Nico877 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 http://i.imgur.com/7N2BEos.png England are playing two very random friendlies against random Brazilian lower league teams just before the WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimisfinesthour Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Nothing wrong with that, just playing some friendlies on Brazilian soil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious P Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Yeah that's normal to play some warm up games against local clubs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 They did that in real life against some local South African side in 2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cris182 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Pretty sure it is normal practice for teams at a world cup to get used to the climate in a country they do not usually play in. Have definitely heard of it happening in real life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
easternhawk2 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Nothing wrong with this. Helps get them acclimatised, should boost morale against weaker team and they're playing together as a unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertPage Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Game like that would have probably been behind closed doors in real life or just non televised which is why you may not have heard of teams doing that. All it is really is like a practice match for the players to get some game time together and to get used to conditions in a country they're going to be playing in for the next few years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Yang Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yeah, behind closed doors game most like. Barely more than a glorified training session. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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