Japan vs Brazil, 2022 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Japan

FT
0 - 1

Brazil

77': Neymar (P)

Neymar strikes from penalty spot as Brazil see off Japan

Neymar goal for Brazil vs. Japan international friendly June 2022 [1296x729]

Neymar's penalty 13 minutes from time earned Brazil a 1-0 win over fellow World Cup qualifiers Japan at Tokyo's National Stadium on Monday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Neymar.
4': Foul by Kou Itakura (Japan).
4': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Foul by Neymar (Brazil).
4': Genki Haraguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Hand ball by Yuto Nagatomo (Japan).
8': Foul by Dani Alves (Brazil).
8': Takumi Minamino (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Offside, Japan. Yuta Nakayama tries a through ball, but Kou Itakura is caught offside.
10': Attempt missed. Fred (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
12': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Guilherme Arana.
13': Dani Alves (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Japan).
14': Foul by Genki Haraguchi (Japan).
14': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Dani Alves (Brazil).
17': Takumi Minamino (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Casemiro (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Yuto Nagatomo (Japan).
19': Attempt saved. Raphinha (Brazil) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Alves.
19': Attempt blocked. Casemiro (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
19': Foul by Ao Tanaka (Japan).
19': Fred (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
21': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (Brazil).
21': Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Dani Alves.
22': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Neymar.
23': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Junya Ito with a cross following a corner.
25': Foul by Kou Itakura (Japan).
25': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick on the left wing.
26': Attempt missed. Casemiro (Brazil) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a set piece situation.
27': Attempt blocked. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphinha.
27': Attempt saved. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
29': Attempt blocked. Casemiro (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
31': Ao Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Raphinha (Brazil).
32': Offside, Japan. Junya Ito tries a through ball, but Kyogo Furuhashi is caught offside.
32': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
32': Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Foul by Kou Itakura (Japan).
33': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Attempt blocked. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
34': Foul by Neymar (Brazil).
34': Maya Yoshida (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Raphinha (Brazil) is shown the yellow card.
35': Attempt missed. Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Junya Ito.
36': Foul by Ao Tanaka (Japan).
36': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
37': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Brazil) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Guilherme Arana with a cross.
38': Foul by Kou Itakura (Japan).
38': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
40': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
40': Vinícius Júnior (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
40': Wataru Endo (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Attempt missed. Casemiro (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
42': Attempt saved. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.
42': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Shuichi Gonda.
44': Attempt blocked. Neymar (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
44': Attempt blocked. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
45': Hand ball by Lucas Paquetá (Brazil).
45'+1': First Half ends, Japan 0, Brazil 0.
45': Second Half begins Japan 0, Brazil 0.
45': Substitution, Japan. Daichi Kamada replaces Genki Haraguchi.
46': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
46': Raphinha (Brazil) wins a free kick on the right wing.
47': Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Japan).
47': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Foul by Neymar (Brazil).
50': Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
51': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Marquinhos.
52': Offside, Japan. Yuta Nakayama tries a through ball, but Takumi Minamino is caught offside.
53': Attempt blocked. Neymar (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fred.
53': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Wataru Endo.
54': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
54': Neymar (Brazil) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Daichi Kamada (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dani Alves with a headed pass.
58': Attempt blocked. Ao Tanaka (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
58': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Fred.
63': Substitution, Brazil. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Vinícius Júnior.
63': Substitution, Brazil. Gabriel Jesus replaces Raphinha.
64': Attempt blocked. Neymar (Brazil) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Casemiro.
64': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Kou Itakura.
65': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Casemiro with a headed pass following a corner.
66': Foul by Yuta Nakayama (Japan).
66': Gabriel Jesus (Brazil) wins a free kick on the right wing.
67': Substitution, Japan. Daizen Maeda replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
70': Substitution, Brazil. Thiago Silva replaces Dani Alves.
71': Substitution, Brazil. Richarlison replaces Fred.
72': Attempt missed. Junya Ito (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama.
73': Substitution, Japan. Ritsu Doan replaces Takumi Minamino.
73': Substitution, Japan. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Junya Ito.
75': Attempt saved. Neymar (Brazil) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Richarlison.
75': Penalty Brazil. Richarlison draws a foul in the penalty area.
75': Penalty conceded by Wataru Endo (Japan) after a foul in the penalty area.
77': Goal! Japan 0, Brazil 1. Neymar (Brazil) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
79': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Yuta Nakayama.
80': Foul by Neymar (Brazil).
80': Yuta Nakayama (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Neymar (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Substitution, Japan. Gaku Shibasaki replaces Ao Tanaka.
81': Substitution, Japan. Miki Yamane replaces Yuto Nagatomo.
82': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Eder Militão.
83': Attempt blocked. Yuta Nakayama (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
83': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
83': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Japan) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
85': Substitution, Brazil. Bruno Guimarães replaces Lucas Paquetá.
85': Substitution, Brazil. Fabinho replaces Casemiro.
86': Foul by Fabinho (Brazil).
86': Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Foul by Yuta Nakayama (Japan).
90': Gabriel Jesus (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
90'+1': Richarlison (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by Richarlison (Brazil).
90'+3': Kou Itakura (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Japan 0, Brazil 1.
0': Match ends, Japan 0, Brazil 1.

Statistics

BRA		JPN
11	Fouls	19
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	7
0	Saves	4
52.2	Possession	47.8
21	SHOTS	7
5	ON GOAL	0
0.2	On Target %	0.0
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
388	Accurate Passes	343
454	Passes	405
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
11	Crosses	16
0.4	Cross %	0.2
39	Long Balls	37
23	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
8	Blocked Shots	3
12	Effective Tackles	12
17	Tackles	19
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	6
9	Effective Clearances	13
9	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 63,638

Line-Ups

Japan (4-3-3)

No.	Name
12	Shuichi Gonda (GK)
22	Maya Yoshida
4	Kou Itakura
20	Yuta Nakayama
5	Yuto Nagatomo
8	Genki Haraguchi
10	Takumi Minamino
6	Wataru Endo
17	Ao Tanaka
19	Kyogo Furuhashi
14	Junya Ito

Japan Substitutes:

Ayase Ueda, Ritsu Doan, Takefusa Kubo, Eiji Kawashima, Hiroki Ito, Shogo Taniguchi, Kaoru Mitoma, Miki Yamane, Daniel Schmidt, Daichi Kamada, Gaku Shibasaki, Daizen Maeda.

Brazil (4-2-2-2)

No.	Name
1	Alisson Becker (GK)
2	Éder Militão
4	Marquinhos
6	Guilherme Arana
13	Dani Alves
5	Casemiro
8	Fred
10	Neymar
7	Lucas Paquetá
20	Vinícius Júnior
19	Raphinha

Brazil Substitutes:

Bruno Guimarães, Danilo, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Matheus Cunha, Thiago Silva, Alex Telles, Weverton, Richarlison, Fabinho, Philippe Coutinho.

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