Secretary General of (FIFA) is threatening to exclude from Curitiba to host World Cup matches

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         Valcke threatens to exclude Curitiba

                                     

 Threatened Jerome Valcke, secretary general of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), excluding the city of Curitiba in southern Brazil to host 2014 World Cup matches, but in the case of the authorities to speed up the pace of construction work at the Arena da Baixada stadium . 

Valcke told reporters that he set a deadline for the city of Curitiba to show convincing progress in the construction work , and he wants to see a significant improvement in construction by next month , when FIFA will hold a meeting in the city of technical Florianboles southern Brazil .

Valcke said " from now until 18 February imperative for regulators to decide . Since today until that date, it is necessary for them to do the work that makes us confident that it is possible to set up a World Cup here ."

He continued, "The situation is serious in the light of the current situation ," stressing that the stadium in Curitiba delicate situation .

He noted " the situation is not only too late , but it also does not go according to the plan laid down by FIFA . , We can not assess the games without a stadium .. It is an emergency situation ."

According to the authorities of the city of Curitiba , it was completed 90 percent of the work in the Arena da Baixada stadium , which can accommodate 41 456 spectators , but lacks vital elements such as the structure that holds the surface of the pitch and the pitch .