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Our national team's victory in the mini-football world championship pleased us all. Since we always face failure in football, our success, even in a field not recognized by FIFA and UEFA, was celebrated like a wedding, turned into a public celebration. A city tour was organized for the champions, and free concerts were held with the participation of our folk singers and foreign pop stars. We were all raising our hands and dancing, and those who couldn't dance, holding on to the principle of "don't be left behind," came out and applauded those who danced. TV channels prepared a series of programs about the successful performance of the team coached by Elshad Guliyev, and the press highlighted the special talent of our football players, trying to bring it to the attention of the world public that they are almost football players at the level of Messi, Ronaldo, Yamal.
Speaking of national team members, the real holiday for them came after the tournament. According to what we heard, our Mini-Football Federation rewarded the architects of the historic success for giving our great people moments of pleasure they had never experienced before. True or false, each of our football players, who contributed to the championship and delighted the fans who filled the stands, received a prize of 40,000 manats. In addition, there was a bonus for getting out of the group stage and passing the stage. In a word, the federation officials, who went to great lengths to organize the world championship at the highest level, did everything they could to ensure that the national team members could relax comfortably after the World Cup, smoke hookah wherever they wanted, change their cars, etc.
However, after becoming world champions, the national team members got so excited that they couldn't see anyone or anything. According to rumors, the exaggerated heroes were not satisfied with the award given for winning a tournament not recognized by FIFA and UEFA. Now they also want a share of the 2 million manats allocated by the head of state for the development of the federation, and they are fighting for it.
We cannot say who is right and who is wrong in this matter. However, it seems that for today, the leadership of the Mini-Football Federation is conducting a "showdown" with the football players over money, to put it in criminal language. We do not intend to predict who will be the winning side in the end, but there are only two heads to the matter: 1. if the football players were promised an additional share, why is it not being paid?; 2. if the football players later became greedy, the Federation is right.
