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FIFA. Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter were acquitted by Swiss justice

Undoubtedly one of his greatest victories. On the fortieth anniversary of the legendary 1982 World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany, Michel Platini and Swiss ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter were acquitted of fraud in Switzerland on Friday. which in 2015 crushed the ambitions of the Frenchman to reach the top of world football. The federal criminal court in Bellinzona did not follow the demands of the prosecution, which in mid-June requested a suspended sentence of one year and eight months, respectively, while the two defendants maintained their innocence.

Platini is abusive throughout the proceedings

For two weeks, the 67-year-old Frenchman and the 86-year-old Swiss seemed.illegally obtained a payment of 2 million Swiss francs to the detriment of FIFA“(€1.8 million)”In favor of Michel Platini“. The defense and prosecution agreed on one point: the three-time Ballon d’Or had advised Sepp Blatter well between 1998 and 2002 during his first tenure as FIFA boss, and the two men signed a contract in 1999 agreeing to a 300,000-a-year salary. Swiss franc paid in full by FIFA.

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But in January 2011, the former midfielder, who during that time became the president of UEFA (2007-2015)asserted a claim of 2 million Swiss francs“, described as “fake invoiceby the prosecution. For their part, the two men claim that they originally set a salary of one million Swiss francs a year.gentleman’s agreement” verbally and without witnesses, with no FIFA funds to allow immediate payment to Mr. Platini.

Source: Le Figaro

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