Cuba warms up for World Cup qualifiers in Brazil

 RIO DE JANEIRO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Cuba' s national soccer team will this week warm up for its June World Cup qualifiers with matches against Brazil' s Mogi Mirim and Ponte Preta.

 

The Caribbean nation will confront Mogi Mirim at the Romildo Ferreira Stadium in Sao Paulo on Monday before Wednesday' s game against Ponte Preta at the Moises Lucarelli Stadium.

 

The games coincide with a 10-day break in the Brazilian championship due to international friendlies.

 

"This will give us an invaluable¹ chance to test ourselves against an international team that plays differently to what we are used to," Ponte Preta football manager Marcus Vinicius said.

 

"It will also give us an opportunity to keep sharp during the interval² in the Brazilian championship."

 

Cuba will resume its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign in FIFA' s Concacaf group with games against Canada on June 8 and Panama four days later.

1 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。

2 interval   

n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息

参考例句：

• The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
• There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。