Vindicated: Brazil basks in ‘victorious’ World Cup
The June 12-July 13 event was “one of the world’s most beautiful cups,” Rousseff told a news conference assessing the event.
“Our country can consider itself victorious regarding the organisation of this World Cup,” said Rousseff in Brasilia flanked by ministers.
“We had the Cup of Cups,” she added as a riposte to commentators who had predicted the Maracana stadium would only be ready ‘in 2038’ and there would be chaos at airports trying to cope with millions of fans.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2014.
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