Brazil successfully finishes Egypt's test ahead of Morocco

The Brazilian national team achieved a moral victory over its Egyptian counterpart by a score of (2-1) in the friendly match that brought them together in Cleveland as part of the preparations of the two sides for the 2026 World Cup. The Seleção took an early lead through Bruno Guimaraes, before Mustafa Zico quickly equalized the score, while substitute Endrick sealed the match with a second goal at the beginning of the second half.

Despite the loss, the Egyptian national team performed well in many periods, especially thanks to the brilliance of goalkeeper Mustafa Shoubert, while the Brazilian team continued its technical experiments ahead of its upcoming match against Morocco in the World Cup.

The victory gave Brazil an important morale boost before facing Morocco, while Egypt came out with a good competitive performance despite the loss, especially at the level of defensive organization and the brilliance of its young goalkeeper.

With this result, the Egyptian national team received its seventh loss to Brazil in seven historic matches that brought the two teams together.

The Egyptian national team is preparing to compete in the 2026 World Cup in Group G alongside Belgium, New Zealand and Iran, where it will start its journey against Belgium on June 15, then meet New Zealand on June 22, before concluding the group stage with Iran on June 27.

Portugal defeats Chile in a friendly

Portugal defeated Chile 2-1 in a friendly match on Saturday evening in the city of Aoires, west of the capital, Lisbon, as part of the preparations of the "Seleção Europe" for the 2026 World Cup scheduled in North America.

The first half ended in a goalless draw, with AC Milan's Rafael Leao and Chile's Ivan Roman sent off after they got into a heated argument during stoppage time of the first half.

At the start of the second half, Portugal opened the scoring through Gonzalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo's substitute, after he capitalized on a perfect through pass from Ruben Neves in the 58th minute.

Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes extended Portugal's lead with a second goal in the 75th minute, with a powerful shot from outside the box, before the visitors reduced the deficit in the final moments through Lucas Cepeda, who scored Chile's only goal with a long-range shot in stoppage time.

Portugal is expected to play a second friendly match next Wednesday at home against Nigeria, before heading to the United States to start its World Cup campaign in Group XI, where it faces the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 17 in Houston, then Uzbekistan on June 23, before moving to Miami to face Colombia four days later.