RIO AFP JANEIRO: Bra­zil have scheduled friendly matches against Turkey and Austria in November, the Brazilian Football Federa­tion confirmed.

The team, who crashed out of the World Cup they hosted last July in the semi-finals against eventual champions Germany, take on Turkey on November 12 before playing Austria six days later in Vienna.

They are also set to face South American arch rivals Argentina in Beijing on October 11 and then Japan three days later in Singapore.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2014