Indian team will benefit from international friendly against Brazil: Cafu:

(Sep 5 Former Brazil captain Cafu on Friday said the Indian team will learn a lot from its first-ever international match against his country in Kolkata next month, though he admitted to the significant gap in the rankings between the two countries.

India will face five-time World Cup champions Brazil in an international friendly at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on October 3.

“We hope that Brazil and India can play a great game. It will bring many benefits to the Indian people and to the Indian national team, which will face a team that is a five-time world champion,” Cafu told reporters during his visit to the Pillai University here.