{"id":403167,"date":"2026-02-11T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=403167"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:52:04","slug":"egypt-brazil-set-to-play-before-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egypt-brazil-set-to-play-before-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt, Brazil set to play before World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian Men\u2019s National Football Team is expected to play a friendly match against Egypt on June 6 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The game will be part of the teams\u2019 preparation schedule for the World Cup, which will take place in the US, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbf.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBF<\/a> reported that the contract for the match still needs to be signed. As part of the World Cup preparation, coach Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s team will play friendlies against France on March 26 in Boston and against Croatia on March 31 in Orlando. Brazil\u2019s farewell match is scheduled for May 31 against Panama at the Maracan\u00e3 in Rio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The players of the Egyptian national team will also face Saudi Arabia and Spain in World Cup preparation matches. Brazil is in Group C of the World Cup, alongside Morocco, Scotland, and Haiti. Egypt is in Group G, with Belgium, Iran, and New Zealand. The last friendly between the two teams took place in 2011, when Brazil won 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/corinthians-to-sign-moroccan-zakaria-labyad\/\">Corinthians to sign Moroccan Zakaria Labyad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-403160\">\u00a9William Volcov\/Brazil Photo Press via AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both teams will participate in the tournament, which will be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The match will be a friendly in preparation for the football competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":403160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[9534,8943,43940,48455,3047],"class_list":{"0":"post-403167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-brazil-en","9":"tag-brazilian-national-team","10":"tag-cbf-en","11":"tag-egypt-2","12":"tag-world-cup"},"wps_subtitle":"Both teams will participate in the tournament, which will be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The match will be a friendly in preparation for the football competition.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}