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Blatter Reveals World Cup Contingency Plan
Sepp Blatter has revealed that FIFA has a contingency
plan should the preparations for World Cup 2010 in South Africa go awry.
Concerns have been continually voiced over security arrangements and infrastructural
frailties ahead of the 2010 show-piece event, which will be the largest
sports event ever staged in Africa.
The 2009 edition of the Confederations Cup is due to take place in South
Africa, as a trial run to assess how organisers cope with the event. After
the summer 2009 competition, a final decision will be made as to the suitability
of South Africa as a host.
Despite revealing a 'plan B', Blatter anticipates no problems in the run
up to the 2010 event, and insists that the contingency plan is merely
a precaution.
A similar plan was in place for the 2006 event in Germany, which decreed
that the World Cup would be moved only in the event of a natural disaster.
Blatter told the press: "I would be a very negligent president if
I hadn't put away in a drawer somewhere a plan B. However, only a natural
catastrophe would change things.
"If we had to activate the plan B, we would take our decision after
the Confederations Cup."
Peter Staunton
Goal.com,
29/06/2008
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