WELLINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - New Zealand Football executives have labelled the corruption controversy embroiling world soccer's governing body FIFA as "serious" and said they were "monitoring the situation" ahead of the under-20 World Cup.
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The tournament begins in New Zealand on Saturday with 24 teams playing 52 games over three weeks.