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Media personnel (L) record a piece-to-camera at the construction site of the Arenade Sao Paulo Stadium, which will host the opening soccer match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in Sao Paulo April 15, 2014. Corinthians have taken formal control of the stadium that will host the opening match of this year's World Cup but officials said on Tuesday there is still a lot of work to do before the arena is ready to host big games. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION MEDIA)
Media personnel (L) record a piece-to-camera at the construction site of the Arenade Sao Paulo Stadium, which will host the opening soccer match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in Sao Paulo April 15, 2014. Corinthians have taken formal control of the stadium that will host the opening match of this year's World Cup but officials said on Tuesday there is still a lot of work to do before the arena is ready to host big games. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION MEDIA)

Will Sau Paolo be another Sochi, replete with horror stories of unfinished hotels, fireworks that go kaput, lack of water in taps and hopefully not, two toilet bowls in one cubicle?

The question is probably in the mind of FIFA officials since it is only 50 days before the first football match will be held on June 12 in the South American country of Brazil, and four stadiums are still incomplete, including the Arena Corinthians in Sau Paolo where the opening game will feature host country Brazil versus Croatia.

That stadium's construction was delayed after a worked died in March, and the unfinished portion of the sports venue is still substantial.

Besides the Arena Corinthians, still in the construction phase are the stadiums in Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Cuiaba. But eight other stadiums are ready and reportedly looks stunning.

Men work on the renovations of the surrounding area of the Maracana Stadium, one of the stadiums hosting the 2014 World Cup soccer matches, in Rio de Janeiro April 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP)

Despite the delays due to lack of work for years, the four remaining stadiums are on the way to being ready after more than two months, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said, quoted by AP.

FIFA awarded the hosting of the World Cup to Brazil in 2007, but regular protests were held against the construction of the stadiums, while the nation is also in the thick of preparations for a bigger event - the hosting of the Summer Olympic Games in the same year.

In the run-up to the World Cup matches, the Brazilian government has put in place drastic measures to ensure media and spectators would have sufficient facilities, including putting up temporary structures in several host cities.

To test the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Luverdense battled on Saturday Vasco de Gama in the Brazilian second division match with the local team winning 2-1. A crowd of about 17,800 people watched the football game as the Brazil Organising Committee used the event to test the stadium's preparedness in the areas of cleaning and waste management, transport, spectator services, volunteers, catering, technology, competitions and safety and security.

A view inside the Arena Pantanal soccer stadium in Cuiaba, April 25, 2014. Cuiaba is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. REUTERS/Joel Marcos(BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP)