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The internet reacts as Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini given eight-year football ban

Published 09:53 21 Dec 2015 GMT

Updated 10:26 21 Dec 2015 GMT

Ben Kenyon
The internet reacts as Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini given eight-year football ban

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It's a great day to be alive football fans.

Today is the first day of the rest of our lives after FIFA announced that President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini have been given lengthy bans. The 79-year-old Blatter and his apparent successor have both been banned from all football-related activities for eight years. The pair were found guilty of breaches of FIFA's code of ethics after being investigated for a supposed 'disloyal payment' of £1.3m between Blatter and Platini in 2011 - something both men deny. https://twitter.com/danroan/status/678857501669007361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw This was Blatter arriving for his press conference which is scheduled for Monday morning... https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/678864558610624512

But it doesn't sound like Blatter is going to take this lying down...

https://twitter.com/richard_conway/status/678861290102738944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

People on Twitter were loving the news...

https://twitter.com/CindyPoluta/status/678866091100213248 https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/678866960810119168 https://twitter.com/BeWarmers/status/678866193919451136 https://twitter.com/dwright75/status/678866855277281280

But others thought eight years wasn't enough...

https://twitter.com/jad_daou/status/678866196804993024 https://twitter.com/J4CKY_B/status/678866163535847425 https://twitter.com/JoshO567/status/678863886850781185

There was the odd one who will miss Uncle Sepp...

https://twitter.com/vesh88/status/678866871995596800

Some were already looking to the future...

https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/678858937878335488 https://twitter.com/maiktaylor1/status/678864408551006208

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