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Barcelona midfielder Iniesta: Why the World Cup protests?

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta says he finds protests against the World Cup by local Brazilians as "strange". Locals are unhappy with the amount of public money being spent on thee World Cup.

"It's the World Cup in the country of football, and there's nothing more beautiful than that. They should all be celebrating," said Iniesta.

"It's not my position to make judgements about others, especially about the problems in Brazil. I'm just saying that it seems strange to me."

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