When Brazil’s football fans finally got their best chance to see Sepp Blatter at the World Cup, they had a message for him.
It was not a nice one for the FIFA President at his fifth final as head of football’s governing body.
Jeers and whistles rained down on Blatter and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff before and during the trophy presentation at the Maracana Stadium.
Happily for Blatter, however, he could enjoy a sixth World Cup final as president in 2018 in Russia if he wins re-election next May.
Blatter mostly stayed out of view here during the 32-day tournament, making few public appearances and being kept off stadium giant screens at the 18 matches he attended.
“I have not been hiding,” Blatter told reporters at a reception Friday in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by Russian World Cup organizers. “I have just not been speaking too much.”
