panaji brazil will set foot on goan soil on thursday to take part in the expo 2014 unity world cup powered by the times of india india is drawn to play favourites brazil in the opening game at the panchayat ground in raia on friday december 5 at 715pm the brazilian team which includes world cupper carlos luciano da silva fondly known as mineiro will arrive at 110pm at dabolim international airport and have a training session later in the day brazil should be the favourites for the title with the kind of football pedigree that they have brazil should be favoured to walk away with the title said kennedy dsilva director john paul ii foundation for sports who is organizing the tournament alongside the exposition 2014 committee other participating teams include portugal colombia ghana uzbekistan nigeria and egypt the opening game will be played in goa while the league games will be played at bengaluru and hyderabad bengaluru will host group a which includes colombia nigeria egypt and uzbekistan at the bengaluru football stadium while brazil ghana portugal and india two teams from each group will qualify for the semifinals to be played in goa on december 11 and 12 the final will be played on december 14 this is the first of its kind event that is being held in india i am sure the tournament will be a big hit the response for ticket sales have been good said kennedy the other partners include the karl group state bank of india the manipal hospital big fm 927 book my show coca cola and nivia the sale of tickets according to the organizers has been brisk at the exhibition centre at old goa and box office at raia with more than 3000 tickets already sold sale will pick up in the next couple of days before the opener tickets have been priced at rs 500 and rs 300 west stand rs 200 south east stand and rs 150 north stand tickets are available from 10am to 6pm at the venue cafe coffee day margao and exhibition centre of the exposition at old goa said kennedy meanwhile the organizers have announced the india squad that will take on the might of brazil in the opener on friday the team includes players with ileague experience india goalkeepers jerson pereira melroy fernandes both goa defenders naveen sudhakaran karnataka anurf younge tamil nadu chinta chandrashekar karnataka ponnif vaz micheal dias fr nobert dsilva all goa midfielders alber gonsalves goa royston dsouza maharasthra joseph daniel karnataka chaitan mukhi jharkhand samuel dinakaran tamil nadu azaria maharastra strikers joshua vaz goa jagannath devasigamani karanataka john rodricks hyderabad alex samuel kerala anish kumar anand david both tamil nadu