Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFAfrom 1998 to 2015...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth10 March 1936
CityVisp, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
beat everybody gap teams
There is no gap anymore. It was so interesting because of the 16 teams, everybody can beat everybody. The teams have leveled.
concerning further internet open
Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.
mean points start
We need to start to deduct points from the team. It could also mean suspension. It could also mean exclusion.
guarantees june match nobody people pitch problem proper provider single
We could not have 12,000 people on the pitch for the gala and then use the same turf for the match on June 12. The problem was that not a single provider would give us guarantees for the proper turf replacement. Nobody would give us these guarantees.
football love
Because I love football and I love the footballers.
happened hidden history interest means serving source wealth
The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda.
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We now have this item in our files.
available healthy stay
I will make myself available once more in 2007, if I stay healthy and if the federations want me.
accept fall fifa longer merely minimum nor shall short standards
To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely accept them. Nor shall we.
match physical retired victim
He retired because he was the victim during a match of unacceptable physical and psychological abuse.
action best crucial currently demands germany great match officials placed role tournament
The 23 referees who will be in action in Germany are currently the best match officials in the world. That is the way it has to be as they will have a crucial role to play in this tournament and great demands will be placed on them.
dealt issues unpleasant
However, unfortunately there are other pressing and unpleasant issues that also must be dealt with: corruption, racism, betting, and doping.
games competition one-day
We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions.
love football player
I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football - the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football.