There were some very serious problems. Last week one construction worker at Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians had a bad fall that resulted in death. That way the number of death reached 3 after two people died in November following a partial collapse of the stadium. A total of eight men have already died working on World Cup stadiums. The opening match between Brazil and Croatia will take place at Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians.

Local mayor of Porto Alegre's said that the city may drop out if additional funding was not found to build facilities for media, sponsors, and fans. Fifa´s Secretaty General J. Valcke told that money was available. According to him there may be some things that will not be totally ready, but the most important for the 32 teams are fields and training camps.