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Mark Pieth believes Jerome Champagne is the only credible candidate to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA presidentFive candidates, including Champagne, are vying to become the ninth president in FIFAs 112-year history at Fridays election in Zurich. The English Football Association have already thrown their support behind Gianni Infantino, with chairman Greg Dyke declaring they will vote for the UEFA general secretary. Jerome Champagne profile Kaveh Solhekol profiles the FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman, Prince Ali of Jordan and Tokyo Sexwale are also battling to secure FIFAs top seat, but Pieth is backing Champagne and believes the Frenchman would have stood an even greater chance of being elected if he had stated his intention to take the role on a temporary basis. I would probably vote for Champagne, but I am outsider and not a footballer in that sense. He is really the odd one out, Pieth, who helped launch the FIFA ethics committee in 2011, told Sky Sports News HQ. I think he is the most credible of them all. I think he made a mistake, if you ask me, not to put himself up as a transitory candidate. A profile of Champange, whos one of five candidates in FIFAs presidential election which takes place on Friday If he had said OK, I promise Ill leave after two or four years and already hand in my resignation for then because I am going to clear up and leave that would have given him a totally different profile.When asked about Pieths view, Champagne told Sky Sports News HQ: I agree with him. I am not beholden to any interest group, I am not beholden to any continent, I am a citizen of the world and I am convinced we need a strong FIFA to protect football. I am a clean guy, the media have investigated me in my first campaign in 2014 and again this time theyve not suspected or alleged anything about me. So I think Mr Pieth is absolutely right, I am the right man for that job. 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Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed.ST. LOUIS -- Blues coach Ken Hitchcock calls his fourth line forwards the specialists. Lately, theyve simply been special.Kyle Brodziak got the tiebreaking goal 7:28 into the third period, lifting St. Louis over the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Saturday night.Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron also scored and Jake Allen made 30 saves, helping the Blues finish 3-0 on their homestand. St. Louis is 8-1-2 at home this season.The play of the Blues fourth line of Brodziak, Scottie Upshall and Ryan Reaves was the catalyst. The unit was a collective plus-3, had four shots and five hits.Were out here to do a job and if we dont do it, were told about it, Upshall said. But things have been going good. Weve turned things around here, a good week at home, and its good to chip in.Fourth lines are generally expected to provide energy and ice time until the playmakers can get back off the bench. Hitchcocks crew is showing rare skill so far down the roster.They make plays, Hitchcock said. They make smart plays. They make scoring chances. They caused the first power play that we got in the game. They create all kind of zone pressure. They were the one line in the first period that was able to maintain pressure in the offensive zone.Mike Ribeiro scored and Pekka Rinne made 31 saves for Nashville, which finished a three-game trip 1-2.The Blues snapped a two-game losing streak vs. Nashville but have dominated the Predators at Scottrade Center, winning five straight. Overall, the Blues have won six of eight against the Predators.Brodziak snapped a 1-1 tie with his second goal in three games. He put in a rebound off Upshalls shot after the pair entered on a 2-on-1 following P.K. Subbans turnover.I think for the most part all year we felt pretty good about generating chances, being in their zone and we felt that if we kept playing that way the goals were going to come, Brodziak said. And fortunately the last couple of games wevee been able to chip in.ddddddddddddPredators coach Peter Laviolette believed a cross-checking penalty should have been called against the Blues, which caused Subban to turn the puck over.I thought we were good for two periods, Laviolette said. They seemed to grab some momentum off of that power play to open the third period and shortly after that we just couldnt seem to corral it. They gained some momentum and I think the shots were seven or eight to nothing at one point there. We start the third and we just couldnt get going.Tarasenko ripped a wrist shot past Rinne to make it 3-1 with 8:24 left for his team-high seventh goal of the season. The goal came off a rush following a couple of Allen saves amid a Nashville flurry moments earlier.Perron put the Blues up 1-0 3:09 into the second period with a backhand rebound off Jay Bouwmeesters shot from the point. Perron has a point in each of the last four games.Hes really competitive at the puck, Hitchcock said. Hes got a big mans game at the puck that makes him a very effective player in the NHL now.Ribeiro tied it with a power-play goal 8:59 into the second by pouncing on a puck in the crease that had trickled through Allen after he got a piece of Craig Smiths shot. The Blues couldnt convert on two chances to clear the puck leading to the goal.James Neal had his six-game goal streak snapped for the Predators.Game notesThe Blues acquired D Reid McNeill from the Penguins in exchange for F Danny Kristo. McNeill will report to the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. ... Predators D Anthony Bitetto was sent to Milwaukee (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. ... Blues D Robert Bortuzzo returned after missing the last 10 games with a lower-body injury.UP NEXTPredators: Will host Tampa Bay on Monday night.Blues: Travel to Boston on Tuesday night. ' ' '