Eight years after Germany. But not before the opening ceremony where JLo will sing the 2014 World Cup anthem and Iron Man pays tribute to national icon Santos Dumont. We'll have some pretty huge matches early in the competition: a re-run of the 2010 Final at 23h00 on Friday, England will play Italy 02h00 on Sunday and Germany will meet CR7's side on Monday 20h00.
Not every Brazilian is happy about their country -- where more than a third of the population lives in poverty -- spending $11 billion to host the Copa do Mundo. Indeed there have been protests for a year about the huge price tag as locals believe some of it is the result of wrongdoing. For example they can hardly understand why over $300 million had to be spent on a brand new stadium in Manaus where only a few games will be played. And allegations of the 2022 World Cup being bought doesn't help.
In any case you can always sniff out the latest financial statements of the FIFA while you wait for those late matches.
One more reason why I always dislike Brazil - I am a goalkeeper.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I once saw a documentary where Pele was saying that he almost missed a world cup because the coach said he was 'blind' and so couldn't possibly play.
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