Every time Brazil has visited Japan, it has got its hands full. In the land of the rising sun, whenever they go down to play, they rejoice in victory.
The Brazilians returned from Japan two decades ago after winning their fifth and final World Cup. But today, if it was a little more, they would have broken the record of being invincible.
However, Neymar did not allow that to happen. Brazil beat Japan 1-0 with his successful spot kick in the 7th minute.
In the previous match against South Korea, Brazil scored a goal. However, Japanese goalkeeper Shuichi Ganda stood as a wall in front of the Brazilians at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo today. The post also made the task difficult. After overcoming all obstacles, Brazil left the field with a victory of hardships.
Lionel Messi scored five goals alone against Estonia last night, while Cristiano Ronaldo found the net twice in the match against Switzerland. Neymar had to come forward to win Brazil today.
With this, Neymar scored 84 goals in international football. The PSG star needs three more to touch the legendary Pel who has scored the most goals for Brazil.
However, looking at the scoreline of the match against Japan, there is no way to understand the power of Brazil. Neymar-Vinicius Jr.-Casimiro took 21 shots with 53% of the ball under control, five of which were on target. In contrast all the shots of the hosts were off target.
In the last part of the match, Japan fell into disarray due to one attack after another by Brazil. Yataru Endo fouled his own box to stop Richardson. The referee immediately whistles the penalty. Neymar created the gap of the match from that.
Yuto Nagatomo has said goodbye to international football with this match. Defender, who has been defending Japan for 14 long years, has played 135 matches for the country.