FIFA gives thumbs-up to Koreans

Sun, 02 Jun 2002 | Source: AFP

SEOUL: Football's world governing body FIFA on Saturday gave the South Korean organizers the thumbs-up after Friday's World Cup opener between France and Senegal here.

"We are very satisfied the way everything went," said FIFA spokesman Keith Cooper. "You could call it the perfect start to the World Cup."

The only glitch was a large empty space of over 3,000 seats in the stadium.

FIFA has started an inquiry into how it happened but it was nothing to do with the organizers. --AFP

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