FIFA doesn't require 'new Brazil' for Cup

FIFA on Wednesday indicated not all of Brazil's preparations for the World Cup would be ready in time for the big kickoff in two years time, but stressed it was not asking for a "new country" by 2014.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke - in hot water earlier this year for suggesting Brazil needed "a kick up the backside" to be ready on time, forecast certain projects would not be finished, but said he did expect the important things to come on stream in time.

"We will not have everything 100 percent (ready) for the Cup. We at least need 100 percent of the stadiums, that is for sure," said Valcke.