FIFA: "At the Congress, we will begin a long and difficult road" (Joseph Blatter)

"Let this (the events of Wednesday, 27/05/2015) be the turning point. More needs to be done to make sure everyone in football behaves responsibly and ethically. Football deserves so much more and we must respond. Tomorrow, at the Congress, we will begin a long and difficult road," stated Joseph Blatter, the FIFA president, during his welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the 65^th FIFA Congress in Zurich (Switzerland) on 28/05/2015.

Eugenio Figueredo (Uruguay) and Jeffrey Webb (Cayman Islands), two of the eight vice-presidents of FIFA, and five other leaders of international football were arrested in Zurich (Switzerland) on 27/05/2015, following extradition requests made by United States, on the eve of the opening of the FIFA Congress (28 and 29/05/2015), in which the president of the international federation for the 2015-2019 period will be elected.

"We cannot allow the reputation of FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer," said Joseph Blatter, a candidate for a fifth term as the head of the international federation. On Friday, 29/05/2015, the FIFA Congress opens at…