Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Onyeisiala FIFA bụ Sepp Blatter kwuru na nchegbu dị ya maka nchọpụta e mere nke na-egosi oke nsogbu ịkpa oke agbụrụ dị na Russia tupu asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke afọ 2018. Òtù netwọkụ Fare na ụlọ ọrụ SOVA dị na Moscow kọwara ọtụtụ okwu banyere ịkpa oke agbụrụ metụtara bọọlụ Russia n'ime oge abụọ. Akụkọ ahụ abanyela n'aka FIFA na Blatter gwara Associated Press: 'Amaara m akụkọ ahụ... n'ezie anyị na-echegbu onwe anyị, n'ezie.' Sepp Blatter kwetara na ọ na-echegbu onwe ya maka ịkpa oke agbụrụ na Russia tupu ha anabata iko mba ụwa. N'afọ 2013, e nyere CSKA Moscow iwu ka ha mechie akụkụ nke ama egwuregwu ha maka ịkpa oke agbụrụ megide Yaya Toure. N'afọ gara aga, Blatter gwara onyeisiala mba Rọshịa bụ Vladimir Putin okwu banyere ime ka ịkpa oke agbụrụ bụrụ ihe kacha mkpa n'afọ 2018. Blatter kwuru 'ọ bụrụ na ọ kwụsịghị mgbe ahụ, a ga-enwerịrị ụfọdụ ntaramahụhụ.' N'ikwu okwu n'akụkụ nzukọ na Northern Ireland, Blatter gbakwụnyere, sị: "Ịkpa oke agbụrụ bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị dị na usoro ihe omume m n'elu elu, kwa ụbọchị". Fans nke FC Torpedo Moscow na-eti mkpu n'oge egwuregwu Russian Premier League megide FC Rostov. Blatter na onyeisiala Rọshịa bụ Vladimir Putin nọ n' emume inyefe iko mbaụwa n' afọ gara aga.
Sepp Blatter kwetara na ọ na-echegbu onwe ya banyere ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na Russia. Mba Rọshịa ga- anabata asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke afọ 2018. Blatter kwusiri ike na ịlụso ịkpa oke agbụrụ ọgụ n'egwuregwu bụ otu n'ime ihe kachasị mkpa FIFA.