BERNE. Switzerland, July 7 (AP/AFP): The length of soccer's World Cup needs to be cut. new FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in an interview published Tuesday.

"In the opening phase, teams had six days between matches,"' Blatter was quoted as saying in the Bern dally Der Bund. "That's too many. It shouldn't be longer than four days."

He conceded there was a danger of viewers being saturated with soccer if matches were played closer together, but that the danger "also exists if the World Cup lasts for 33 days.'" "There's no question that changes must be made in the sale of tickets." Blatter continued, ’