Saturday 30 May 2015

Blatter slams uefa's hatred campaign

The re-elected Fifa president says he will not
forget the fervent opposition of Michel Platini and
European football's governing body
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has accused Uefa of a
campaign of hatred following his re-election on
Friday.
After a week which has seen Fifa embroiled in
turmoil following the arrests of a number of
officials, the Swiss was elected into a fifth term of
office at the head of the game's governing body
after seeing off the challenge of Prince Ali bin al-
Hussein.
Uefa president Michel Platini said earlier this week
that he had asked Blatter to step down from his
role following the scandal which has seen several
officials indicted on corruption charges, with a
potential boycott of World Cups 2018 and 2022 by
European nations being mooted.
Blatter, however, has branded Uefa's rhetoric as
little more than hate-mongering and issued an
ominous warning to Platini.
"It's hatred, coming not only from one person at
Uefa but the organisation of Uefa, who were not
involved in 1998 when I became president," he
said, speaking to Swiss television's RTS.
"I forgive everyone, but I do not forget."

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