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Blatter, Platini face 20-month suspended jail sentences

marca.com, 15 June 2022, 18:53
Verdicts are expected on July 8

Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini asked Wednesday for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences.

Blatter and Platini, a former France national team captain who was president of European governing body UEFA, faced sentences of up to five years for financial wrongdoing but actual jail time was considered to be unlikely ahead of their 11-day trial. Verdicts are expected on July 8.

The 86-year-old Blatter's legal jeopardy increased Wednesday when prosecutors in FIFA's home city Zurich confirmed to The Associated Press they had opened criminal proceedings against him in a separate complaint filed by soccer's world body in 2020.

Blatter and his longtime right-hand man, former FIFA secretary general J

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