Number of cities hosting the 2014 World Cup in Brazil can be dropped from twelve to eight.

The president of Odebrecht Infrastructure, Benedicto Silva Júnior, believes the number of host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil could end up being reduced. Currently, the expectation is that 12 Brazilian cities receive the football games.

However, he believes that some projects will not have the breath to be taken until the end, with the possibility that only 80 to 10 cities remain as the venue.

Odebrecht Infrastructure is responsible for building stadiums in four cities: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Recife and Salvador. In the evaluation of Odebrecht among 12 venues planned for the stadiums that have structural problems, problems and issues bid deadline. The president of the company considered natural that difficulties in finding someone to review that process.

"If you have difficulties, of course the governments that are investing in will think again," he said. He said places like Natal, where the bidding was suspended by the Court of Audit (TCU), there is great uncertainty about the future of the project for the World Cup.

"You do not know what will happen there yet. So it is natural that if you continue to have problems, like not having to deploy the stadium area, or not interested in bidding, not having the stadium. Those that are in progress will continue. "

The president of Odebrecht Infrastructure reminded that the process works in Rio Grande do Sul is also uncertain. As in Parana, where the financial difference to modernize the stadium of Atletico Paranaense is not feasible.

"It's just money, but the team will not put. So there may be a problem in Curitiba. And there will have to take another stage and start from scratch and modernization can reach the conclusion that it is not feasible, "explained

Among the works that Odebrecht will implement, it is expected that funding for the construction of the arena in Salvador, which is already underway, is approved on Tuesday.

Works in the Maracana in Rio, the biggest challenge faced is the need to cover the stadium. But the issue of funding was considered simpler, since it is project of the State of Rio

The works in Sao Paulo to begin in February. "We're redoing the project to expand capacity. The project should be ready on December 15. There approve with Corinthians, and we'll take the BNDES to finance. But the funding will be taken by Odebrecht, then there will be problems, "the president believes.

The program envisages the completion of the works in late 2012. "If you depend on the Corinthians, there is no chance of Sao Paulo did not receive the opening of the World Cup," he said.

(Juliana Ennes Value)