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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
Brazil BRAZIL
2 1
JAPAN
📍 VENUE: NRG Stadium, Houston ✦ REFEREE: Maurizio Mariani
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 12' 🟨 Kaishū Sano
  • 14' 🟨 Casemiro
  • 29' Kaishū Sano Low strike from outside the box after a misplaced Brazil pass
  • 45' 🟨 Daichi Kamada
  • 46' Half-time; Paquetá off with a thigh problem
  • 48' 🟨 Danilo
  • 56' Casemiro Header from a far-post cross; equaliser
  • 66'
  • 66'
  • 66'
  • 78'
  • 78'
  • 84' 🟨 Junnosuke Suzuki
  • 90' Casemiro off injured
  • 90' Gabriel Martinelli Stoppage-time winner; slipped in by Bruno Guimarães
  • 90'
▶ MATCH STATS
BRA 69% POSSESSION 31% JPN
BRA 18 SHOTS 5 JPN
BRA 7 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 JPN
BRA 4 FOULS 13 JPN
BRA 1 SAVES 4 JPN
BRA 0 RED CARDS 0 JPN
▶ LINE-UPS
BRAZIL
STARTING XI
  1. GKAlisson Becker
  2. DFMarquinhos
  3. DFGabriel Magalhães
  4. DFDanilo🟨
  5. DFDouglas Santos
  6. MFBruno Guimarães
  7. MFLucas Paquetá
  8. MFCasemiro⚽🟨
  9. FWRayan
  10. FWVinícius Júnior
  11. FWMatheus Cunha
SUBSTITUTES
  • Endrick▲ 46'
  • Gabriel Martinelli▲ 66'
  • Fabinho▲ 90'
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKZion Suzuki
  2. DFTakehiro Tomiyasu
  3. DFShogo Taniguchi
  4. DFHiroki Itō
  5. MFKeito Nakamura
  6. MFRitsu Dōan
  7. MFKaishū Sano⚽🟨
  8. MFJunya Itō
  9. MFDaichi Kamada🟨
  10. FWDaizen Maeda
  11. FWAyase Ueda
SUBSTITUTES
  • Yukinari Sugawara▲ 66'
  • Junnosuke Suzuki▲ 66'🟨
  • Ao Tanaka▲ 78'
  • Shuto Machino▲ 78'
  • Kōki Ogawa▲ 90'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

BRAZIL
The Seleção
EST. 1914
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H2H
12—1
BRA LEADS · 12–1
DRAWS
2
MEETINGS
15
JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
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