Twitter reacts to Sepp Blatter's resignation announcement

Players and pundits reacted to the surprising news with a mix of glee, snark and optimism.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced on Tuesday that he plans to resign amid a corruption scandal engulfing the organization.

Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term as FIFA's president last week, just days after the U.S. Justice Department indicted 14 FIFA officials and business partners on a variety of corruption charges. Blatter defeated Prince Ali bin-Al Hussein of Jordan in the election, winning 133 votes on the first ballot to Ali's 73. Despite Blatter not receiving two-thirds of the vote on the first ballot, Ali conceded before the simple majority second ballot.

On Tuesday, he called an "extraordinary congress" to elect his successor. 

Players and pundits reacted to the surprising news with a mix of glee, snark and optimism.

Ding dong the witch is dead. Daddy got his hand caught in the cookie jar🙈☕️🐸.

— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) June 2, 2015

Just got pulled out of a WWC meeting. Wonder why?

— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) June 2, 2015

Blatter wasn't sole responsible, more have to follow. Transparency and voting reform, then we move on and bring back ethics. #FIFA

— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) June 2, 2015

Champagne.... pic.twitter.com/1S8shEcN6E

— John Oliver (@iamjohnoliver) June 2, 2015

Bye bye Sepp, 👋👋👋 Now it's really going to get interesting... #FIFA

— Jay DeMerit (@D6MERIT) June 2, 2015

Sepp Blatter resigned. At least one good news around the #FIFA scandals. Will be exciting what else is going to come up shortly... #Blatter

— Arne Friedrich (@arnefriedrich) June 2, 2015

Can't wait to hear what the real reasons are for this. https://t.co/jbfiUiijkP

— Brian Ching (@brianching) June 2, 2015

.@SeppBlatter has resigned!!! #BlatterOut

— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) June 2, 2015

Peace out, Sepp Blatter.

— Jimmy Conrad (@JimmyConrad) June 2, 2015

"FIFA needs a profound restructuring"- @SeppBlatter #NoReally

— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) June 2, 2015

Down goes the dirtball! Later seppy!

— Eric Gehrig (@eGehrig16) June 2, 2015

"I'm such a hero for doing the right thing." - Sepp Blatter's internal voice.

The Reality: He had to step down. The Feds got him!

— Jimmy Conrad (@JimmyConrad) June 2, 2015

✌️Blatter. FIFA needs some new restructuring.

— Drew Beckie (@DrewBeckie) June 2, 2015

FA chairman Greg Dyke: ‘He’s stood down. He’s gone. Let’s celebrate’

— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) June 2, 2015

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— Steve Rushin (@SteveRushin) June 2, 2015