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Brazil squad now in London

The seleção are to face Croatia in Liverpool on June 3
Aécio Amado
Published on 28/05/2018 - 16:55
Brasília

Brazil’s national football team have arrived at the Tottenham training center, where the players and the technical commission are to stay until the first friendly is slated to be held—in Liverpool on June 3, against Croatia—in preparation for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The squad landed in London early in the morning (Brazil time) and headed directly for Totttenham club, where coach Tite is to lead the seleção in their first practice sessions as part of the second stage of the preparations for the World Cup. The first phase took place back in Rio de Janeiro state, in a city just outside the capital.

Brazil is to have two friendlies before arriving in Russia for the beginning of the World Cup. In addition to Croatia, the team is to face Austria, in Viena, on June 10. Brazil’s opener is slated to take place on June 17, against Switzerland, in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

 

Treino com bola da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol para a Copa do Mundo da Rússia 2018, na Granja Comary, em Teresopólis.
Brazilian squad training in Teresopólis, Rio - Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil