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A bombshell, an earthquake
at the International Football Federation.

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POLICE

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<i>In this car, one of them is taken away</i>

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<i>from people's sight.</i>

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FIFA STREET
IN ZURICH SINCE 1932

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POLICE

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In most governments,

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if two vice presidents and several members
of the executive committee are indicted,

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the president would resign
or would be forced to resign.

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Why would I resign?

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To resign would be like saying
I am responsible

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for everything that's happening.

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RED CARD FOR FIFA
NO WORLD CUP WITHOUT WORKERS' RIGHTS

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My conscience is clear.

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Regarding the arrests carried out,
this is another obvious attempt of the US

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to extend its jurisdiction
to other countries.

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When you enter into an election,
you do not turn into enemies.

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You are temporary adversaries.

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João Havelange was
the most famous Brazilian in the world.

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João Havelange had been
an Olympic athlete in swimming.

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João Havelange was the president
of the Brazilian Sports Confederation.

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He had a genuine interest in sports.

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He realized that the knowledge
he had about sports

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could be transformed into political power.

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He started learning more
about the political situation in FIFA.

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He saw that there was a chance.

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Havelange said, "While apartheid exists,

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if I am elected,
South Africa will be banned by FIFA."

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And then
there's also the suspicion, of course,

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that he had money,
and that the famous packages,

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the brown envelopes,

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may have been distributed
to delegates at the hotel in Frankfurt

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in the days before the congress.

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Of course it happened.
It's certain it happened.

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So unexpected and shocking.

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The arrival of Havelange to FIFA

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symbolized the arrival
of capitalism in FIFA,

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in the sense that its identity changed

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from being like a club amongst friends,

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Europeans who were
all very interested in the game,

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and became a business.

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Soon after being elected
president of FIFA,

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I had in mind
two particularly ambitious projects.

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They should benefit, most of all,
the youth and Third World countries.

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And he said, "You're hired."

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I'm sure

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that Argentina will host
an excellent World Cup.

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Economically, it's a rich country.

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It has the right conditions,
financially speaking,

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for us to have a perfect World Cup.

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The dictatorship
was disastrous for the country.

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It brought us pain.

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The World Cup was not suspended,

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despite all the economic problems
the country was having.

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The words of the president
were, for us, yet another reassurance.

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Therefore, we leave here
very satisfied and very happy.

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They were the first
happy moments I remember as a community.

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We went from euphoria to sadness

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when we found out
at the end of the dictatorship

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about everything
that had happened in those years

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and how we were used as puppets.

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<i>I kept it there. I kept it there</i>
<i>because it was sport, not politics.</i>

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<i>It was well-organized,</i>

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<i>the discipline was absolute,</i>
<i>and it was a great World Cup.</i>

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Havelange himself said
that football and politics shouldn't mix.

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That FIFA is an entity
that's non-partisan and non-political.

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João Havelange organized a World Cup final

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at the Stadium Monumental de Núñez,

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a mere 500 meters from the prison
of the Argentinian Navy School,

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where the objectors to the dictatorship
were tortured and killed.

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"Because I don't do politics."

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Do you understand?

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And then he does the worst,
the worst kind of politics there is.

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The kind that supports dictatorships.

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We produce 15,000 shoes,
which is our main operation,

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and, among other things,
500 balls per day.

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The moment when people understood,

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"This is a powerful guy,
FIFA is something else now,"

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was the World Cup in Spain,
without any doubt.

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There was a huge qualitative leap
from the darkness of Argentina

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to that sunny tournament in Spain in '82,
even in the sense of the weather.

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The fact that it was in Spain

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where a four-decade-long dictatorship
had just ended.

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Franco.

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So it was
a completely different situation.

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It swapped the shadows for the light.

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And the one who was shining
was Havelange. As well, right?

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There is even a famous scene

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in which King Juan Carlos
and Havelange arrived together.

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And the feeling was
that the king was, in fact, Havelange

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because of the different posture
that he and Juan Carlos had.

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It looked like the king
in there was Havelange.

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My mission as president of FIFA will end

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at the same time
as the World Cup in France, 1998.

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He was never honest enough
to support the president of FIFA,

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who made him.

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Blatter's story is one of betrayal.

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I get tired even talking about him.

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<i>Two candidates.</i>

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<i>The Swiss, Joseph Blatter,</i>
<i>against the Swede, Lennart Johansson.</i>

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<i>Lennart Johansson wants to apply</i>
<i>his European strategy on the world stage.</i>

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<i>He is the man behind the evolution</i>
<i>of European competitions.</i>

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In other football news,

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Michel Platini joined Sepp Blatter's
campaign this morning in Paris.

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He announced
his support for Mr. Blatter's bid

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to become the next FIFA president.

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Basically, Blatter said to himself,
"I'm not very popular."

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"Although I'm Swiss, I'm not very popular
or even not popular at all

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with the European federations."

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Blatter was aware that he was seen
as a rather dull football politician,

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and he said to himself,
"Here is Michel Platini,

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who retired from football,

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who seems to have embarked
in sports politics."

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"He could be
an absolutely incredible running mate."

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Platini really
revolutionized French football.

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He revolutionized it on the pitch
but also off it.

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He really had
this incredible technical range,

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which made him a unique player.

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And so he saw Blatter
and was quite impressed by his work rate.

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And that's when the idea
of this Platini-Blatter ticket emerged.

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Platini's role
was very important in Europe

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because this election
was not at all a done deal for Blatter.

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Blatter was not the favorite.

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When we did the math
a few months before the congress,

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Blatter was still well behind.

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Hello, Mr. Blatter.

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And now the elections will begin.

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We have two candidates.

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The general secretary of FIFA,
Mr. Sepp Blatter,

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and the president of UEFA,
Mr. Lennart Johansson.

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Myself, I'm for continuity

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of all the development work

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that Mr. Havelange and his administration,

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in which I was instrumental,

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has done during the last few years.

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I thank you all.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
the results for the first round of voting.

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One candidate must obtain
two-thirds of all the votes,

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which is 128 votes.

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Mr. Joseph Blatter, 111 votes.

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Mr. Lennart Johansson, 80 votes.

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Therefore, we must proceed
with a second round of voting.

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Once again,
please applaud Lennart Johansson.

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I feel let down, sickened, and fed up.