{"id":28573,"date":"2014-02-26T10:35:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T08:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2014\/02\/brazil-to-arrive-next-week-for-bafana-clash\/"},"modified":"2014-02-26T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T08:35:14","slug":"brazil-to-arrive-next-week-for-bafana-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/brazil-to-arrive-next-week-for-bafana-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil to arrive next week for Bafana clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five-time World Cup winners Brazil are scheduled to arrive in South Africa on Monday, 3 March, for their match against the national squad, Bafana Bafana.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilians will arrive in three groups, with the first expected to land at 7:40am at OR Tambo international Airport. The second group is scheduled to touch down at 10:30am at Lanseria Airport, while the last group will arrive at OR Tambo at 10:05pm.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Felipe Scolari has added three more home-based players to the squad that will face Bafana in an international friendly match scheduled for Wednesday, 5 March, at FNB stadium. Kick-off is 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>Scolari has confirmed the trio will join the 16 overseas-based players already selected for the match.<\/p>\n<p>The three players are Frederico Chaves Guedes, who plays for Fluminense, Atletico Mineiro striker J\u00f4 Soares and Botafogo goalkeeper Jefferson Lopes Faustino.<\/p>\n<p>Chaves finished as the top goal scorer when he bagged in five goals in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, which Brazil won.<\/p>\n<p>Due to injury, he has been absent from the Brazil squad since the 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>Soares has become a regular under Scolari, while Lopes returns after missing November&#8217;s friendlies against Honduras and Chile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a good opportunity to meet the group, our last before the final squad of the World Cup [is decided],&#8221; Scolari said in a statement released by Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira de Futebol (CBF).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be an important test against an African team who recently beat Spain, and a good time to talk to the players and coaching staff on planning for the World Cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup for the second time after being the host back in 1950.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the game are going for R50, R100 and R200. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=48d43ea4-9819-4b72-963f-2c4348b8ccb3\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/brazil-to-arrive-next-week-for-bafana-clash\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five-time World Cup winners Brazil are scheduled to arrive in South Africa on Monday, 3 March, for their match against the national squad, Bafana Bafana. The Brazilians will arrive in three groups, with the first expected to land at 7:40am at OR Tambo international Airport. 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