The 67-year-old former French champion speaks through his lawyer: “Mine is a fight against injustice. I only won a first game “
Rome – Former FIFA president Joseph Blatter and the former president of UEFA Michel Platini They were acquitted on Friday by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in a FIFA fraud trial. The two former senior officials had been accused by federal prosecutors of fraud against FIFA in relation to the payment of 2 million Swiss francs (approximately 2 million euros) that Platini had received from FIFA in 2011 for the work done by FIFA as a consultant between 1998 and 2002.
86-year-old Swiss Blatter chaired the governing body of world football from 1998 to 2015.
“I expect nothing more than an acquittal. I am not innocent in my life, but in this case I am innocentBlatter said before entering the Bellinzona court.
Platini, 67, said in a statement released by his lawyer that “my fight is a fight against injustice. I won a first game ». “The truth came to light in this processHe said, swearing that “we will meet again” because he would “go all the way in my search for the truth” because “there are guilty ones who did not appear during this trial.”
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Le Roi’s reaction
After his acquittal from the accusation of fraud against FIFA, Michel Platini in a press release stressed that he had “won a first game” and that he intends to continue his “fight against injustice”. And he added that in the case handled by the Federal Court of Bellinzona “there are the culprits who did not appear during the trial. Count on me, we will meet again ». “Believe me, it is very difficult to pass the age of 65 in pariah status, especially when all this falls on you in a totally unfair way,” he concluded.
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