Tricky opponents await Brazil, Italy

JOHANNESBURG: Likely title contenders Brazil and Italy both face potentially tricky opponents when they get their respective Confederations Cup campaigns underway on Monday.

World champions Italy play the United States in Pretoria while Brazil take on the African champions Egypt in Bloemfontein at the start of the Group B campaign.

Brazil, who won the World Cup test event in Germany four years ago, are not expected to tinker with the team that garnered six more points in World Cup qualifying over the last week.