FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Brazil might have been the wrong choice as host of the 2014 World Cup if the tournament is affected by social protests like those as at the Confederations Cup last month.
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets during the warm-up tournament in June, demanding better public services and expressing their anger over the costs to stage the World Cup.
"If this happens again we have to question whether we made the wrong decision awarding the hosting rights," Blatter told German press agency DPA.
FIFA spoke with the Brazilian government after the Confederations Cup and Blatter said he'll discuss the issue again with Brazil President Dilma Rousseff in September.
"We didn't do a political debriefing, but we did emphasise the fact of this social unrest being there for the entire duration of the Confederations Cup," he said. "The government is now aware that next year the World Cup shouldn't be disturbed.
"To me, these protests were like alarm bells for the government, the senate, the parliament. They should work on it so that this is not going to happen again. Though protests, if peaceful, are part of democracy and therefore have to be accepted ... we are convinced the government, and especially the president, will find the words and the actions to prevent a repeat. They have a year to do so."
Blatter was speaking at the start of a two-day conference on sports, media and economy set up by German great Franz Beckenbauer in Austria. FIFA later verified the comments were accurate.
The Confederations Cup, which was won by Brazil, angered citizens who are upset with the billions of dollars spent on the tournaments while they endure underfunded schools and hospitals.
Protesters aired a wide spectrum of grievances, including the high cost of hosting the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The protests were originally organised by university students before spreading across the country, including tournament host cities Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte.
"It's not we who have to learn lessons from the protests in Brazil - politics in Brazil have to do that," said Blatter, adding that "FIFA cannot be held responsible" for social discrepancy in the country.
Brazil was the only bidder. they had all the leverage when negotiating the WC T&Cs. their government / football association chose to sign the contract and guarantee certain matters. no-one to blame but themselves.
Russia/Qatar obviously a different kettle of fish.
God is an Englishman wrote:so he thinks brazil might have been wrong and he thinks qatar might have been wrong.
What are brazil and qatar going to come out and say "but we bribed you fair and square".
Need to add Russia to that list as well.
From memory a nice quote about Russia in that Hollywood movie where the Russian terrorist highjacking Air Force 1 said: "Since the break-up of the Soviet Union our nation has become a country of Mafioso criminals and prostitutes".
It makes you wonder how many nouveau riche Russian oligarches put their billions together to bribe FIFA into awarding 2018 to that chaotic country.
God is an Englishman wrote:so he thinks brazil might have been wrong and he thinks qatar might have been wrong.
What are brazil and qatar going to come out and say "but we bribed you fair and square".
Need to add Russia to that list as well.
From memory a nice quote about Russia in that Hollywood movie where the Russian terrorist highjacking Air Force 1 said: "Since the break-up of the Soviet Union our nation has become a country of Mafioso criminals and prostitutes".
It makes you wonder how many nouveau riche Russian oligarches put their billions together to bribe FIFA into awarding 2018 to that chaotic country.
Quite a few Con i would say, but remember Blatter says FIFA is not corrupt!!!
