buoyant mood after facing the FIFA ethics committee on
Thursday.
The governing body has been reeling for months as it faces
allegations of corruption.
However, Blatter's lawyer was positive of a good outcome for
the 79-year-old Swiss, who was suspended from all football
activity on October 8.
"The investigation should be closed and the suspension lifted,"
he said in a statement.
The hearing lasted nearly eight hours and centred on the
investigation of a $2million payment to UEFA chief Michel
Platini in 2011.
Blatter and Platini were suspended from all football activity on
October 8 pending a full investigation into their conduct.
Blatter received strong backing from Russian president Vladmir
Putin.
"He has always tried to treat football not as a sport but as an
element of cooperation between countries and peoples," Putin
said on Thursday.
"He is the one who must be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."
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