As Brazil are one of the most high-profile teams in the world, with a long-held reputation of skilled players and exciting matches, they are often sought to play in exhibition matches for commercial reasons (see Brasil Global Tour), by clubs/regional federations celebrating anniversaries or by special select teams such as the World XI.
Additionally, Brazil's many participations in official tournaments, primarily the FIFA World Cup, have occasionally involved warm-up matches against local non-international opponents.
Key Win Draw Loss Protesting against an Argentine newspaper that published a picture of the Brazilian team drawn as monkeys, some players refused to play and the Brazilian team started the match with only seven Brazilian players and completed by four Argentine players (Baigorri, Antonio Rosado, Emilio Solari and Castro).
[1][5] The Football Association of Ireland does not recognize this game as it only used players who played in their local league.
[1][10] Although many sources (including the Croatian HNS) consider this match as played by the olympic teams, CBF consider it as played by the Brazilian "A" Team.