Japan beat Brazil 3-2 in friendly tournament in Singapore

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This was also only Japan's second victory over Brazil in 16 matches.

SINGAPORE: Japan beat five-time World Cup champions Brazil 3-2 in dramatic fashion at the National Stadium on Saturday (Nov 14) as the two nations met as part of the Mizuho Blue Challenge.

The win gave Japan a measure of revenge after Brazil beat the Samurai Blue 2-1 in their last encounter at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Saturday's win also marked Japan's second victory over Brazil in 16 meetings.

Japan struck twice in five first-half minutes before Brazil pulled a goal back to make it 2-1 at the end of the first half. Two more goals - one from each side in the second half - sealed Japan's 3-2 triumph.

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu named a squad featuring mainly European-based players for this round of international friendlies, including Aston Villa's Zion Suzuki, Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo and Bayern Munich's Hiroki Ito, all of whom started the match.

Brazil, meanwhile, rested or did not call up several regular players, though they still boasted plenty of star power. Players like Alisson, Ederson, captain Marquinhos and Gabriel Martinelli were not in the squad.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti did, however, include heavyweights such as Barcelona's Raphinha, Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr and Arsenal duo Gabriel and Bruno Guimaraes in his starting line-up.

The first real chance of the match came in the sixth minute when Estevao cut in from the right wing onto his left foot and tried to curl a shot into the bottom corner, but the ball went wide of Suzuki's post.

Kubo broke the deadlock in the 15th minute after being put through on goal, his left-foot shot beating goalkeeper Pedro Morisco at his near post.

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