Brazil has left FIFA with a huge challenge says Valcke


  • Football
  • Saturday, 01 Mar 2014

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke attends a news conference after a meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) at the the FIFA headquarters in Zurich March 1, 2014. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA has been left with a huge challenge following Brazilian delays in building stadiums for the 2014 World Cup, secretary general Jerome Valcke said Saturday.

"We are working in conditions where the cement is not even dry," Valcke told reporters as Tuesday's 100-days-to-kickoff milestone approaches.

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