Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Retreating, too late, from their unequivocal backing for Michel Platini, the FA noted the local difficulty he was having finding a contract to explain the £1.35million of Sepp Blatter’s largesse that arrived in his bank account four years ago. They concluded with a message of sincere goodwill. ‘The FA wishes Mr Platini every success in fighting these charges and clearing his name,’ a statement read. And this means? That they still don’t get it. How can the FA take sides in what is now a criminal investigation? How can the governing body of English football hope for a specific outcome on FIFA corruption? Did the FA wish the Swiss prosecutors success in nailing the crooks at the heart of football?The FA wished Michel Platini every success in clearing his namePlatini has been questioned over a suspicious £1.35million paymentHow can the FA take sides in what is now a criminal investigation?Did the FA wish Ched Evans every success disputing his rape conviction? 
 Question:To justify the premature support for _’s candidacy extended by FA chairman Greg Dyke, when the presidential race was in its infancy.

Michel Platini