Brazil v Turkey

 

Brazil play Turkey in a final friendly match ahead of the Copa America tournament in Venezuela later this month. The match will be played in Dortmund, home to German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, who have agreed to provide their stadium for the friendly.

 

The game is expected to be Blackburn midfielder, Kerimoglu Tugay's final game for Turkey. Tugay, who had retired earlier but made himself available in February this year, has over 93 caps for his country. Turkey coach Fatih Terim revealed that he had to persuade the 36-year old to end his career with a "celebration match" before hanging up his boots.

 

Turkey will be looking to bounce back from the 3-2 defeat at the hands of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Euro 2008 qualifier match on Saturday. However the team is sitting pretty at second position in the group table with 13 points from 6 games.

 

For Brazil coach Dunga, this will be the last chance to get his tactics and team right before the stern test in Copa America tournament starting on June 26. With two of his very important players, Kaka and Ronaldinho, asking themselves to be excused from the tournament, the onus will be on Dunga to find suitable replacements for two of the world's most dangerous midfielders.

 

"The absence of Kaka, Ronaldinho, Lucio and others is complicated because they are valuable players. But Brazil has other good players that we can test, and what we give up in technique, we might gain in determination", Dunga said.

 

Having already played in the 1-1 draw against England, Brazil will be looking to stamp its authority from the start and arrive in Venezuela in best of forms. Dunga has already declared that the team will strive to erase the humiliating early exit from the World Cup last year.

 

The game is scheduled to kick off at 19:00 (GMT) on June 5. Tune in to watch Brazil v Turkey live online.



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