Fifa’s 200-seat auditorium in Zurich will be packed to the aisles on Tuesday when football’s world governing body is expected to confirm Brazil as host for the 2014 World Cup.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be there with at least four state governors, two or more ministers and a plane-load of other politicians, not to mention football officials, other guests and as many members of the media as can squeeze themselves in.