Brazil struggled to convert good arrivals into goals, but counted on a penalty in the final stage to leave with the second victory
O Brazil faced the Japan on the morning of this Monday, 6th, in Tokyo, in a friendly preparatory confrontation before the World Cup dispute and won by 1 to 0. The Brazilian team arrived for the match quite confident, since in the last match they got a rout by 5 to 1 over the South Korea on Thursday 2nd in Seoul.
For the match, the coach Titus bet on some changes in the lineup in relation to the team that took the field in the last friendly. The commander’s idea is to test new possibilities and names that have not yet been observed in action to mix with already experienced players who have been in the starting lineup of the canarinha for some time.
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The game
First time
The match soon started with a scare from the Brazil at two minutes. After the move made by Vini Jr to the left, Neymar received in the area, and with a heel, left paquetá in the face of the goal. However, shirt 7 missed the target at the time of submission and ended up sending the right beam of gondaon the first danger move of the game.
At 18, Neymar led the ball through the middle and opened with little raphinha on the right of the great area. the attacker of Leeds fixed it to the left-hander, but finished low for the good defense of the japanese goalkeeper. In the next move, Vini Jr left two markers behind, the second with a beautiful pen, and tried to pass Neymar, but the ball was strong and reached the opposing goalkeeper.
At 37, Vini Jr opened with Guilherme Arana on the left. the side of Atlético-MG took the ball to the baseline and crossed into the area. Raphinha went up to head, but didn’t finish in full. Soon after, Raphinha took the frontal free-kick and sent a dangerous ball close to Gonda’s right post.
BREAK!
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Paquetá drove the ball through the middle in the next play, and launched Neymar into the area. The shirt 10 finished in the left corner of Gonda, who smacked the back line. Before the final whistle, Vini Jr played on the left and rolled to the right paquetá finish in the penalty area. Shirt 7 kicked, again, on top of the marking.
End of the first half!
Second time
On the return of the break, at seven minutes, Raphinha crossed low from the right, Fred received in the area and rolled for Neymar to finish with a deflection in the marking. However, the ball went off the line. Still, Neymar received a clear rotation of fouls from the Japanese team. So far, there have been nine Japanese infractions in the number 10 of the canarinha.
With 29 minutes in, in a shot from Neymar to save Gonda and kick by Raphinha on the crossbar in the sequence, richarlison ended up being knocked down by Endo in the area and the referee awarded Brazil a penalty. In the charge, the number 10 of the selection hit very calmly, moved the goalkeeper and opened the scoring.
End of the game!
Neymar close to record
Neymar was the name of this Monday’s game, 6, against Japan. Owner of the only goal that gave the Brazilian victory in another friendly, the ace still surpassed Ronaldo Phenomenon in the number of triumphs recorded by the canarinha. To give you an idea, the striker scored 74 goals in 119 opportunities in which he was on the field for Brazil.
Source: sportbuzz
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