Tunisia boosted their confidence ahead of next month's World Cup by coasting past Belarus 3-0 in a warm-up match on Tuesday.
World Cup hosts Germany came from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw with fellow finalists Japan in a warm-up game on Tuesday.
Champions Brazil warmed up in style for next month's World Cup with an 8-0 romp over a Lucerne select side in front of a capacity 30,000 crowd at the St Jakob stadium on Tuesday.
England's new look was good enough to secure a 3-1 win over Hungary without quite convincing that it will resemble the finished article in time for the World Cup.
Central defender Roberto Ayala won his 100th cap when Argentina beat Angola 2-0 in a World Cup warm-up in southern Italy on Tuesday.
Host Germany wasn't as lucky, settling for a 2-2 tie with World Cup qualifier Japan. Defending champion Brazil routed the Swiss club FC Lucerne 8-0, with Ronaldo and Adriano scoring two goals each.
Jan Koller started his first international game since injuring his knee in September, leading the Czech Republic over Costa Rica 1-0 Tuesday in a tuneup for two teams bound for the World Cup.
Goalkeeping Argentina-style has mixed brilliance with controversy and heroism at the World Cup.
Four years ago, France suffered one of the most dramatic failures in World Cup history when the 1998 title holders were eliminated in the first round without winning a match or scoring a goal.
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said on Sunday he was happy to face lightweight opposition rather than top sides in the build-up to the World Cup.
Germany's World Cup organising committee president Franz Beckenbauer now believes the hosts are among the favourites to win the tournament starting next month because of the enthusiastic home crowds.
Rio Ferdinand has insisted that England can still win the World Cup this summer, even if Wayne Rooney fails to make the plane for Germany.
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