Morocco down Slovakia, Serbia stumble, Egypt gamble on Salah's health

Lukewarm Serbia have stumbled 1-0 to Chile while Morocco have downed Slovakia 2-1 in World Cup warm-ups.

Meanwhile, Italy and the Netherlands, two of the biggest names to miss out on Russia, have continued their rebuilding work with a 1-1 draw in Turin.

Drawing a blank: Serbia's Aleksandar Kolarov during their friendly loss to Chile.Credit: PA

Serbia, who face Brazil, Costa Rica and Switzerland in their group, looked vulnerable every time the South American champions - who surprisingly failed to qualify for the World Cup - came forward on Monday.

Guillermo Maripan headed in an 89th-minute winner for Chile, a fair reward for their more adventurous display.

Morocco, who face Iran, Portugal and Spain in World Cup Group B, produced plenty of slick passing against Slovakia as they extended their unbeaten run to 11 matches.

Although they fell behind to a long-range Jans Gregus effort in the 59th minute, Morocco replied with goals from Ayoub Kaabi and Younes Belhanda in a 10-minute spell.

Fight back: Two second half goals gave Morocco the win. Credit: PA

Poland's preparations suffered a blow when defender Kamil Glik seriously injured his shoulder in training on the same day as being named in their 23-man squad.

Coach Adam Nawalka said the 30-year-old, who fell awkwardly after attempting an overhead kick, would be replaced by VfB Stuttgart's Marcin Kaminski if he did not recover in time to travel to Russia.

Egypt gambled on Mohamed Salah returning to fitness by naming him in their final squad, while Mohamed Elneny, the injured Arsenal midfielder who has not played since April, was also included.

Salah is still recovering from the shoulder ligament injury suffered in Liverpool's Champions League final loss to Real Madrid last month.

Egypt are hoping he will recover within three weeks, which could leave him fit to play in their final group match against Saudi Arabia on June 25.

Egypt's squad also includes veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary, who will be 45 when his side plays Uruguay. Should he feature, El Hadary would become the World Cup's oldest ever player.

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez gave Vincent Kompany two weeks to recover from a groin injury in time for the tournament, retaining the Manchester City captain but putting Laurent Ciman on standby.

Italy, in their third game under coach Roberto Mancini, spurned a series of first-half chances in Turin and went ahead in the 67th minute when Simone Zaza squeezed home a square pass after a sprint down the right flank by Federico Chiesa.

But Italy had defender Domenico Criscito sent off two minutes later after he picked up a second caution and paid dearly when Nathan Ake levelled two minutes from time.

Reuters