Blatter pledges no repeat of stampede

"I'm sure that this is a wake-up call and this will not happen in any match, you can be assured," the head of football's governing body told a news conference on Monday following Sunday's incidents in which at least 15 were injured.

General-secretary Jerome Valcke said that the disruption which interrupted play in the second half had illustrated the danger of selling tickets on match days which FIFA has refused to do for the month long finals (June 11-July 11).

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