The arrest of several FIFA executives isn’t just the biggest story in sports at the moment, it may be the biggest story in the world. Soccer is the world sport and the news media loves nothing more than a juicy multimillion dollar scandal. This truly has it all. How big is this getting? Now Vladimir Putin is saying it’s a US led conspiracy to take down FIFA and take the 2018 World Cup away from Russia. (Nevermind that the people arrested thus far are from the Americas.)
It’s almost surreal to think that after decades and decades of assumed FIFA corruption that this day has actually come. And as you would expect, the worldwide media had a field day with the FIFA story.
First, the UK tabloids, where The Sun and the Daily Mirror might take home the prize for the best headline with their Sepptic pun…
Tomorrow's front page: Nine FIFA officials charged pic.twitter.com/jJwgXkUc9z
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 27, 2015
Thursday's Daily Mirror back page:
SEPPtic#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #FIFA pic.twitter.com/xPxMK9dWtN— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) May 27, 2015
METRO FRONT PAGE: "We woz robbed!" #skypapers pic.twitter.com/GVLTNdd5Ju
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 27, 2015
DAILY STAR FRONT PAGE: "Fifa's £100m World Cup of fraud" #skypapers pic.twitter.com/ZliqxVTBhl
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 27, 2015
The worldwide media came down on FIFA as well, with Godfather references and Germany’s Bild telling Blatter to get out.
Thursday front page of France's Liberation newspaper: "FIFA Nostra" #BBCPapers pic.twitter.com/RKVyM2knVI
— BBC Monitoring (@BBCMonitoring) May 27, 2015
HAU AB! Das ist die @BILD von heute! http://t.co/eWU0b83G2w #Blatter #FIFA #FIFAgate pic.twitter.com/W0J84t5may
— Kai Diekmann (@KaiDiekmann) May 28, 2015
From the Netherlands http://t.co/NIWIkYkOgu #FIFA pic.twitter.com/ByoqRbkV5t
— Kristen Hare (@kristenhare) May 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/liderendeportes/status/603884459042197505
But perhaps the best reactions came in cartoons from around the globe…
more cartoon – is Sepp Blatter corrupt too ? Let Paul decides…. pic.twitter.com/8WCucA4Ug0
— stephff cartoonist (@stephffart) May 28, 2015
De nieuwe cartoon van Jos #Collignon pic.twitter.com/jtxPZ9oPID
— de Volkskrant (@volkskrant) May 27, 2015
Today's Daily Cartoon by Christopher Weyant: http://t.co/bQWG1242dn pic.twitter.com/OyKljeDCzX
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 27, 2015
Como em "House of Cards", Joseph Blatter elimina dois concorrentes em eleição da Fifa: http://t.co/a60aC1rPCa pic.twitter.com/SKZhOHXerN
— GOAL Brasil (@GoalBR) May 22, 2015
And just think, none of those cartoons made note of whistleblower/informant Chuck Blazer, who had an entire luxury suite dedicated to his cats. Rome was brought down by the Barbarians. FIFA was brought down by luxury cats.
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