With a little over a month before the opening ceremony takes place, FIFA and LOC chiefs met in Zurich to assess the current status of preparations with the likes of Sepp Blatter, Urs Linsi and Franz Beckenbauer.
A FIFA spokesman said: “Both parties declared themselves very satisfied with preparations and noted that the agreements reached a number of years ago had been well implemented by both sides.
“All that now remains in the weeks ahead is to put the finishing touches to the preparations. Both the LOC and FIFA have great expectations for the tournament.”
Meanwhile, it was confirmed German Chancellor Angela Merkel will address delegates at the FIFA Congress taking place in Munich just ahead of the World Cup kicking-off on June 7-8.
Both soccer’s world governing body FIFA and the German local organising committee have declared themselves ‘very satisfied’ with the progress being made for this summer’s World Cup finals.
