PARIS — 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 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 equalize four minutes later through Thomas Mueller. German replacement Andre Schuerrle then gave the host 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 equalizer. Germany coach Joachim Loew was unimpressed with his side's display, especially from Arsenal's midfielder Mesut Ozil, who produced a low-key performance. 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 crowd in Nice, flicking home an 89th minute equalizer. The match was the second Brazil buildup for Deschamps' side after it brushed aside Norway 4-0 last Tuesday. Ribery, recovering from a back injury, is due to play some part in France's final tune-up against Jamaica. Hazard and Lukaku were on the mark in Belgium's 2-0 win over Sweden. Coming after last week's 5-1 drubbing of Luxembourg the result offered further proof of the side's wellbeing ahead of their Group H assignment in Brazil against Algeria, Russia and South Korea. Against a Swedish side missing its emblematic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic Belgium dominated throughout. Lukaku, on loan to Everton last season, set Marc Wilmots' side on the path to victory in the 34th minute, with Hazard doubling up after the break. Belgium has one final warm-up scheduled, against Tunisia in Brussels next Saturday. The United States continued its World Cup preparations with a 2-1 triumph over Turkey. German-born Fabien Johnson, one of US manager Jurgen Klinsmann's army of young, dual-citizenship footballers, made his first strike for the Stars and Stripes an impressive one, combining with US veteran Michael Bradley for a superb 26th-minute goal that gave the United States a 1-0 lead. American veteran Clint Dempsey exploited a lapse in the Turkish defense to double the score in the 52nd minute. Turkey pulled one goal back in the 90th minute with a penalty by Selcuk Inan. Suarez at Cup camp Liverpool striker Luis Suarez arrived at Uruguay's World Cup training camp Monday 11 days after undergoing surgery on an injured knee. The English Premier League's player of the year is hopeful of winning his race against time to be fit for Uruguay's opening game against Costa Rica on June 14. The 27-year-old — who is set to clash with Liverpool teammate Steven Gerrard as Uruguay has been drawn with England, Italy and Costa Rica — had surgery after injuring his knee in training for the English club. He arrived at Uruguay's training camp outside Montevideo Monday driven by his wife Sofia, according to media reports. — Agencies
