Bruno Guimaraes helps Brazil hit Panama for six as Maracana gives emotional World Cup send off
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Bruno Guimaraes was in the starting eleven as Brazil gave their fans something to cheers in their Maracana World Cup send off.
Over 72,000 turning up for the final home friendly before they fly off to the USA.
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Brazil were up against Panama who are also competing at the World Cup and play England in the final group game.
Sunday night though was all about Brazil and their fans seeing the team hit goalscoring form.
Vinicius Jnr gave Brazil the lead after two minutes, only for Man Us Matheus Cunha to undermine that with an own goal on 14 minutes.
Brazil the better and more dominant team with Bruno Guimaraes having a good game in midfield alongside Casemiro, with the departing Man U player restoring the lead on 39 minutes.
Carlo Ancelotti then changed the entire team apart from defender Leo Pereira for the second half.
Rayan, Lucas Paqueta, Igor Thiago and Danilo sending Brazil into a 6-1 lead, only for Harvey to score the final goal with six minutes to go and a final 6-2 scoreline.
Brazil now travel to America and have a final warm up match against Egypt in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday (6 June) before their opening World Cup group game against Morocco on Saturday 13 June.
Germany were also having their World Cup send off on Sunday night, playing at the Mewa Arena in Mainz.
They hammered Finland 4-0 with Nick Woltemade replacing Florian Wirtz with 17 minutes to go and Malick Thiaw staying on the bench.
Former Brighton striker Deniz Undav who played alongside Big Nick at Stuttgart was given the centre-forward role and did his World Cup starting chances no harm with two goals. Wirtz and Musiala with the other two goals and Germany already 4-0 by the time the Newcastle United striker came on.
The Germany squad now fly off to the World Cup and they play their final friendly on Saturday (6 June) against the USA in Chicago.
Julian Nagelsmann’s team begin their World Cup with an opening group match against Curacao on Sunday 14 June.
The 2026 World Cup finals begin on Thursday 11 June and run through until the final on Sunday 19 July.
All of the World Cup warm up matches for the Newcastle United players called up are listed below, then their group games schedule at the finals.
The warm up friendlies and 2026 World Cup group games schedule for Newcastle United players:
Monday 1 June
Norway v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) Friendly
Wednesday 3 June
DR Congo v Denmark (Yoane Wissa) Friendly at neutral venue, Liege
Thursday 4 June
Sweden v Greece (Anthony Elanga) Friendly
Saturday 6 June
England v New Zealand (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento…Anthony Gordon) Friendly at neutral venue, Tampa
Brazil v Egypt (Bruno Guimaraes) Friendly at neutral venue, Cleveland
USA v Germany (Nick Woltemade, Malick Thiaw) Friendly in Chicago
Tuesday 9 June
DR Congo v Chile (Yoane Wissa) Friendly at neutral venue, La Linea de la Concepcion FR
Wednesday 10 June
England v Costa Rica (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) Friendly at neutral venue, Orlando
Saturday 13 June
Morocco v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes) World Cup group match 11pm BBC
Sunday 14 June
Curacao v Germany (Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade) World Cup group match 6pm ITV
Monday 15 June
Tunisia v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) World Cup group match 3am ITV
Wednesday 17 June
Portugal v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) World Cup group match 6pm BBC
Croatia v England (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) World Cup group match 9pm ITV
Saturday 20 June
Haiti v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes) World Cup group match 1.30am ITV
Ivory Coast v Germany (Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade) World Cup group match 9pm ITV
Netherlands v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) World Cup group match 6pm BBC
Tuesday 23 June
Ghana v England (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) World Cup group match 9pm BBC
Wednesday 24 June
Scotland v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes) World Cup group match 11pm BBC
Colombia v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) World Cup group match 3am ITV
Thursday 25 June
Ecuador v Germany (Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade) World Cup group match 9pm BBC
Friday 26 June
Japan v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) World Cup group match 12am BBC
Saturday 27 June
Panama v England (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) World Cup group match 10pm ITV
Sunday 28 June
Uzbekistan v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) World Cup group match 12.30am BBC