Brazil to visit Croker for friendly

Brazil have revealed they will play a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin next February.

The fixture at Croke Park was announced in a statement on the Brazilian Football Confederation website.

The CBF statement said: “The Brazilian national team will play next year’s first international friendly on February 6 – date set by FIFA – against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

“The game will be played at Croke Park Stadium which has 82,300 seats available.”