Fifa President Sepp Blatter blasts South Africa critics

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Blatter has hit back at critics of South Africa hosting the World Cup

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has hit back at critics of South Africa hosting the World Cup.

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has said awarding the tournament to South Africa was "the biggest wrong decision" Fifa has made.

But Blatter says these comments mask a disrespectful prejudice.

"It's an anti-Africa prejudice. There is still in the so-called 'old world' a feeling that why the hell should Africa organise a World Cup," Blatter said.

Hull manager Phil Brown has previously said the terrorist attack on the Togo team bus in Angola which killed two members of the support staff put a question mark against this summer's finals.

But Blatter said: "I think it's a nonsense to combine what has happened in Angola, a terrorist attack for political reasons, and mix it up with the World Cup in South Africa.

"In Germany people like Uli Hoeness and also representatives of the professional leagues are saying we should not go there.

"But every year 11 million tourists go to South Africa and nobody says they should not go there.

"Colonialists over the past 100 years have gone to Africa and taken out all the best things, and now they are taking all the best footballers. There's no respect."

Africa's first ever World Cup kicks off in Johannesburg on 11 June.

Good job Sepp...finally yuh say something ah agree with...

[dinho]

rotato, yuh agree with Sepp on this?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/11/john-terry-sepp-blatter-affair

[rotatopoti3]

Dinho boy....ah Speechless......2 steps forward.........5 steps back....and this Bamsee iz d FIFA President

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed that in some countries, John Terry would have been applauded rather than sacked as national team captain for having an alleged affair.

Terry was deposed as England captain by Fabio Capello, the England manager, last week following the mountain of negative headlines that have emanated from stories about a supposed affair between the defender and the ex-partner of his former Chelsea team-mate, Wayne Bridge.

Speaking in Vancouver today, Blatter described the response and reaction to Terry as being particularly "Anglo-Saxon" and claimed that in countries such as France, Italy and Spain, it would not be considered a problem.

"Listen, this is a special approach in the Anglo-Saxon countries," he said. "If this had happened in let's say Latin countries then I think he would have been applauded."

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Dinho boy....ah Speechless......2 steps forward.........5 steps back....and this Bamsee iz d FIFA President

  Well said!