The players of the Brazilian national team won a period of rest this Friday (18th), in Turin, after the last training session before the trip to Qatar.
The team led by Neymar trained for the fifth and final time at Juventus facilities before the trip to Doha. The debut in the World Cup will be against Serbia, on Thursday (24), at 4 pm (BrasÃlia time).
The cast received authorization from the coaching staff to rest and see their relatives.
The presentation for boarding the Asian country will be this Saturday (19), and the arrival in the capital of Qatar should happen around midnight local time (6 pm in Brazil), informed the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation).
Coach Tite allowed the media to film 25 minutes of training and then conducted the activity behind closed doors, with the aim of preparing the team for the debut against the Serbs, whose main highlights are the strikers Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham, from England) and Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, Italy).
One of the favorites for the title, the selection, which seeks the sixth world championship, is in Group G and will also play against Switzerland (on the 28th of this month) and Cameroon (on the 2nd of December) in the first phase.
The Cup starts this Sunday (20), and the first game pits the host country against Ecuador, at 1 pm (BrasÃlia time).
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