Intro:

Football supporters on the world-famous Copacabana Beach were left disappointed on Wednesday as an extra 180,000 tickets for the World Cup sold out in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Script:

Hundreds of football fans who spent the night in line to buy a ticket for the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, were disappointed on Wednesday morning when they were told tickets for the games in Rio and Sao Paulo were sold out.

FIFA announced this week that 180,000 extra tickets were going to be put up for sale online and in ticketing centres on Wednesday, but most tickets for the Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo games were quickly sold online.

That left hundreds of football fans, who spent the night outside the ticketing centres, without a chance to buy anything.

Alexander Barbosa was one of the many who wasn't able to purchase a ticket.

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Alexander Barbosa, vox pop:

"They don't care about people. FIFA, Sepp Blatter and Jerome Valcke are joking with the Brazilian people. They talk about the disorganisation of the Brazilian people, but they are the ones who are disorganised. Sadly the disorganisation is from FIFA and not Brazilian people."

He was turned away at the ticket office, with officials telling him he was "too late."