SEOUL -- Sepp Blatter, facing allegations of financial mismanagement just days before standing for reelection as FIFA president, said on Sunday he had done nothing illegal in his long career with soccer's world governing body.

"I am confident that in the 27 years I have been in FIFA, I have not committed anything which shall go to court or which a court should consider as an offense which should go into criminal law," Blatter told a news conference.

He was sitting alongside FIFA Secretary General Michel Zen-Ruffinen whose bombshell report earlier this month alleged that Blatter was guilty of corruption.

Smooth operators with countless media appearances under their belts, the two men showed few signs of any disagreement, smiling for photographers and occasionally leaning over to consult each another. Their relationship appeared businesslike, if not close.

Zen-Ruffinen's report on May 3 prompted 11 FIFA Executive Committee members to launch legal action against Blatter by filing papers with a Swiss prosecutor.

"Let us play football now, and then let's see what will happen with the case which has been brought to a court in Zurich," Blatter said.

Zen-Ruffinen, who is almost certain to lose his job if Blatter, as expected, wins Wednesday's vote for the FIFA presidency, said he had nothing further to say about the allegations, reported Reuters.

"I just said (in the meeting), regarding the finances, I would not make any public statements, verbal or in writing, because I have already done so." He told the news conference following a five-hour meeting of the Executive Committee.

"It makes a lot of sense coming to the two congresses being reasonable and not fighting each other," he added. "He is not fighting against me. I am not fighting against him."