2014 World Cup will be 'best ever', says Blatter

The 77-year-old's comments come despite preparation for the competition, which is to be hosted in Brazil for the first time since 1950, being beset by controversy.

Two people were killed in late November when a crane collapsed into the Arena do Sao Paulo in late November, while a worker at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus was killed last month after falling off the stadium roof.

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