FIFA are hopeful that England's friendly against Brazil on Sunday will go ahead despite concerns over safety at the Maracana Stadium.
Reports on Thursday evening claimed that the friendly was in serious doubt and was the subject of a suspension order by a local judge. The Rio de Janeiro state government soon confirmed its intention to appeal against the ruling and sources close to FIFA expect the high-profile match to be played.
The Maracana has only just re-opened after a major facelift ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, and this will be the first big match hosted there since the changes were made.
Renovations ran more than four months over, with seats still being installed a matter of days before the test event that marked its' re-opening, a friendly between teams captained by Brazil football legends Ronaldo and Bebeto.
England flew out to Rio in the wake of their 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland at Wembley on Wednesday for what will be their final game before the remaining World Cup qualifiers in September and October.
Chief news reporter Bryan Swanson told Sky Sports News: "This relates to the state government of Rio de Janeiro and simply put they are yet to issue a safety certificate for the Maracana Stadium.
"The state government are the owners of the Maracana and when you organize any events you need a safety certificate. FIFA officials have told us that this is down to a bureaucratic failure - they have been informed that this will be solved on Friday.
"This friendly has been fully organized by the Brazilian federation so FIFA are not directly involved in this match. Thursday is a public holiday in Brazil but the state government has issued a note to say that, as far as they are concerned, this will be resolved on Friday and there is no significant concern about the state of this game taking place this weekend.
"This was meant to be the showpiece event for the renovated Maracana. FIFA has long faced questions about just how ready Brazil will be for the World Cup and this event was meant to pass off without any incidents. While there isn't any considerable concern about the future of this game in the short-term, clearly in the long-term questions will be asked."
