Italy, Brazil to play friendly in March

 ROME, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Italian Football Federation¹ confirmed² on Friday that Italy and Brazil will play an international friendly in March in Geneva, Switzerland.

Cesare Prandelli's side will take on the South American giants on Thursday 21 March, at 20:30 local time.

The two teams will also play against each other in Brazil on June 22 in the Confederations Cup.

Italy will play the Netherland in an Amsterdam friendly on February 6.

1 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

2 confirmed   

adj.确认的；坚定的；根深蒂固的v.批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)；证实

参考例句：

• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
• The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report. 新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。