FIFA President spoke in Congress – Radio Sweden

This can be a turning point for Fifa. It said FIFA President Sepp Blatter as he gave the opening speech at the FIFA Congress in Zurich tonight.

While perhaps the biggest corruption scandal in the international football association FIFA The history is about to unravel as the organization began its congress in Zurich tonight.

Many wondered if FIFA contested president Sepp Blatter would comment on the scandal in his opening speech.

In his speech, said Blatter that this is the dark times for Fifa, but it was about a few individuals shameful conduct, and that he as president can not monitor everything.

Blatter said that tomorrow’s elections for president, in which he challenged the 39-year-old Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, should be seen as a new start for Fifa.

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More needs to be done to ensure that any act ethically. Tomorrow we have the chance to begin a long, hard road to rebuild confidence in FIFA said Blatter.

echo Daniel Alling, who was on location in Zurich, tweeted like this after Blatter’s speech.

“Given what has happened, he was very relaxed. appeared not as a person who thought he could lose the election tomorrow.”

Oscar Nelson
oscar.nelson@sverigesradio.se