 The trial from a FIFA officials said Blatter and Michael Platini on corruption charges over a $2 million payment that soccer's world body made to Platini due to begin on Wednesday and last until June the 22nd is taking place in Switzerland. Boards, Blatter and Platini have repeatedly denied wrongdoings in the past over the incident. Each persecutors have indicted them in November 2021. Prosecutors alleged that Blatter improperly arranged the payment of Platini, who captained France to victory in the 1984 Europe Championship for consulting work. Blatter and Platini said the payment was for backdated salary, bought a suspected fraud and ordered charges amid what became part of the biggest corruption scandal to shake FIFA.