The jokes ended on Monday. Then Manchester City can win in Europe, ha, ha. It’s much bigger than that.
Much bigger than a festival or a trophy. An existential threat.
That’s what the other people internal the idea of the club they were fighting against. A struggle for its fashionable existence, for its right to the most sensible table, not only to be taken seriously, but to have access, to be able to walk and breathe, and perhaps prosper, among the champions league elite.
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has earned its appeal with its two-year European sanction
It is a small club, from the high echelons of European football and UEFA retires.
That’s the problem. Financial fair play, a concept that may have been a positive force in the game, and may still be, given the economic inequalities that will soon be caused by Covid-19, has been hijacked through a hard kabbalah and overcome to serve his protectionist interests.
The people were threatening the hierarchy. They sought the right to enter, to play, to be able to challenge those who are the riches of football and its spoils are their birthright.
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