Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E mea ana te perehitini o te FIFA, a Sepp Blatter, e āwangawanga ana ia ki tētahi rangahau e whakaatu ana i te nui o te raruraru whakahāwea o Rūhia i mua i te kapa o te Ao 2018. Ko te whakahaere whatunga Fare me te Pokapū SOVA o Moscow e whakaatu ana i nga tini o nga keehi o te whanonga whakahāwea e pa ana ki te whutupaoro o Ruhia i roto i nga tau e rua. Kua tae mai te pūrongo ki a FIFA, ā, ka mea a Blatter ki te Associated Press: 'Kei te mōhio ahau ki te pūrongo... e tino āwangawanga ana mātou, tino āwangawanga.' E whakaae ana a Sepp Blatter e āwangawanga ana ia ki te taumata o te whakahāwea i Rūhia i mua i to rātau manaaki i te Ipu o te Ao. I te tau 2013, i whakahaua a CSKA Moscow ki te kati i tetahi waahanga o ta raatau papa mo te whakahee i te whakahāwea ki a Yaya Toure. I te tau kua hipa, i korero a Blatter ki te Perehitini o Ruhia a Vladimir Putin mo te mahi i te whakahāwea i te whakahāwea i te tau 2018. E mea ana a Blatter 'ki te kore e mutu, me whai mana.' I a ia e korero ana i te taha o tētahi hui i Ireland ki te Raki, ka tāpiri atu a Blatter: "Ko te whakahāwea tētahi o ngā take kei runga rawa i taku kaupapa, i ia rā". Ko nga kaiwhaiwhai o FC Torpedo Moscow e waiata ana i te wa o te whakataetae Russian Premier League ki a FC Rostov. I tū a Blatter rāua ko te tumuaki o Rūhia a Vladimir Putin i te hākari tuku o te Ipu o te Ao i te tau kua hipa.
E whakaae ana a Sepp Blatter kei te āwangawanga ia ki te whakahāwea i Rūhia. Ko Rūhia te kaihautū o te 2018 FIFA World Cup. E kī ana a Blatter ko te whawhai ki te whakahāwea i roto i te whutupaoro tētahi o ngā kaupapa matua o te FIFA.