In the meantime, on the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, Japan celebrated a first-ever victory over Brazil.
It was not trying on the playing cards when Carlo Ancelotti’s males, captained by Casemiro, stormed right into a 2-0 lead. Paulo Henrique opened the scoring on 25 minutes earlier than Gabriel Martinelli added to the lead on the half-hour mark with a agency left-footed end previous keeper Zion Suzuki.
Takumi Minamino began the comeback, seven minutes into the second half, and Keito Nakamura hauled the hosts again onto stage phrases, when his volley from Junya Ito’s far-post cross was helped into the online by Selecao defender Fabricio Bruno.
Matheus Cunha got here on for Vinicius Jnr, in between these strikes, and virtually made a telling affect. The Reds ahead discovered the online with an emphatic shot however Luiz Henrique was dominated offside within the build-up.
