To view a slideshow of images click on the photo above. To view captions for each image, hover over the photo. | SÃO PAULO // Almost five months after Fifa’s deadline, the stadium that will host the World Cup’s opening match was yesterday formally handed over to football’s governing body. The delivery came less than 24 hours after the Arena Corinthians held its inaugural test event. On Sunday, 36,000 spectators watched stadium-owning Corinthians play Figueirense, who started the day bottom of the Brazilian top-flight. With the visitors springing a surprise 1-0 victory, all of Brazil will now pray the next time a match is held here, the home side will triumph. With Corinthians not playing again at their new home until after the World Cup, the next match scheduled to take place at the stadium is when Brazil meet Croatia on June 12 in the curtain-raiser of football’s grandest showpiece, the Fifa World Cup. To continue reading, click here. |
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