FIFA president urges Brazil to speed up World Cup preparations

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Rio and Sao Paulo might not be ready to host Confederations Cup matches.

28 March,2011 11:43 pm

FIFA president SeppBlatter on Monday urged Brazil to speed up its 2014 World Cup preparations, warning that Rio and Sao Paulo might not be ready to host Confederations Cup matches a year beforehand. If you make a comparison between the state of play in South Africa and Brazil three years before the World Cup, Brazil is behind Africa. It shouldnt be said but its a fact, the head of world footballs governing body told journalists.If they carry on working like that when we have the Confederations Cup... a year before the World Cup as a rehearsal, there wont be matches in Rio and no matches in Sao Paulo, he added. The World Cup stadiums are still not ready. Blatter said he was waiting for a bit of effect from the five-time World Cup winners because its not moving forward, its not moving forward very fast.