cnn international sports anchor amanda davies is live in zurich for us. reporter: hi christine, yeah the morning after the very explosive day before here in zurich. and from the outside, you wouldn't know that very much has changed. there's a huge football tournament going on over our shoulder the fifa star coming in and driving through the gate for a normal day at the office except it's not a normal day at the office, president sepp blatter, the hand who has led hem here for the last 17 years is beginning the end of his tenure. we understand that he is inside fifa hq there's been a staff meeting this morning. a group of students actually turned up here. they were expected to be given a tour the a10:00 this morning local time. but they were asked to go away because of the circumstances. and come back a little bit later on. but it really has been quite an encredible four days from that emphatic defiant performance on friday after blatter was re-elected as a fifth term as president. so where we were yesterday in that press conference where he said his mandat

. >> lfor more on blatter's announcement let's bring in cnn world sport anchor, amanda davis. amanda, four days ago, sepp blatter was celebrating his re-election to a fifth term as fifa president refusing to step down. by tuesday announcing his resignation. what changed his mind? >> well, rosemary, sepp blatter has shown over the last 17 years he is tougher than most. it seems even for him, things got too tough. the question really after friday's election, amidst all of the controversy was how long sepp blatter would really last in this new four-year term of his presidency. and the, the shots just kept on coming. there was first off the two federal cases. one based here in switzerland around the 2018, 2022 bid. the other going on -- state side into the -- into the alleged wrongdoing corruption and racketeering. a surprise that prince ali garnered so many votes from the regions of the world that he did in friday's election. there was the fifa vice president saying that he wasn't going to work on the executive committee with sepp blatter at the helm. blatter knew the top european

cnns amanda davies was at the game. >> reporter: this was a night where they were front and center after the controversy of the last ten days. the champions of spain and italy steppi ping up to remind us why love this game. moments of brilliance, hustle and bustle and a barcelona win. they have been chasing this trophy for 19 years. for much of the first half, they were left chasing their shadows. stepped up to put them ahead. to you, they kept ongoing. they didn't crumble until early in the second half. mesi didn't make the score sheet himself. it was his run that led to suarez before making it three giving them their fifth european crown and completing their trophies this season. >> i feel very, very grateful. i have to thank barcelona for this moment. i am the happiest man in the world. >> they came very close. i feel bad for gigi and all the guys. they had a great game. >> the three strikers we have, it is amazing. they make a difference in every game. >> reporter: what an end to the first in charge. he says in his program notes that this was the game that was determined the king of

. >> for more on the announcement, let's bring in amanda davis, live in zurich, switzerland, this morning. amanda, what a stunning turn of events from a man who appeared to see himself as above all the controversy just last week. i mean what changed and how can sepp blatter now fix things in the interim? >> errol, yeah, even for futbol's great survivor the pressure got too great after what blatter himself described as unprecedented event last week. the controversy surrounding his re-election. there was that verbal battering at saturday's press conference where he had to defend himself against questions about what he knew. and then we had yesterday his number two, general secretary, jerome valcke being caught up in the allegation as but what he knew -- about what he knew about the alleged $10 million bribe paid from south africa to the concacaf nations around the world cup bid in 2010. closest advisers to sepp blatter really got in his ear and said "enough is enough." in terms of what happens next, he has said he is going to stay in charge until the, the next president is elected and reall

. >>> let's head live to zurich, switzerland, and amanda davis. she is live at this hour. amanda, when blatter announced he was stepping down. he looked tired, grim, dejected. such a total contrast to his election victory speech last friday. is there any indication as to what happened during those four days? >> reporter: i think the question after the events of last week and friday's election was always how long would blatter last. after the surprising number of votes that the prince garnered after that verbal battering that blatter received in saturday's press conference, the questions about what he knew that was going on his watch. and of course, those two police investigations, one in the u.s. and one here in switzerland involving his organization. we knew and sepp blatter knew that this week in berlin the european associations were going to be holding a big meeting, talk of a potential boycott on the horizon. there, david gill, fifa vice president, said he wouldn't serve on the executive committee with sepp blatter at the helm. i think people have been surprised that it

cnn international sports anchor amanda davies is live in zurich this morning. 's been quite a few days and quite a surprise yesterday's announcement as evidenced by the ridiculous number of international media here that are now gathered here on the door step of fifa hq. in a week where i think they were hoping it was going to calm down. but this is such a fast-moving story, john. i can tell you that in the last few minutes since i spoke to you, uefa european governing football have announced they are have cancelled their meeting planned in berlin on saturday. the meeting of european football's top executives where they were going to discuss what action they were going to take if any. we're expecting a news conference from south africa within the next half hour or so respond stog the allegations of bribes and corruption around the world cup 2010. and later on wednesday, we're expected to hear from the fbi, around a redacted version of the testimony given by whistle-blower chuck blaser. i think there will be more to come in the days ahead. >>> let's take a look at