Soccer: Brazil book castle for World Cup second round

RIO DE JANEIRO - Holders Brazil have booked a converted castle as a base for their World Cup second round soccer match.

Brazil, who will play their second-round tie in Dortmund if they finish top of Group F, will stay at the Schlosshotel Lerbach located in Bergisch Gladbach between Cologne and Leverkusen, said the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on Sunday.

"It is in the middle of an immense park with its own lake," said the CBF on their website.

Brazil have already announced that they will stay on the outskirts of Frankfurt for the first round and before that will spend two weeks at a lakeside hotel in Switzerland.

The CBF added that they had set up an alternative near Kaiserslautern, where they would play if they finished second in a group which also includes Croatia, Japan and Australia.

Brazil's second round match will be against a team from Group E which includes Italy, Czech Republic, Ghana and United States.

- REUTERS