I think it's likely Rio will get a couple of months off his ban on appeal. remember that Davids and Stam only served eight months between them for positive drugs tests while at Juve and Lazio respecively. the italian league doesn't come down hard on drug offenders.
if there's a reason why Blatter gets involved in English affairs it's because when he was up for re-election they voted against him and wanted him to answer questions about financial irregularities (questions which have been conveniently swept aside since he won). he gets involved in everybody else's mess in the hope we forget about his own.
he's an idiot, repeatedly coming out with unbelievable rubbish. Having said that, his desire to limit substitutions in friendlies is one I share, since it'd stop the pointless eleven subs over the course of a friendly, denying anybody, managers included a decent look at fringe players.
Rant over.
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