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
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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.
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Football is hope for so many people around the world.
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Over a billion people will see this on television. Fantastic for Trinidad and the World Cup. The audience will go wild.
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I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard
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We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it.
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Many people hold me ultimately responsible toward the actions and reputation of the global football community. I cannot monitor everyone all of the time.
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The FIFA World Cup is the perfect platform to send out this message to the whole world of football as people all around the globe will follow the 64 matches in Germany. The stars of the tournament will serve as role models for hundreds of millions of other players around the world. So it is all the more important that Germany 2006 sets a positive example.
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We will use the technology in Germany next year if the experiment works. The technology will also be used along the touchlines to show whether the ball is out of play.
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The stars of the tournament will serve as role models for hundreds of millions of other players around the world. So it is all the more important that Germany 2006 sets a positive example.
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It would only be normal and it would show a little respect to the clubs that release their players to the national team.
found four hours optimal spectators
They are a little too much the perfectionists. We still haven't found the optimal solution. If everyone has to show their papers, it will take four hours before spectators are in the stadium.
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We have developed football and taken it to the world. Now it is our obligation to use football to help build a better future for us all.
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As the new competition will go ahead in a spirit of solidarity with the champions of all six FIFA confederations involved.
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At the standing areas, there is always movement. Sitting spectators are quieter.