Blatter Treading On Dangerous Ground!
"Players who do this kind of thing intentionally should be banned from the game.
"Attacking somebody is criminal, whether it happens on a football pitch or elsewhere.
"It is a crime and should be treated as such.
"The mechanism where this happens today is obvious.
"The pressure on the coach or manager to win is such that he encourages his players to go for victory at any cost.
"There is no microphone in the dressing-room, so he says, 'go, go, go'. Until when? Until the point where the referee intervenes."
"It is impossible that they can persuade me of this. They cannot do it.
"It is not only me who is against this, it is others, too. I represent the family of football and I will bring this to the Congress of Fifa if necessary."