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New World Cup stadium a worry
Brazil Soccer WCup Heal WEB
A federal police officer walks with a sniffer dog as they search for explosives during a security check one day before the opening World Cup soccer match in Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday. - photo by Associated Press
SAO PAULO — The biggest question for Thursday's opening match of the World Cup isn't whether host Brazil can beat Croatia but how the unfinished and troublesome Itaquerao stadium will hold up in its first ever encounter with a full-capacity crowd. Will everything work? More importantly, will the 61,600 spectators be safe?