0:00:08 > 0:00:11Hello, I'm Hayley with a special World Cup Newsround.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14We've got all the action from Brazil ahead of the start
0:00:14 > 0:00:15of the tournament.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17But for all the excitement, the build-up to the World Cup
0:00:17 > 0:00:18hasn't been easy.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There have been protests over the amount of money being spent
0:00:21 > 0:00:22on hosting the event.
0:00:22 > 0:00:42Leah is in Rio and has sent us this report.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43There are streets like this everywhere,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45flags draped outside people's window sills, entire neighbourhoods
0:00:45 > 0:00:47decorated in the colours of Brazil.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Looking around, it seems like people are excited about
0:00:49 > 0:00:52the World Cup, but streets like this don't tell the whole story.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Last summer more than a million people took to the streets
0:00:54 > 0:00:57to protest about the amount of public money being spent on
0:00:57 > 0:00:58the tournament by the government.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01It was the biggest demonstration in Brazil for 30 years.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02This man is one of them.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05The problem is not the World Cup itself, the way it is organised,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07the way it is structured.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10For instance, the whole money that was put into the stadiums and
0:01:10 > 0:01:15everything, they could have been invested in education or health.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20We have a lot of problems that we could solve with this money.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22The protests are not over and we're going to return to
0:01:22 > 0:01:25the streets and, with other movements, we want to see a change.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Last summer saw some of the biggest protests here in Rio
0:01:28 > 0:01:31for a long time.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35While there is some genuine excitement about the competition,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38now the tournament has arrived all eyes will be waiting to see how
0:01:38 > 0:01:46the rest of the Brazil reacts to having the World Cup on home soil.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Now along with shootouts and hope and despair, this World Cup
0:01:48 > 0:01:51promises a number of new things.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54It's the first time goal-line technology will be used and there's
0:01:54 > 0:02:09some other more unusual changes too, here's BBC Sport's Dan Walker.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Not shaving foam everybody, free-kick foam.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Let me show you how it works.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Because, let's say you get a free-kick here.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17The referee will then pace out 10 yards and then, with his magic
0:02:17 > 0:02:20little bottle, will mark a line on the pitch to tell the opposition
0:02:20 > 0:02:22they cannot pass that line.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23The crazy things is, that is vanishing foam.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27So in a couple of minutes it will all disappear without a trace.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30You lot have been telling us how much you've been looking forward to
0:02:30 > 0:02:31the World Cup, starting on the website.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Lucy, in London, says:
0:02:36 > 0:02:43Zoe, in Aylesbury, says:
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Finally, using sea creatures as fortune-tellers seems to be
0:02:45 > 0:02:47turning into a World Cup tradition.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Meet Big Head, the sea turtle, who made a prediction
0:02:49 > 0:02:50for the opening match.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Surprise, surprise he seems to have chosen Brazil.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55That's all from me.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Newsround's back tomorrow morning from 7.40am with even more
0:02:57 > 0:02:58from the World Cup.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Goodnight.