The shock of the match came in the 29th minute when Kaishu Sano opened the scoring for Japan, sending a shot from outside the box. The low strike skirted past a diving Alisson, placed perfectly in the bottom left corner just inside the post.<\/p>\n
It was the first goal that Brazil had allowed since Morocco scored first against the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o in the opening group match of the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Japanese took the lead into half-time, and the Brazilians began to turn up the heat on the other side of the break, starting with a 52nd minute header from Bruno Guimar\u00e3res that forced a great save from keeper Zion Suzuki. The Japanese defence was in chaos minutes later as a header from Casemiro hit Japanese defender Takehiro Tomiyasu in the face on the goal line, bouncing back to Suzuki and into another goal-line clearance.<\/p>\n
Casemiro got his goal in the 56th minute off a headed ball off a cross from Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es, finally getting the Brazilians on the board.<\/p>\n
Vinicius Junior nearly scored the goal of the tournament just two minutes later as he dribbled through the Japanese defence, toe-poking the ball toward the net. Suzuki just got a hand on it, forcing it onto the post.<\/p>\n
Over the next 30 minutes, the game settled in as Japan defended admirably while Brazil looked for a winner.<\/p>\n
The moment finally came in the final minute of the match as a Japan giveaway on the edge of the box was quickly converted by Gabriel Martinelli. The Arsenal striker took a through ball from Guimar\u00e3es and fired a shot across goal. Suzuki got a fingertip on the ball but it wasn’t enough as the ball bounced in off the post.<\/p>\n
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