a bit of Neymar penalty gave the victory to Brazil against Japan in a friendly match held this Monday in Tokyo, in which the South Americans met a combative “blue samurai” capable of putting them in trouble at various stages of the match.
The “canarinha” prevailed in this close preparatory match for the Qatar World Cup, held under heavy rain tokyo stadiumthe same scenario where the Brazilian Olympic team won gold at the Games in the Japanese capital last year.
Japan came to the shock of thrashing Paraguay 4-1 in another friendly played last week, while Brazil had endorsed South Korea a 5-1 in seoul on the first date of their Asian tour.
Barely two minutes of play had been completed when a play between Vinicius, Neymar and Paquetá ended up on Gonda’s stick. It was a warning that at the slightest crack in the Japanese defense, they could do a lot of damage with their enormous quality.
Once the Japanese eleven was better organized on the fast lawn of the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, the locals also began to generate some danger with their mobility in attack, especially with the internships of Minamino and Ito.
Neymar he had another clear chance in the 18th minute that the Japanese keeper cleared, and the Japanese had a double chance from a corner kick soon after.
The speed of the Japanese to attack and fall back bothered but did not despair the Latin Americans, who touched and touched the edge of the rival area or resorted to long-range shots. Neymar and dribbles from Vinícius.
In the last minutes of the first half, a free kick from raphinha he left near the left post and Neymar He tested Gonda again with a right hand inside the box.
Brazil He came out in the second half with the most advanced lines to make it difficult for the Japanese ball to come out, with an omnipresent Neymar in each of the attacks that did not finish bearing fruit.
Japanwith freshmen Kamada and Maeda up front, found space on the counterattack against the team led by Tite, who in turn took out Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesús for Vinícius and Raphinha, both with little participation in the second half.
Tite wanted to put even more gunpowder with 20 minutes left in the game and introduced Thiago Silva and Richarlison. The latter was penalized by a Japanese defender when he tried to catch a rebound from Neymar’s shot.
the star of PSG He was in charge of converting the maximum penalty in the 77th minute to put his team ahead, and in the process close the gap against the historical record of goals with Pelé’s team, which only has three goals left.
The Japanese pressed with the encouragement of their public in the final stretch, claimed another penalty with five minutes to go and had several arrivals with a lot of intention that they failed to materialize.
Brazil He thus achieved his eleventh victory against Japan in official matches, in which the Japanese have only managed to start two draws.
The block trained by Hajime MoriyasuHowever, they once again showed their competitive growth with their sights set on Qatar, where they will face Spain in the group stage.
Data sheet:
0. Japan: Gonda; Nakayama, Yoshida, Itakura, Nagatomo (Yamane, d.80); Haraguchi (Kamada, m.46), Minamino (Doan, m.73), Endo; Furuhashi (Maeda, m.67), Ito (Mitoma, m.73) and Tanaka (Shibasaki, m.80).
1. Brazil: Allison; Guilherme Arana, Militao, Marquinhos, Alves (Thiago Silva, m.70); Casemiro (Fabinho, m.85), Fred (Richarlison, m.70), Vinícius Júnior (Gabriel Martinelli, m.63), Raphinha (Gabriel Jesús, m.63); Neymar and Lucas Paquetá (Bruno Guimaraes, m.85).
Goals: 0-1. m.77: Neymar (penalty).
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran). She booked Raphinha (m.35) and Neymar (m.80) on the visiting side and Endo (m.40) and Kamada (m.54) for the Japanese.
Incidents: Friendly match played at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo before 63,638 spectators.
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