June 5 – Osiris Guzman, the Dominican Republic federation president who famously once used a speech to compare Sepp Blatter to Jesus Christ, Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill all rolled into one, has found himself going the same way as FIFA’s former president after being banned by FIFA’s ethics committee from all involvement in the game for 90 days pending a full inquiry.
Guzman. who made his remarkable claim in April 2015 at a CONCACAF Congress and support of Blatter’s upcoming election, is thus barred from attending the World Cup and the FIFA Congress in Moscow next week.
Details of the case have not been published though Guzman reportedly allowed FIFA-funded facilities to be used for a political meeting.
He served a 15-day ban in 2011 following the fallout over the bribery scandal involving Caribbean voters in the FIFA presidential election.
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