Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - March 27th, 2014.

1. 00:00 Pan of FIFA, Local Organising Committee and Brazilian Government people arriving at news conference.

2. 00:06 Board showing countdown with 77 days to go.

3. 00:10 Mid of News Conference.

4. 00:15 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jerome Valcke, FIFA Secretary General:

"There is a lot of work in Porto Alegre and I would say, in a way, there is lot more than in Sao Paulo, because in Sao Paulo it's one company responsible for the construction, and this company is already on site, this company knows already the stadium and has the power to speed up this construction process in Sao Paulo. So, Porto Alegre, that's why we put a large team from FIFA and the Local Organising Committee to support their team in order to move on the tender process, to move on the appointment of the company and to make sure that, again, the work can start by the 1st of April."

5. 00:53 Detail of World Cup logo.

6. 00:57 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jerome Valcke, FIFA Secretary General:

"I'm very transparent with you: You cannot move the opening game of the World Cup here to another stadium. It has to happen in Sao Paulo, there's no other choice! You have thousands of people who have bought their tickets, we have thousands� we have the FIFA Congress, two thousand people coming from around the world to attend the FIFA Congress, all of our member associations, would be at the opening game. You have Heads of State, you have a structure where the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will happen in Sao Paulo. There's no othter choice. And, again, we have to work all together to make sure that it will happen. So, Legal Action? I mean, we have enough legal action against FIFA against of all of us in Brazil. We don't need to initiate one ourselves."

7. 01:43 Board showing list of counties who have allocated more tickets.

8. 01:49 SOUNDBITE (English) Jerome Valcke, FIFA Secretary General:

"The host city agreement, yes, it was signed a long, long time ago, so, there is no surprise: All is written, all is signed, all the responsibility or duties from each party is very well known. And, again, these host cities have been decided by and with the Brazilian Local Organising Committee - and even at the highest level - and there is no surprise. So, it's happening. And it is a lesson that definitely we will act differently and we will have to find a different way of working for Russia 2018."

9. 02:28 Mid of Valcke with Jose Maria Marin, Local Organising Committee President.

10. 02:32 SOUNDBITE (English) Jerome Valcke, FIFA Secretary General:

"Why would you take away from Brazil the organisation of this World Cup? It's true that� cities (I mean), okay, cities, It's true that in some situations� I mean, it's a challenge and it's an organisation which is just not FIFA seating in Zurich, looking at the map and saying: You, out. You, in. You, down. You, up. I mean, you already don't like us, I mean, then you would hate us. if we have done that."

11. 03:02 Wide of press conference.

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke expressed concerns on Thursday about the progress in World Cup stadiums during a visit to the host country Brazil.

Valcke, the Local Organizing Committee and Brazilian government officials, held a news conference at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Valcke said the stadium in the southern city of Porto Alegre could be the most worrisome.

Brazilian club Internacional and the local government settled a longstanding dispute about how to pay for temporary facilities.

Work has yet to begin on the television compound, security, media and hospitality areas.

"There is a lot of work in Porto Alegre," Valcke said.

"That's why we put a large team from FIFA and the Local Organizing Committee to support their team in order to move on the tender process, to move on the appointment of the company and to make sure that, again, the work can start by the 1st of April," he added.

Valcke is responsible for ensuring Brazil is ready to host the finals 11 weeks before the start of the tournament, which begins on June 12th.

The opening match of the World Cup will be played at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, but the it isn't expected to be ready before mid-April.

The Itaquerao was one of the six stadiums expected to be finished by the end of 2013, but a crane collapse that killed two workers in November caused significant delays.

"You cannot move the opening game of the World Cup here to another stadium. It has to happen in Sao Paulo, there's no other choice! You have thousands of people who have bought their tickets, we have thousands� we have the FIFA Congress, two thousand people coming from around the world to attend the FIFA Congress, all of our member associations, would be at the opening game," Valcke said.

"There's no other choice. And, again, we have to work all together to make sure that it will happen," Valcke added.

Two other stadiums are unfinished ahead of the World Cup - one in the southern city of Curitiba and the other in the wetlands city of Cuiaba.

Valcke insisted on Thursday that the stadiums in Curitiba, Cuiaba and Sao Paulo would be ready before the World Cup gets underway.