:00:29. > :00:39.Reporters. We are in Rio where Brazil are hosting the World Cup.
:00:40. > :00:39.With a range of reports facing the authorities. A nation divided over
:00:40. > :00:44.football. With a range of reports facing
:00:45. > :00:48.Brazil feels the pressure from it for all mad public and anti`World
:00:49. > :00:53.Cup road testers. Katie Watson watches the first World Cup but all
:00:54. > :00:59.action against of `` ahead of Brazil 2014. Plenty more work needs to be
:01:00. > :01:06.done and those temporary seating stands will not be tested at full
:01:07. > :01:10.capacity until the World Cup. Western macro David Beckham's
:01:11. > :01:17.adventure. We find out why he is going up the Amazon but not playing
:01:18. > :01:27.for all. A whole new angle on Brazil. We are days away from
:01:28. > :01:32.international foot all's biggest hearty, the World Cup. Brazil are
:01:33. > :01:36.overwhelming favourites to lift the trophy. There is pressure on the
:01:37. > :01:43.team from a full all mad public. As I have been finding out there are
:01:44. > :01:47.distractions. Anti`World Cup protests across Brazil and falling
:01:48. > :01:53.attendances for domestic games. Brazil's national squad. Players on
:01:54. > :01:57.multi`million pound contract is banning the assault on a record
:01:58. > :02:01.sixth World Cup. But in the hills above Rio they are not immune to the
:02:02. > :02:09.street protests and discontent in Brazil over the vast sums of money
:02:10. > :02:14.being spent on this tournament. TRANSLATION: most of the Brazilian
:02:15. > :02:22.players come from difficult living conditions. With more than 1000
:02:23. > :02:34.local journalists watching their every move, keeping focused will not
:02:35. > :02:39.be easy. Carlos Alberto captained Brazil's their side. He says if this
:02:40. > :02:42.team is to emulate those feats, the players will have to cope with the
:02:43. > :02:53.pressure when nothing less than another title will do. The pressure
:02:54. > :02:58.on Brazil is always the same. It is the best for first place. Second
:02:59. > :03:03.place is just the same. It is a lot to expect when you consider the
:03:04. > :03:07.state of the game in Brazil. Despite the dominance of the national team
:03:08. > :03:12.and be obvious past `` passion they have a foot all, the domestic game
:03:13. > :03:19.is weak and in financial trouble. This is a game between two of the
:03:20. > :03:26.biggest sides. But there are barely 10,000 people inside the stadium.
:03:27. > :03:31.Most top players are based abroad. TV companies scheduled late
:03:32. > :03:37.kick`offs around soap operas and endless legal rows have undermined
:03:38. > :03:43.the attraction of a national game. We will see what this team does this
:03:44. > :03:45.year. If they manage to pull off a victory, people will be feeling good
:03:46. > :03:51.about the state of resilient football again. Football is in the
:03:52. > :03:55.blood here. Well everybody wants another World Cup win, it might mask
:03:56. > :04:04.the growing disconnect between these players and those who run the game.
:04:05. > :04:13.Brazil 2014 begins on Thursday with a match between Brazil and Croatia
:04:14. > :04:18.in Sao Paulo. But FIFA has said a lot of work needs to be done on the
:04:19. > :04:21.stadium and test events have been taking place. Katie Watson went
:04:22. > :04:29.along to see the first football action. Brazil is still working on
:04:30. > :04:33.his welcome message despite reassurances everything will be
:04:34. > :04:40.ready in time. Sao Paulo stadium is still a work in process. It is
:04:41. > :04:46.better than it was. The security word to FIFA standards and there
:04:47. > :04:49.were more volunteers and stewards. But FIFA had wanted to hold another
:04:50. > :04:55.match to make sure the temporary seating could work at the full
:04:56. > :05:01.capacity of 70,000 people. It did not go to plan. One of the stands
:05:02. > :05:04.was closed because it didn't happen necessary safety clearance and the
:05:05. > :05:11.other had half of the number of fans it will seat on opening night.
:05:12. > :05:15.TRANSLATION: most of the tests have been done and now a few mechanical
:05:16. > :05:19.adjustments need to be made. They are related to stability for the
:05:20. > :05:24.comfort of people at the barrier. But the setbacks did not get in the
:05:25. > :05:30.wake of the excitement. Most were looking on the bright side ahead of
:05:31. > :05:35.the game. The stadium is amazing. Comparing it with other stadiums we
:05:36. > :05:46.have here in Brazil, this is the best one. I think for the World Cup,
:05:47. > :05:51.it is going to be ready. But outside of the stadium, it is something we
:05:52. > :05:57.have two work out. The stadium is almost complete. Not 100%, but in
:05:58. > :06:09.one week I think we can have everything good here. We are ready.
:06:10. > :06:13.99% ready. The stands were not fall and this match did not produce a
:06:14. > :06:17.winner, but the organisers said they were happy with how the event went
:06:18. > :06:24.and reassured people they would you ready for kick`off. Lots of work and
:06:25. > :06:34.preparation has been done between the first test match held here and
:06:35. > :06:37.this, the second one. But plenty more work needs to be done and those
:06:38. > :06:38.temporary seating stands will not be tested at full capacity until the
:06:39. > :06:39.World Cup. He was the most famous foot all of
:06:40. > :06:45.his generation, but David Beckham will not be battling it out in this
:06:46. > :06:50.World Cup. The former England captain will be starring in his own
:06:51. > :06:55.adventure. He has travelled up the Amazon for a BBC documentary. As we
:06:56. > :07:02.report, he finally found what he was looking for ` a village full of
:07:03. > :07:08.people who had no idea who he was. As you can see, literally in the
:07:09. > :07:11.middle of nowhere. Fearless on the football field, exploring the
:07:12. > :07:14.Brazilian rainforest in a journey planned in London with three
:07:15. > :07:25.friends, was a different challenge for David Rackham. Not knowing what
:07:26. > :07:28.is around me. I don't like it. It was the chance, an opportunity to
:07:29. > :07:36.act truly do a trip where it wasn't scheduled. There was a plan, but for
:07:37. > :07:43.the last 22 years my life, my career has been on a schedule. So I can let
:07:44. > :07:49.everybody see myself in a situation no one has seen me in. It was a
:07:50. > :07:57.boy's trip. I have never been on a boy's trip. Victoria was happy to
:07:58. > :08:06.let you go? She was more than happy to let me go, which was worrying.
:08:07. > :08:09.Amazing. He went so deep into the rainforest, some people he met had
:08:10. > :08:13.no idea he was one of the most famous faces on the planet
:08:14. > :08:19.travelling through their country on a motorbike. We started in Rio,
:08:20. > :08:24.which was crazy. Then we ended in the tribe. That was an experience
:08:25. > :08:42.because no one had a clue who I was. Brazil will soon be welcoming
:08:43. > :08:46.another group of writs. David Beckham is careful to be optimistic
:08:47. > :08:51.about their chances. I always think we can go all the way. I might be
:08:52. > :08:56.biased but that is me as an Englishman, as an ex`England
:08:57. > :09:02.captain. I always believe we can go all the way in these competitions.
:09:03. > :09:06.He says he has had an extraordinarily rewarding time in
:09:07. > :09:10.Brazil. He and millions of others will be helping England will be
:09:11. > :09:20.doing the same this summer. Now, for a new angle on Brazil. We
:09:21. > :09:24.sent along a team in a hex copter which is a radio controlled flying
:09:25. > :10:33.camera. And this is its stunning view of the World Cup host.
:10:34. > :10:39.A preview of some of the sites are Brazil 2014. That is it for this
:10:40. > :10:52.special edition of Reporters this week. Goodbye for now.
:10:53. > :10:55.Good evening. Most of the rain at some stage today. Some of it was
:10:56. > :10:56.heavy