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BRAZIL 2014 COULD BE HIT BY STRIKES

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The preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil could be hit by a strike by the employers. It has been revealed today that employers want unified salaries and better benefits as a whole.

Brazil have been chosen as the unanimous candidate for hosting the 2014 World Cup after it was announced by FIFA that South America has been chosen as the candidate for hosting the next World Cup. Until now, there have been only a few number of isolated strikes across the country, but now the problem has escalated into a major one.

The workers union are prepared to go on strike in order to get the benefits. The Brazilian government has been criticised for the slow progress of work. There have been rumours that Brazil will not be ready in the best possible way to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, although the Brazilian government denies this. Only recently did the government sanction up to US$ 15 million for the revival of three major airports within the country. However, it has been reported by FIFA that up to 7 more airports may need renovation in order to comply with the standards required for the international tourists who will be arriving in the country for this massive tournament.

“We have workers doing almost exactly the same kind of work but they are not earning the same salary or being entitled to the same benefits at the different venues. This doesn’t make sense. If they are doing the same work, they should be getting paid the same salary, regardless of which region they are working in,” a worker’s union leader said. Inequality between the rich and the poor is very high in Brazil, and the workers see the 2014 FIFA World Cup as an opportunity to bring it down.

SCOTLAND HOPEFUL ON FLETCHER

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Scotland are hoping that Manchester United midfielder and their captain Darren Fletcher will be able to return to the Scotland national team by the start of the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers.

They will begin after the Euro 2012, which will be taking place in Ukraine and Poland. Even though there is quite a long time before the World Cup qualifiers actually begins, Scotland are certainly worried about the status of their star midfielder Darren Fletcher, who has been granted an extended and undefined break due to a rare illness.

Scotland begin their qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in the September of 2012. It is still not clear whether Darren Fletcher will be able to return to the first-team action by then, although medical reports suggested that he could return after one year.

Scotland will be hoping to qualify for the biggest tournament in the world after they failed to do so for the previous 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and won’t be part of the 2012 Euro Football betting because they lost out to France in the qualifiers.

Even though Darren Fletcher will certainly miss the friendly matches against Slovenia, there is every chance that he could return to the first qualifying match against Serbia, which is scheduled on September.

“He’s out for four months complete rest, and then we can reassess things. I’d be desperately hoping [to have him for the qualifiers]. He becomes such an important player for us, not just on the field, but as an example by the way he behaves himself on and off the park and his attitude,” Scotland manager Craig Levein was speaking to the media regarding the future of Darren Fletcher.

Fletcher is undoubtedly the star player at Scotland and his absence will seriously hurt their chances of making it into the prestigious tournament in South America. He is also sorely missed by his domestic club, and you can bet Manchester United are missing him right now, and hoping for a speedy comeback too.

ROMARIO UNCERTAIN ON STADIUMS

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Brazilian legend Romario has said that there is every chance that Brazil could not be ready for hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Brazil have been chosen as the 2014 FIFA World Cup hosts without any competition from the other South American countries.

As a result, there has been a notion that Brazil are not too concerned about the World Cup and that feeling slightly overconfident about their prospects of hosting the world’s most watched tournament. It has been only a few months ago that Brazil started full-fledged actions to complete the stadiums proposed for the World Cup. Aside from the stadiums, the biggest worry with Brazil is the ability to provide transport to all the fans arriving from all over the world.

Brazilian transportation is certainly not capable of handling the amount of volume that it will receive during the World Cup. It is something that has been stressed by a number of people concerned about the quality of the World Cup. Romario has been the latest player to criticise the slow actions by the Brazilian government towards organising everything for the 2014 World Cup. It is estimated that the 2014 World Cup will cost Brazil around $55 million, which is going to be extremely massive even for an economy that is growing as big as Brazil.

“I think that Brazil won’t be 100% ready. Of the 12 stadiums [that are to stage World Cup events] maybe 10 will be ready. As to work on public transportation, none of the cities involved will be able to complete it fully,” Romario told magazine Istoe. Even though his comments are expected to receive a number of criticisms from the government officials, Romario has said that Brazil need to work a lot faster in order to make the 2014 World Cup a memorable one.

Belo Horizonte Stadium

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Pele might have come out and said that he thinks construction is falling behind the agreed schedule, but there is one stadium in Brazil that has already been fully re-furbished, and is ready to use.

The Mineirao Stadium in belo Horizonte will be staging a couple of Group games as well as a Quarter Final in the Brazil 2014 World Cup tournament, and it’s now good to go. They pulled down much of the old stadium and rebuilt it. Looks good.