The German hosts of the Women's World Cup have asked fans not to whistle FIFA President Sepp Blatter on the opening day on Sunday.
''I hope we're good hosts ... and that we show that tomorrow,'' Steffi Jones, president of the organizing committee, said on Saturday.
FIFA has been embroiled in a corruption scandal that even affected Blatter's re-election last month. FIFA's ethics committee is due to make a ruling on corruption allegations in July, although an investigation into former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has been dropped after he quit all his soccer positions.
At a press conference on Saturday, media were warned not to ask about the bribe allegations, but Blatter said: ''The ethics committee is working, working and moving forward. (But) one has resigned and will therefore no longer be covered.''
Blatter said he will meet Theo Zwanziger on Sunday, after the German federation president appeared to distance himself from football's governing body by calling for a review of the vote that gave Qatar the 2022 World Cup.
As for the Women's World Cup, Blatter said Germany's hosting will be ''a milestone'' in the development of women's football.
Jones added that the 32-match tournament was almost a sellout, and that strong demand for tickets showed it would be a success.
Blatter said it was not important how players dressed after he was asked about Germany youth internationals posing in Playboy.
''Let a woman play her game, let her show her most attractive attributes - her athleticism, her grace,'' he said.
In the opening matches on Sunday, Germany plays Canada, and Nigeria meets France.
