Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said football in her country "will only benefit" from the corruption investigation centering on FIFA and other top officials in the sport, while the head of the Brazilian confederation has returned home ahead of Friday's presidential vote.
Rousseff's comments on Thursday come after Brazilian football was hit hard by the announcement of the investigation a day earlier, with some of its top officials accused of wrongdoing and a major sponsorship deal involving the national team linked to kickbacks and bribery.
Meanwhile, head of the Brazilian football confederation (CBF) and FIFA executive committee member Marco Polo Del Nero, left Zurich on the eve of the governing body's presidential election to return home.
FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer confirmed that Del Nero had left Switzerland to fly home to Brazil. As an executive committee member, Del Nero was set to attend Friday's FIFA Congress and oversee Brazil's vote in the election between incumbent Sepp Blatter and challenger Prince Ali of Jordan.
Fischer did not provide a reason for Del Nero's departure.
The FIFA corruption scandal is having wide-ranging implications all over Rouseff's football-loving country, and has appeared to be used an agent for change for many looking to reform.
Also on Thursday, Justice minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo asked federal police to see if the U.S. probe into FIFA could help identify crimes that may have been committed by Brazilian sport officials and businessmen.
After being visited by police agents, the Rio de Janeiro-based Klefer Sports Marketing company said it had turned over all the documents requested pertaining to its contract with the Brazilian confederation for marketing rights to the domestic football championship. Klefer signed the contract together with Traffic, a Brazilian sports marketing company that American officials are investigating.
Back in the capital, the Brazilian Senate moved to approve the request made by former football star and now Senator Romario for the creation of a congressional panel to investigate corruption in the sport.
While in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian confederation ordered the removal of the name of Jose Maria Marin from its lavish headquarters.
The 83-year-old Marin, a former confederation president, is one of 14 senior sports officials and executives charged in the U.S. Department of Justice indictment. He was arrested in Zurich on Wednesday.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.