SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL – With the closing of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the bar for annoying noises that constantly blare in the stadiums and on the television screens has been risen to an almost unbeatable level, however Brazil says they are up to the challenge.

The hosts of the 2014 World Cup are certainly facing an uphill challenge, however, they will have had over 4 years to develop new techniques for annoying noises. “Since the Confederation Cup, it became quickly apparent that just chanting and flares in the stadiums wouldn’t be enough to be annoying,” noted Brazilian head on Tourism Luiz Barreto. “So we’ve looked at a multi-path approach.”

Barreto noted that the development of a portable Theramin would be at mass production stage in three years, more than a full year before the 2014 World Cup in case additional annoying developments can be incorporated.

“One place that I don’t believe has been properly exploited is that announcer booth,” noted Barreto. “This is why we plan on having several shrieking Chachalacas in each announcer booth, just to allow the viewers to be as annoyed as possible.”

Whether these developments will be able to up the sonic displeasure of the South Africa World Cup can only be known with time. Brazil said they would begin deploying their technologies the year before the Cup in their domestic leagues.

“South Africa showed us that the beautiful game can coexist with the most annoying of sounds. We are pleased to hear that Brazil is interested in testing the boundaries of that,” noted FIFA President Sepp Blatter.