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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Five-time World Cup winners Brazil will take on Chile in an international friendly on November 19 in Toronto.
The friendly marks Brazil's first soccer match in Canada in almost 20 years. The 2014 World Cup hosts last played in Canada in June 1994 in Edmonton.
As part of a series of friendlies in North America raised by Relevant Sports, the Brazil-Chile match will be alongside with friendly between Argentina and Ecuador in New York on November 15, Brazil vs Honduras in Miami on November 16 and Argentina vs Bosnia in St. Louis on November 18.
All of the teams have qualified for next year's World Cup finals.
Brazilians to party, not protest at World Cup: Government
SAO PAULO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's sports minister Aldo Rebelo has played down the prospect of mass protests during next year's World Cup.
Rebelo's comments came as anti-government rallies that began during the Confederations Cup in June continued in Brazil's largest cities.
Many demonstrators have complained that Brazil is spending billions of dollars on the month-long tournament instead of investing in essential services like health, education and transport.
"I don't believe we will see demonstrations during the World Cup," Rebelo said during a press conference on Monday.
"I think the World Cup will be protected by the will of the people to be supportive of a great event. The mood will be for partying, not for protesting, when the national teams and the tourists start arriving in Brazil."
Rebelo moved to allay fears about security during the tournament, promising police will be "trained and prepared for for all possible outcomes".
The reassurance follows reports that Brazil's largest organized crime group has threatened to turn the tournament into a "World Cup of terror".
"Our security system will not take any threat lightly, we will assess all possible risks," Rebelo said. "But in this case, it's a threat more against police, not against the public."
Meanwhile Rebelo said six of Brazil's 12 World Cup stadiums still under construction are on track to be ready by December, the deadline set by world football's governing body FIFA.
But he conceded not all infrastructure projects would be finished in time for the event.
"Most of them will be delivered before the World Cup," Rebelo said. "And the few that aren't ready by the World Cup will be completed shortly after and will remain as a legacy for the population."