Blatter: FIFA to step in to reinstate Egypt FA

Blatter, attending an extraordinary congress of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) at its Paraguay headquarters, said the EFA's suspension after Wednesday's violence was a direct intervention into football affairs which FIFA could not accept.

"The information we have received at FIFA confirms the number of dead as 74. It was also confirmed that the [Egyptian] government intervened directly by suspending the football association," Blatter told a news conference.

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