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Blatter: 'Fifa must restore credibility'

Tuesday, December 23 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Fifa president Sepp Blatter says football's world governing body needs to restore its credibility following the acrimonious fall-out from the decision to award the next two World Cups to Russia and Qatar.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Sepp Blatter, FIFA president (on restoring public confidence in FIFA):

    "We shall not work for the media but the public opinion is important because football is the greatest game in the world, connecting people, giving emotions and passion and hope in this world. So, it is very important for me personally at the helm of football to restore more the credibility -- and then to breathe in the new year again with a good attitude for the upcoming competitions."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Sepp Blatter, FIFA president (on the 2014 FIFA World Cup):

    "Absolutely number one and I am speaking especially about the sport, the football. How it was presented and it's the first time I have seen in the World Cup, the first matches in the first round where generally (the teams) are playing tactically (instead) they went all looking for goals and this has given to this World Cup a very special aspect of attacking football, opportunities to score and to have the ambience. It was full of emotions from the first match to the last match. It was great football, it was also great organisation. It was expected perhaps that there would be some social unrest. I always said when we start to kick the ball, social unrest is over because Brazil is a footballing country and they all went to this World Cup and it was so great. I have to say we had the right winner because the only team from the beginning to the very end they played this attacking game."

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