Brazil, Egypt set for World Cup warmup friendly

Alsharq Tribune-M.Essam 

Brazil and Egypt will meet in a June friendly as both teams finalize their preparations for the FIFA World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced on Thursday.

The match will be played at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland on June 6, five days before the start of football's showpiece tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Brazil will play its last home pre-World Cup warmup a week earlier with a friendly against Panama at the Maracana Stadium on May 31.

Five-time world champion Brazil will begin its Group C campaign against Morocco on June 13 before facing Haiti on June 19 and Scotland on June 24.

Egypt will start the tournament against Belgium on June 15 and will also face New Zealand on June 21 and Iran on June 26 in Group G.