Germany, France held in WC warm-ups

Germany and France were held to draws while Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku scored for Belgium in the latest batch of World Cup warm-ups on Sunday.
Fellow Brazil-bound Cameroon came from behind to claim a 2-2 draw against Germany.
All four goals came in an entertaining second-half as Cameroon, coached by German Volker Finke, came within a whisker of a historic first win over Germany.
The Africans took a shock lead through another Chelsea player, Samuel Eto'o, on 62 minutes only for Germany to equalise four minutes later through Thomas Mueller.
German replacement Andre Schuerrle then gave the hosts the lead before Cameroon left-wing Eric Choupo-Moting, who plies his trade in the Bundesliga for Mainz 05, popped up with the 78th-minute equaliser.
Germany coach Joachim Loew was unimpressed with his side's display, especially from Arsenal's midfielder Mesut Ozil, who produced a low-key performance.
"On the one hand they were a good opponent and a real test of our endurance," said Loew.
"But you could see that the freshness was missing from our game.
"Our passing game was not good and we made many, many mistakes.
"Mesut Ozil did not have one of his best days, he needs two more weeks, then we'll see a strong Mesut at the World Cup."
Down on a rainy Cote d'Azur Franck Ribery started on the bench in France's 1-1 stalemate with Paraguay.
Substitute Antoine Griezman had appeared to give the French victory when he curled home an 82nd right foot shot before Victor Caceres silenced the partisan crownd in Nice, flicking home an 89th minute equaliser.
The match was the second Brazil buildup for Deschamps' side after they brushed aside Norway 4-0 last Tuesday.
RESULTS
Germany 2 (Mueller 66, Schuerrle 71) Cameroon 2 (Eto'o 62, Choupo-Moting 78)
United States 2 (Johnson 26, Dempsey 52) Turkey 1 (Inan 90-pen)
Sweden 0 Belgium 2 (Lukaku 34, Hazard 78)
France 1 (Griezmann 82) Paraguay 1 (V. Caceres 89)
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