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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - True to their reputation as meticulous and punctual planners, German organizers of next year's World Cup finals are well on schedule: Most of the 12 stadiums are finished, the infrastructure is coming along and headaches have been few.
"German thoroughness will make sure that everything will work at the time of the kickoff," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a recent interview with the DPA news agency. "The Germans are not only competent, it's also simple to work with them."
But while the sailing has been smooth on the structural front — unlike in Athens, where organizers scrambled to ready facilities in the run-up to the Olympics — the human elements in Germany have been more problematic.
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