{"id":374617,"date":"2025-11-12T23:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374617\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:26:15","slug":"source-france-brazil-to-play-friendly-in-boston-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374617\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: France, Brazil to play friendly in Boston in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"81be996c-0f98-eec4-6284-c6be0d186360\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2a051c42-4444-8263-799a-6cdd866bd8f7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil<\/a> will face off in a friendly at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in March ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"e6b65d49-258c-b730-b7db-df75c6b1f714\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c09eeeeb-7c2d-23f9-1bbf-153ff7e59905\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9e213fae-5b9d-d331-8b4b-33abdaf57b4f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a>, a source told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>The rematch of the 1998 World Cup final &#8212; which France won &#8212; will be played on March 28, with Brazil playing a second friendly against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9bf5c1f7-c89d-c7c8-3cbb-18e8caa7abb4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Croatia<\/a> on March 31 in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46938887\/under-fire-neymar-warned-physical-condition-brazil\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/r1544466_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two federations have agreed to play the game in the U.S. as a preparation for the World Cup. Brazil has already qualified, while France could clinch a spot with a win over <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"25ccbb22-53f2-8634-dcdd-cad4b43b3bb5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>France will also play a second friendly after the match with Brazil, with a source saying Mexico or the U.S. could be the opponent.<\/p>\n<p>The match will see numerous club teammates from some of Europe&#8217;s top teams potentially face off.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"61edbcca-c316-afde-575f-d9dd69176cc4\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/231388\/kylian-mbappe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"88a0070d-ebce-3896-2701-37ea83b75c2d\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/265919\/aurelien-tchouameni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"73e987f2-c10e-99df-8efd-677706ebab02\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/285150\/eduardo-camavinga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eduardo Camavinga<\/a> could face <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"66434654-a8ba-a04c-98e5-6bbd0dbbb780\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a> teammates <a data-player-guid=\"9f581007-76c2-b2f5-5b5b-9547db919ddf\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/228402\/eder-militao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c9der Milit\u00e3o<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"f78d15e9-f696-dc66-52f0-b3f28e6b83e1\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/252107\/vinicius-junior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"913dce62-de6b-3d64-93cd-0e85fb3713b0\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/267804\/rodrygo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodrygo<\/a>. <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"feb44e87-58fa-9597-2691-b3c32768ebe4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/team?id=359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> teammates Gabriel Magalhes, <a data-player-guid=\"a84e514e-cbe8-9e47-26c9-9a5e3bc5ee00\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/269844\/gabriel-martinelli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Martinelli<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"6e89011f-e235-9821-0a37-2e3842e77a4e\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/277385\/william-saliba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Saliba<\/a> could be on opposite sides of the ball, while PSG stars <a data-player-guid=\"5c936c66-707c-6b18-bbef-6214d951771d\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/229744\/ousmane-dembele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"a1cf7fd7-1110-341d-ad03-f44c09ae2bb5\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/336388\/desire-doue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"8a9acfa0-b32c-3ba1-b399-338ab8e9d9c3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/328238\/bradley-barcola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bradley Barcola<\/a> will line up against <a data-player-guid=\"40fa13b8-6b74-b153-7fb1-5e2857c21ba3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/159047\/marquinhos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marquinhos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France and Brazil will face off in a friendly at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in March 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