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Brazil

JAPAN vs. BRAZIL
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Signal Iduna Park

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
JAPAN
1 – 4
Brazil BRAZIL
✦ REFEREE: Eric Poulat
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 33' ⚽ Keiji Tamada
  • 45' ⚽ Ronaldo
  • 53' ⚽ Juninho
  • 56' •
  • 59' ⚽ Gilberto Melo
  • 60' •
  • 66' •
  • 71' •
  • 71' •
  • 81' ⚽ Ronaldo
  • 82' •
▶ MATCH STATS
JPN 37% POSSESSION 63% BRA
JPN 9 SHOTS 24 BRA
JPN 3 SHOTS ON TARGET 16 BRA
JPN 9 FOULS 5 BRA
JPN 12 SAVES 4 BRA
JPN 0 RED CARDS 0 BRA
▶ LINE-UPS
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKYoshikatsu Kawaguchi
  2. DFAlessandro Santos
  3. DFKeisuke Tsuboi
  4. DFAkira Kaji
  5. DFYuji Nakazawa
  6. MFHidetoshi Nakata
  7. MFMitsuo Ogasawara
  8. MFShunsuke Nakamura
  9. MFJunichi Inamoto
  10. FWSeiichiro Maki
  11. FWKeiji Tamada⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Koji Nakata▲ 56'
  • Masashi Oguro▲ 66'
  • Naohiro Takahara▲ 60'
BRAZIL
STARTING XI
  1. GKDida
  2. DFLúcio
  3. DFJuan
  4. DFCicinho
  5. DFGilberto Melo⚽
  6. MFKaká
  7. MFRonaldinho
  8. MFGilberto Silva
  9. MFJuninho⚽
  10. FWRonaldo⚽⚽
  11. FWRobinho
SUBSTITUTES
  • Ceni Rogerio▲ 82'
  • Luis Ricardinho▲ 71'
  • Zé Roberto▲ 71'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
BRAZIL
The Seleção
EST. 1914
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ JAPAN
▶ BRAZIL
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