken important tickets for the promotion of the World Cup in Qatar, while workers die every week, or who tour in China where Uyghurs die in infamous conditions.

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