Blatter: “If other countries could host the World Cup, we had it … – The Standard

             Sepp Blatter, president of world football, this morning defended himself before the start of the FIFA congress again after the corruption scandal that erupted in recent days. The Swiss raised questions on the timing of the investigation and insinuated a link between the current crisis and the award of the next two World Cups to Russia and Qatar.
         

Blatter arrived for the start of the congress have their say, but was interrupted by two screaming pro-Palestinian demonstrators. ‘Red Card for FIFA! ” they shouted through the hall. The two demanded that Israel would rule the world football. The Swiss president of world football for early security, the pair were led away.

In his speech, Blatter again refused to take responsibility for the bribery scandal that the world football captivated holds. “I want to accept that the FIFA President is responsible for everything, but I would also like to share that responsibility. Finally, I can not keep an eye on everyone in football. We have 209 countries and thousands of members.

“They are individuals who did something wrong, not the whole organization,” Blatter tried to soothe the turmoil on the ongoing FBI investigation into his organization.

Blatter questions the timing research

Blatter then bite firmly in place. He seemed to join the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who argued that the timing of the arrests of the FBI, two days before the president election, was only meant to get Blatter from the saddle. “It is not good that this is happening. The word chance I will not use, but I want to have a small question mark backyards, “said Blatter.

The Swiss also sees a link with the award of the next two World Cups, which surprisingly to Russia ( 2018) and Qatar (2022) went. “When two countries had come out of the envelopes, we would not have had these problems today in my opinion.”

England lost the 2018 World Cup to Russia, while the United States the organization of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar had to leave. Precisely these two countries have now the most heard, with the English Football Association which acts specifically on the foreground against Blatter and US intelligence FBI FIFA turned inside out.

Vote on Chairman

Soon, the FIFA Congress voted for a new president. The Jordanian Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein is the (only) challenger to Blatter. All 209 member states of FIFA are present. In the first round, Ali Blatter or enough for a two-thirds majority (140 votes) to be elected, in the possible second round enough to an absolute majority (105 votes). The name of the new president is expected between 16h30 and 19h30.