The Clinic, a Chilean satirical magazine … ran popular internet memes on its website showing photoshopped images of Blatter in jail, Fifa as a mafia organisation, Maradona giving it the finger and the Uruguayan president, José Mujica, describing Fifa as a “manga de viejos hijos de puta” (a bunch of old bastards).
This came closer to capturing the mood on the streets, in stadiums and on social networks, where chatter was more of the nature of “At last!” and “The bastards had it coming!”
On Twitter, the Brazilian commentator Xico Sá called for a minute of noise at Thursday’s football matches to celebrate the arrests.
This is fun.
I hope Blatter has his Ceaucescu moment in public. Like Ceaucescu.
May 28th, 2015 at 9:22AM
It is all up to the people with power now. I mean Adidas, Visa, and Coke, obviously.
But I just can’t see a wily old crook like Blatter ever doing time. Surely he will slip off to Moscow before that.
May 28th, 2015 at 9:33AM
Alan: Yes – the advertisers are beginning to grumble. Look out.
Blatter will live out his days in one of Putin’s dachas.