Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion, which is one of the stadiums being used as a World Cup venue, is yet again ready to host football matches again, just two days after a crack in the east stand resulted in its closure which forced the cancellation of the Bundesliga meeting between Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Frankfurt last Saturday.

In a statement, club officials at Kaiserslautern said temporary struts had been added to the structure, after the match against Eintracht Frankfurt had been cancelled.

"It's remarkable how quickly the supports were put in place over the weekend," the mayor of Kaiserslautern commented on the Bundesliga club's website.

An independent structural survey of the stadium is due to begin this week, with assurances that the stadium will be ready in time for the World Cup finals in June.

The Fritz-Walter-Stadion's 40,000-capacity will also be reduced to 36,000 seats for it’s hosting of the World Cup matches.

There have also been problems at other grounds which are hosting matches in next year's finals.

The roof of Eintracht Frankfurt's Waldstadion failed to keep out the rain in this year's Confederations Cup final. The weather had a major part to play in the finals proceedings, with a torrential thunderstorm hitting shortly after the start of the match, and thoroughly testing the newly renovated Frankfurt Stadion's retractable roofing.

This made part of the pitch un-playable, with the downpour creating a virtual waterfall in one of the corners of the pitch from the volume of water collecting on the roof, and pouring off.

These are not the only two stadiums to have experienced problems. To add to the World Cup Organiser’s troubles, noticeable cracks have also appeared in the concrete structure of Nuremberg's Frankenstadion during a German League Cup tie.

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