FIFA delegates getting their cummupence! Blatter GONE today.

Moriati said:
The Americans and their trusty British ally are using the issue of alleged corruption in World Cup organising body, FIFA, as a stalking horse to further get at Russia over the geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. Another reason Blatter and FIFA became a target for US regime change (see Iraq, Afghanistan,Libya etc) was it's stance on Israel. That's how things work these days ....
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/...A-would-spell-end-of-world-soccer-body-404426
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you make a good point
 
west didsblue said:
Apart from Euro 2012 in Poland / Ukraine. But no world cups, unless you count 2006. East Germany was in Eastern Europe and quite a few matches were played in that part of Germany. But apart from that......
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Given the nature of the thread, I was referring to World Cups, funnily enough.

"Quite a few" was actually four. The Olympic Stadium was in West Berlin and therefore in Western Europe by your reckoning, so much so that it hosted a group in the 1974 World Cup in WEST Germany, which leaves you with Leipzig in 2006 from the DDR, which hosted four games.

In any event Germany as it stands now could not be properly described as being in Eastern Europe.
 
Here's the NY Times review of "United Passions." Apparently Sepp (as played by Tim Roth) utters this gem:

“The slightest breach of ethics will be punished.”
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Review: In ‘United Passions,’ a Fictionalized FIFA, Underwritten by the Soccer Group

United Passions

By DANIEL M. GOLDJUNE 4, 2015

Tim Roth plays Sepp Blatter in the film “United Passions.”

It turns out there is such a thing as bad publicity after all. Just ask Sepp Blatter.

As you may have heard, Mr. Blatter, the head of soccer’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has had a busy couple of weeks — avoiding arrest while 14 colleagues and associates were indicted on fraud and corruption charges; winning re-election to a fifth term as FIFA president; deciding to resign.

While he waits for other shoes to drop, he might want to curl up with “United Passions,” the dramatized history of FIFA that the association mostly financed and in which he figures prominently.

Or, maybe not. “United Passions” is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that’s no good even for laughs. Directed by Frédéric Auburtin from a script he wrote with Jean-Paul Delfino, “United Passions” tracks the rise of the World Cup through three FIFA presidents: Jules Rimet (Gérard Depardieu), who thought up the tournament in the 1920s; João Havelange (Sam Neill), who expanded its reach in the ’70s and ’80s; and particularly Mr. Blatter (Tim Roth), who came aboard in the ’70s and succeeded Mr. Havelange in the ’90s.

The stories are of deals made — with Uruguay, to host the first Cup in 1930; with African soccer representatives for political support; with Coca-Cola and Adidas for exclusive marketing agreements — not games played. At least not soccer. (Indeed, surprisingly little soccer is shown.)

Yet there is barely a nod to the corruption scandals that have plagued FIFA for decades. Instead, what passes for drama comes when Mr. Blatter assumes command in 1998. He is shocked, shocked, to find affairs in disarray and tells his executive committee there’s a new sheriff in town: “Some of you feel this is an opportunity to close lucrative deals. Think again.” And, “The slightest breach of ethics will be punished.”

Other lines seem scripted by a legal defense team: One staffer tells Mr. Blatter, “You’ve been betrayed by the people you’ve put in power.” Another asks, “When are you going to do something to defend yourself?”

Mr. Auburtin and some of the actors, who surely knew better, have made noises about being hamstrung by FIFA’s financing. Not so fast. If cynicism were a crime, they’d be taking a sheet-covered perp walk of their own.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
Here's the NY Times review of "United Passions." Apparently Sepp (as played by Tim Roth) utters this gem:

“The slightest breach of ethics will be punished.”
_______________________________________________________________________________________

Review: In ‘United Passions,’ a Fictionalized FIFA, Underwritten by the Soccer Group

United Passions

By DANIEL M. GOLDJUNE 4, 2015

Tim Roth plays Sepp Blatter in the film “United Passions.”

It turns out there is such a thing as bad publicity after all. Just ask Sepp Blatter.

As you may have heard, Mr. Blatter, the head of soccer’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has had a busy couple of weeks — avoiding arrest while 14 colleagues and associates were indicted on fraud and corruption charges; winning re-election to a fifth term as FIFA president; deciding to resign.

While he waits for other shoes to drop, he might want to curl up with “United Passions,” the dramatized history of FIFA that the association mostly financed and in which he figures prominently.

Or, maybe not. “United Passions” is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that’s no good even for laughs. Directed by Frédéric Auburtin from a script he wrote with Jean-Paul Delfino, “United Passions” tracks the rise of the World Cup through three FIFA presidents: Jules Rimet (Gérard Depardieu), who thought up the tournament in the 1920s; João Havelange (Sam Neill), who expanded its reach in the ’70s and ’80s; and particularly Mr. Blatter (Tim Roth), who came aboard in the ’70s and succeeded Mr. Havelange in the ’90s.

The stories are of deals made — with Uruguay, to host the first Cup in 1930; with African soccer representatives for political support; with Coca-Cola and Adidas for exclusive marketing agreements — not games played. At least not soccer. (Indeed, surprisingly little soccer is shown.)

Yet there is barely a nod to the corruption scandals that have plagued FIFA for decades. Instead, what passes for drama comes when Mr. Blatter assumes command in 1998. He is shocked, shocked, to find affairs in disarray and tells his executive committee there’s a new sheriff in town: “Some of you feel this is an opportunity to close lucrative deals. Think again.” And, “The slightest breach of ethics will be punished.”

Other lines seem scripted by a legal defense team: One staffer tells Mr. Blatter, “You’ve been betrayed by the people you’ve put in power.” Another asks, “When are you going to do something to defend yourself?”

Mr. Auburtin and some of the actors, who surely knew better, have made noises about being hamstrung by FIFA’s financing. Not so fast. If cynicism were a crime, they’d be taking a sheet-covered perp walk of their own.
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I lasted 19 minutes and gave up after the clear corruption of the Uruguayan WC bid was glossed over, and an English character went into yet another racist tirade in front of the moralistic EU liberators and peace envoys.
 
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