ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter wanted to be remembered as the FIFA president who turned football into a truly global sport, and a catalyst for development, peace and social change.
He was immensely proud of taking the World Cup to Africa for the first time, when South Africa hosted the flagship tournament in 2010, and proudly told how football continued to be played even in the world's most brutal conflict zones.
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