Blatter says he will forgive but won’t forget UEFA rebellion

Emboldened by his fresh mandate to lead world soccer, Sepp Blatter made it clear there may be consequences for European leaders who tried to oust him from FIFA.
“I forgive but I don’t forget,” Blatter said Saturday at FIFA headquarters. The relationship between FIFA and UEFA will be one of the key issues for Blatter as he begins his fifth term as president of the governing body. UEFA President Michel Platini, who helped Blatter first gain the presidency in 1998, led opposition against his former ally. Blatter didn’t extend much of an olive branch in his first news conference since Friday’s election, but did reiterate that he is “also the president of those associations that are against me.”