Earlier today tragic news emerged from Brazil, reporting that a crane had collapsed at a World Cup stadium in Sao Paulo leading to the death of two construction workers.
There have been many concerns about Brazil's ability to provide the required infrastructure for the 2014 World Cup and this tragedy will only increase those worries.
Tonight on Off The Ball, we spoke to South American football expert Tim Vickery about the impact of today's stadium disaster.
"There have been other workers killed on stadium projects for 2014 but this is the first time that more than one has died. It has been the most high profile incident and has been talked about all over the world," said Vickery.
"The stadium was 94 per cent complete and this was the last piece of structure going in on a crane. The crane collapsed and it could well be that the very heavy rain in this part of the world could be a factor. There will be another inspection tomorrow. They will see if the risk could have been foreseen. Luckily it was on most people's lunch hour or more people could have been killed."
Vickery believes that health and safety will be brought to the forefront of people's minds in Brazil.
"Because planning was so bad and because Brazil was so slow out of the blocks, there have been two consequences. It means the price of what you can do goes up and you have to rush. That is paid in human lives. If the price goes up, the scope of what you can do goes down. Brazilians have come to the conclusion that they are spending too much and not getting enough back. I imagine there will be more protests at the World Cup."
But Vickery believes stadiums will not be the main issue for Brazil as FIFA have already started selling tickets and specific seats for the tournament.
