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From BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18348012
Football's world governing body, Fifa, had demanded a change in Brazilian legislation banning alcohol at football matches.
.....Earlier this year Fifa's General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, made it clear that the right to sell beer must be enshrined in legislation on the World Cup in the Brazilian Congress.
...."Alcoholic drinks are part of the Fifa World Cup, so we're going to have them. Excuse me if I sound a bit arrogant but that's something we won't negotiate," he said.
"The fact that we have the right to sell beer has to be a part of the law."
Never thought I would see the day that someone at FIFA said something sensible.
Football's world governing body, Fifa, had demanded a change in Brazilian legislation banning alcohol at football matches.
.....Earlier this year Fifa's General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, made it clear that the right to sell beer must be enshrined in legislation on the World Cup in the Brazilian Congress.
...."Alcoholic drinks are part of the Fifa World Cup, so we're going to have them. Excuse me if I sound a bit arrogant but that's something we won't negotiate," he said.
"The fact that we have the right to sell beer has to be a part of the law."
Never thought I would see the day that someone at FIFA said something sensible.