Sepp Blatter name drops Nelson Mandela in bizarre press conference apology

Sepp Blatter is not going down without a fight.

It looks like it's all over for the Fifa president after the Swiss was hit with an eight-year football ban from all football activities along with Michel Platini. Earlier today, both men were given the lengthy bans by Fifa's ethics committee, with immediate effect. The bans are the result of an investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs (€1.8million) to the Frenchman in 2011. Blatter, 79, was due to stand down from the presidency in February at a special Fifa congress, but 60-year-old Platini's hopes of replacing the Swiss bureaucrat are now in ruins. He spoke at a press conference this morning and his opening line was a classic... His first comment was a zinger https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/678879438969446400 Then he managed to chat about Nelson Mandela https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/678879594498367488 Which did not go down well https://twitter.com/tomsteinfort/status/678879786987573248 https://twitter.com/MisterJRussell/status/678882932350689280 He then did various acts of contrition https://twitter.com/danroan/status/678880198717239296 https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/678880457946226689 Nobody really bought his apology though https://twitter.com/eaamalyon/status/678880183928152064 https://twitter.com/DavidHartrick/status/678882364886503424 https://twitter.com/WayneDavid81/status/678882768223383552 Blatter also addressed the issue over Michel Platini and the money he allegedly received https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/678881031710228480 https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/678881555729764352 https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/678882733876211712 And the non-apology apology ended on a  defiant note https://twitter.com/OliverKayTimes/status/678882575536939008 And confirmation that Blatter will appeal his eight year ban https://twitter.com/br_uk/status/678883163846774784 But most people were just confused about the whole plaster/Nelly thing going on https://twitter.com/AndyRobertson93/status/678883983518793728 https://twitter.com/therunandg0/status/678884646814380036 https://twitter.com/ChrisWarr/status/678883973330767875 Chris de Burgh was mentioned, kind of. https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/678886376717344769 https://twitter.com/AlexStone7/status/678886258769268736 But for us, this clip just sums the whole day up perfectly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOZ3IzRaf4