Brazil World Cup Countdown: Preparations begin amidst protests
The Brazil squad’s preparations for a World Cup on home soil got underway on Monday amid chants of protests instead of support. - The signs read "For the right to pressure like FIFA" and "FIFA standards for schools, hospitals and public safety." The protest, organized by Rio de Paz, demands the government give the Brazilian population the same attention they have given FIFA.
- The decision to host the event in 12 cities will be the most than in any previous World Cup. This decision would mean the 32 teams and their spectators will have a lot of travelling to do between games.
- A woman wearing a face mask walks through a shopping and office complex amid heavy pollution and fog in Beijing (Photo: AP)
- Scolari has already said he will be bringing several former world champions to talk to his players during the team’s preparations. The coach said the group will also work with a psychologist.
- Only six players in this year’s squad have previous experience in World Cups Cesar, striker Fred, midfielder Ramires and defenders Thiago Silva, Daniel Alves and Maicon.
- Among the players reporting to the training camp are 16 who were members of the Brazilian team that won last year’s Confederations Cup.
- Bus drivers, teachers and military police are among the few groups who have repeatedly abandoned their posts causing even more disruption and chaos. Officials responsible for World Cup security have said there are contingency plans in place to deal
- The squad then returns to Teresopolis for a couple of days before traveling to Sao Paulo, where it will play Serbia on June 6 in its final warm-up match.
- One of the slogans prepared for wall papers.
- At the center of the ongoing protests in Brazil (since June last year) lie the people's demands for better education, health care, public services, the right to protest peacefully and a less corrupted government and police force.
- Neymar and the other 22 players underwent medical exams on Monday and more are expected on Tuesday. The first practice session is scheduled for Wednesday. Left back Marcelo, who helped Real Madrid win the Champions League final on Saturday, was
- Imran and Sonakshi fool around with the character mascots from 'Rio 2' at the movie premier. 'Rio 2 ' is the sequel to the movie 'Rio', the story of a macaw named Blu.
- The demonstrators were comprised mostly of teachers and education officials demanding better schools and other improvements from the local government. There were a few protesters when the team arrived in Teresopolis, too, but there were also
- Brazil's Luiz Felipe Scolari (centre) interacts with his players in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro at a training session. (Photo: AFP)
- They also chanted and held anti-World Cup banners, including one that read “There will be no World Cup, there will be a strike.”
- The demonstrators slowed the bus down as it tried to leave and then got close enough to attach dozens of stickers with slogans against the World Cup on the vehicle, including the windows.
- In 2009, 35 pilots tested positive. In the following years 25, 20, 41, 31 pilots respectively tested positive. During 2014, 18 pilots were found drunk
- The players selected by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari reported to the national team as a few hundred demonstrators loudly protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup.
The Brazil squad’s preparations for a World Cup on home soil got underway on Monday amid chants of protests instead of support.
Brazil World Cup Countdown: Preparations begin amidst protests
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