The team led by Carlo Ancelotti will have a quick visit to the Asian country; Brazil will only hold one training session, this Monday, at the stadium that will host the clash
The Brazilian team arrived this Sunday morning (12) — early evening local time — where they will face Japan this Tuesday (14), at 7:30 am (Brasília time), at Ajinomoto Stadium, in a friendly preparatory match for the 2026 World Cup. The team led by Carlo Ancelotti will have a quick visit to the Asian country. Brazil will only hold one training session, this Monday, at the stadium that will host the match. Before the trip, the team did its last job in Seoul, South Korea, where they thrashed the hosts 5-0 on Friday (10).
As anticipated in the call-up, Ancelotti must make changes to the starting team. The goalkeeper, from should start the match in place of Bento, who played against the South Koreans. Young Estêvão trained normally, despite having a slight flu. If he is spared, Lucas Paquetá should take his place. With this, Brazil’s likely lineup is: Hugo Souza; Vitinho, Éder Militão, Gabriel Magalhães and Douglas Santos; Casemiro and Bruno Guimarães; Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior, Matheus Cunha and Estêvão (Lucas Paquetá).
Japan, the first country to qualify for the 2026 World Cup apart from the hosts — United States, Mexico and Canada — secured its place in March, by beating Bahrain 2-0, in the Asian Qualifiers. On Friday (10), they drew 2-2 with Paraguay in a friendly held in Osaka.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Published by Sarah Paula
