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Blatter denies exerting pressure over 2006 World Cup venue

This content was published on Jul 12, 2000 Blatter, who was known to have favoured South Africa, told a German newspaper he had never tried to exert pressure on members of the 24-person executive. He dismissed as a “fairy tale” reports that he held a pre-dawn meeting with Asian members of the executive on the day the vote was taken. He said he…