In the bleakest of situations, sometimes all you can do is laugh.
The long-serving president opened his speech at the annual congress by giving a nice patronising nod to the fairer sex in attendence.
https://twitter.com/skysports_bryan/status/604192312160342017
Then, general secretary Jerome Valcke gave the delegates a test question to answer using the same electronic voting system that will be used for the presidential vote.
The question was basic for anyone who has even the slightest interest in football, Who are the current world champions? Given that FIFA organised the tournament, you would think that everyone in the room would know the answer, right?
Wrong.
OH MY GOD. At Fifa congress, they' just tested e-voting system by asking delegates if Germany won World Cup. Five per cent said no! #FIFA
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKay) May 29, 2015
Either five percent didn’t know how to work the button, or an even scarier thought, they simply didn’t know the answer. The only positive from FIFA making a balls of the test voting is that it inspired this immaculate tweet.
https://twitter.com/SwearingSport/status/604196149680050176
This rather embarrassing incident was soon overshadowed as a group of protesters briefly forced their way into the room.
https://twitter.com/skysports_bryan/status/604194766830616577
After security removed the protesters, the train wreck swiftly recommenced, giving Blatter ample time to get his head straight and clearly explain the fallout over the alleged corruption in FIFA.
Blatter channeling Tommy Cooper: “You can’t ask everyone to behave ethically just like that.” #fifa
— Ben Rumsby (@ben_rumsby) May 29, 2015
Oh dear.
