Platini began his appeal against a six-year ban from all football-related activity at CAS in Switzerland on Friday, saying “we’re at the beginning of the game, a new game, in the final”.
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A verdict could come early next week.
“It will be nice to see Michel Platini again”, Blatter said before entering the court at roughly 10:40 am (0840 GMT).
In early October, Platini and then-president of FIFA Sepp Blatter were both suspended for the period of 90 days from their posts as part of the investigation into corruption allegations against them.
Platini and Sepp Blatter were punished in December over a 2million Swiss francs (£1.3million) “disloyal payment” made to the Frenchman by the former Federation Internationale de Football Association president.
Previously, FIFA’s ethics and appeal committees ruled out bribery as a factor and found Platini guilty if charges including conflict of interest and disloyalty to FIFA.
Blatter is expected to appear as a witness in Platini’s case, which is unrelated to FIFA’s numerous other financial scandals.
Platini, who arrived in a taxi for the hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), is hoping that the ban will be overturned in time for the Euro 2016 tournament, which will be held in his native France in June and July.
The affair has already cost him a shot at becoming head of world football as he was forced to pull out of the race to become Fifa president in an election won by his number two at Uefa, Gianni Infantino.
Both men denied wrongdoing and had their bans reduced to six years by Fifa’s Appeal Committee in February.
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Uefa has said it will not replace Platini until all his appeals are exhausted, so if the former French star is successful at CAS he could reclaim his job in time to preside over Euro 2016.
