Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term on Friday, just two days after Swiss authorities arrested several executives within the organization.
This sent the Twitter world into a frenzy following the news of Blatter’s re-election.
Today, FIFA has lost, but above everything, football has lost and everyone who truly cares about it has lost too http://t.co/4wsE145STf
— Luís Figo (@LuisFigo) May 29, 2015
Yes, @MichelleDBeadle, this is real life. #SeppBlatter pic.twitter.com/72ug39Y1uG
— SportsGrid (@SportsGrid) May 29, 2015
And you still can't believe a word that FIFA says. pic.twitter.com/aBnAFtArbT
— sportingintelligence (@sportingintel) May 29, 2015
Evil, you won this round. But Loretta Lynch is coming… #FIFAMoonDoor
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) May 29, 2015
what really happened pic.twitter.com/jnlmSIsXRQ
— Amro (@ThatBoyAmro) May 29, 2015
"Time is infinite, and in the end I win." —Sepp Blatter, probably
— KICKTV (@KICKTV) May 29, 2015
Prince Ali's language was telling. He thanked "all the people who were brave enough to support me."
— Sam Borden (@SamBorden) May 29, 2015
Prince Ali withdraws. #Blatter wins #fifa presidential election. Four more years of hurt. Four more years of shame for the greatest game 1/2
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) May 29, 2015
#Blatter wins election but still faces call for EGM & further scrutiny of #fifa from FBI. Others’ wrongdoing occurred on Blatter’s watch 2/2
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) May 29, 2015
Prince Ali concedes, Blatter wins again, and now the ceremonial rain of hellfire.
— Brooks Peck (@BrooksDT) May 29, 2015
Really, we'll all just get to watch Blatter get hauled out of the president's off in cuffs, now. Bright side. #FIFA #FIFACongress
— Jamie Doyle (@Doyle_Jamie) May 29, 2015
FIFA. https://t.co/Botttalezq
— sportingintelligence (@sportingintel) May 29, 2015
I think Gary Busey will play Sepp in the next FIFA movie.
— Matthew Doyle (@MLSAnalyst) May 29, 2015
“FIFA needs more women” says Blatter. Yes, like heroic U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
— changeFIFA (@changeFIFA) May 29, 2015
Blatter winning re-election is the more anticlimactic than Chelsea, Juventus and Bayern winning league titles.
— Nicolino DiBenedetto (@thenicolino) May 29, 2015
Blatter now laughing and joking about his "Oceania 11"
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) May 29, 2015
Blatter: "I am the president of everybody"
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) May 29, 2015
.@FIFAcom pic.twitter.com/07W1oKnHkY
— Total MLS (@TotalMLS) May 29, 2015
"All that stuff I said about you resigning and UEFA leaving FIFA — you know I was joking, right old friend?" pic.twitter.com/2ZWtIuEoyy
— Brooks Peck (@BrooksDT) May 29, 2015
I think Sepp Blatter was absolutely the right choice to lead FIFA, and anyone who disagrees, hasn't seen my new Rolex yet.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) May 29, 2015
Still don't understand how three FIFA ballots were 'spoiled.' I mean, you had one job ….
— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) May 29, 2015
Dismayed, not surprised, by a pathetic show of a closed system in the hands of the powerful, who attribute merit, wealth, competition and…
— David Ginola (@teamginola) May 29, 2015
…protect each other. Absolute disservice to football. We need transparency, equality and democracy in FIFA.
— David Ginola (@teamginola) May 29, 2015