A GROUP of furious Brazil fans have broken into their team’s training session, while Peru skipper Paolo Guerrero has made a last ditch attempt to play at the World Cup.

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GUERRERO’S LAST DITCH APPEAL

Peru captain Paolo Guerrero made a last-ditch appeal to a Swiss court Friday to overturn a ban on him playing at the World Cup imposed for doping, the Peruvian Football Federation said.

The move is the last legal option for Guerrero, who has received the backing of the Peruvian Football Federation in his appeal to the Swiss Federal Court.

“We did it with the hope of seeing Paolo at the World Cup, that reflects the feeling of the FPF and the whole country,” the federation’s president Edwin Oviedo in a statement released in Lima.

Peru's national football team captain Paolo Guerrero Source: AFP

The Swiss court is the only body qualified to amend or cancel the suspension. The player and Ovideo met FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Zurich on Tuesday, but afterwards a statement from world football’s ruling body said it was virtually powerless to change final decisions by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Guerrero’s bid to clear his name following a ban for testing positive for traces of cocaine only resulted in the CAS increasing an initial six-month suspension to 14 months last week.

Guerrero has also been suspended by his Brazilian club Flamengo and is not scheduled to play again until January next year

-AFP

BRAZIL FANS INVADE TRAINING

Disgruntled fans have broken into a Brazil training session for the World Cup and booed the national team over a lack of contact with local supporters.

In the first and only meeting with players before they travel to the tournament in Russia, about 200 people were initially allowed in the Granja Comary training ground, but many others broke into the venue after being stopped by police for hours at the gates.

Friday’s open training in Teresopolis was the only chance local fans had to be with Brazil players since the beginning of preparations on Monday. Dozens of fans booed and chanted “it was 7-1” in a reference to Brazil’s humiliation against Germany in the semifinals of the last World Cup. The squad will travel to London on Monday and set camp there until June 8.

Brazil's Filipe Luis, right, embraces Neymar during a practice session <a class="capi-image" capiid="c3369a7bd90837d25bf597c50643be75"></a> Source: AP

RABIOT HITS OUT

Rabiot said he “took full responsibility for my decision” but also took aim at Deschamps.

“If I decided to withdraw from the list of alternates, it is because I thought the choice of the coach concerning me had no sporting logic. For years the clear message was: performances open the doors to the France team,” the 23-year-old wrote.

“I suspected that my decision would have an impact, but I resent being caricatured as an immature young player unable to understand the significance of his actions.” “Wearing the blue shirt is an honour for me, a source of pride. Winning with France, winning for France, is a duty. From the age of 15 I have fought for the French colours in every age group team,” wrote Rabiot, who has won six senior caps.

Rabiot had been one of 11 players asked to remain on standby in case any of the first-choice 23 was injured before the World Cup, but quit, sending an email to Deschamps saying he would not be able to follow the training programme.

-AFP