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On Monday, FIFA President Sepp Blatter apologized to the Italians for not personally congratulating their national football team, who became World champions last July.
Blatter believes that history will remember the strange fact that the main leader of the world football organization was not among those who handed out trophies to the World champions.
The Swiss also admitted that immediately after the World Cup final, where the "Azzurri" defeated France on penalties and won their fourth World champion title, he apologized to Italian politicians and sports authorities.
Blatter, who did not appear at the awards ceremony, was condemned, and his action was considered an insult. This was linked to the scandal that shook Italian football before the World Cup.
In Rome, the FIFA award was presented to Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who was named the best goalkeeper of the World in 2006. Blatter, who arrived at the ceremony, claimed to have avoided the award presentation ceremony because he was afraid of being booed.
The FIFA president claimed that during the World Cup opening ceremony, the crowd of sports fans whistled and interrupted the speaker as soon as they heard the FIFA name. That's why he avoided the ceremony to prevent a repeat of such incidents and for this reason, he decided not to attend the World champions' award ceremony, no matter who became the champions.
