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Man Utd legend Cantona attacks FIFA over World Cup ticket prices

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has taken aim at FIFA over World Cup ticket pricing.

Cantona has made his own documentary, Looking for Rio, in which he explores corruption in Brazil and the poverty that lies beneath the glitz of the World Cup.

The film claims the cheapest tickets for the final at the world-famous Maracana will be priced at over £600.

"In Brazil they say it's a revolution - 'We want to educate them,'" he said. "They cannot pay the ticket. They are not educating anybody.

"Maybe 20 percent of the stadium is reserved for the people who are the real ones in love with football, but they cannot pay for the tickets.

"It's a shame because it's these kind of fans who made the football. It's these kind of fans who have a child who will play football, because most of the people and most of the players come from poor areas.

"It is not only about abilities. Ability is 50 percent and 50 percent is mental. And mentally, where you learn how to fight, is in the street.

"And you see all the best players - Maradona, Pele, Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho - they all come from poor areas.

"These kind of people, these kind of young guys need to go to the stadium also with their parents and not see football only on TV."

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