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FIFA WC 26 - Other Nations LIVE Match Thread ⚽

Gaps already appearing in Brazil's counterpress...Brazil might be in trouble here
 
Japan and Brazil back underway for the second half, with Japan now kicking from left to right and Brazil kicking in the other direction.
 
Danilo yellow carded in the 48th minute for Brazil for a foul, becoming the second Brazil player to receive one this match.
 
Brazil with a point blank header and it hits a lot of people and it's not over the line. Japan stay awake and go 100m with a half chance.
 
Casemiro scores in the 56th minute for Brazil to level the scores at 1-1. Gabriel Magalhaes with the assist.
 
Tubby Casemiro levels. Looked offside but again the deception of the angle and it's all good. Japan know a thing or two about shorter guys heading in against them. Just criminal a big Japanese defender allows the ball over him in the air for a smaller player to head in.
 
grazorblade said:
so many games from japan against elite teams go like this - they go blow for blow until the elite team start the aerial bombardment and japan crack.

Japan need to improve their aerial defense if they are ever to win a world cup
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They ought to cap Aleto Circatigawa and Harito Souttaryama.
 
I want to eventually go to a back 4 but I'd also like to one day try a team like Japan's 11 with the wingbacks actually being attackers. Bos essentially is one but then someone like Irankunda.

Theirs have a robustness about them but they're maybe 15% defender if that.

Australia always need that bit of extra defensive coverage but I'd like to see it once.
 
Two changes for Japan, also in the 66th minute. Yukinari Sugawara and Junnosuke Suzuki come on for Ritsu Doan and Keito Nakamura respectively.
 
Two more changes for Japan in the 78th minute. Ao Tanaka and Shuto Machino come on for Daichi Kamada and Junya Ito respectively.
 
Junnosuke Suzuki yellow carded in the 84th minute for Japan for a foul, becoming the third Japan player to receive one this match.
 
There'll be six minutes of second half stoppage time in Japan's World Cup round of 32 game against Brazil.
 
Casemiro forced off with injury in the second minute of second half stoppage time for Brazil and is replaced by Fabinho.
 
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