Football: ‘Valcke’s analysis biased’

BRASILIA: Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke was not wrong when he criticised Brazil’s lack of preparations for the 2014 World Cup, but he did exaggerate the problems, said one of the organisers’ sternest critics. Valcke had issued a scathing assessment of Brazil’s World Cup preparations. However, Rodrigo Prada, director of internet site copa2014.org.br which has been a fierce critic of the organisers, said that problems were not as serious as claimed. “One can’t deny that there are delays on the building of infrastructure, but one has to be more objective,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 26^th, 2011.