Brazil take on dark horses Japan in the World Cup round of 32 at NRG Stadium in Houston today. Brazil topped their group to reach the knockout stage, while Japan finished as runners-up in Group F. The winners of today’s game will face either Ivory Coast or Norway in New York for a place in the quarter-finals.

Substitute Gabriel Martinelli struck at the death to earn Brazil a hard-fought passage to the World Cup round of 16 as Japan fell at the first knockout round in dramatic fashion once more. Samurai Blue,

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All of that said, this game is also proof that Ancelotti is not just a pure vibesman, a coach whose abilities are limited to taming egos and soothing people’s stress with his cool-uncle energy, the coaching equivalent of a yukka plant and a playlist of falling rain, all accompanied by an arched eyebrow.

Japan took a lead near the half-hour mark through Kaishu Sano as Casemiro and Gabriel Magalhaes switched off in their own half.

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