`` What we are expecting is to see a progress and to understand where we are going and that is what is being put in place today . '' FIFA warns of ` ` emergency situation '' in World Cup host city Curitiba as construction slows . Builders are given new deadline of February 18 to show progress at the Arena de Campo . Brazil 's Ministry of Sport pledges to upscale facilities and inject an extra $ 16.5 million . The 2018 World Cup begins on June 1 when hosts Brazil take on Argentina in Sao Paulo .
FIFA warns of ` ` emergency situation '' in World Cup host city Curitiba as construction slows . Builders are given new deadline of February 18 to show progress at the Arena de Campo . Brazil 's Ministry of Sport pledges to upscale facilities and inject an extra $ 16.5 million . The 2018 World Cup begins on June 1 when hosts Brazil take on Argentina in Sao Paulo .