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International Friendly

Tuesday, 14 October 2014,

Brazil
4
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Full Time
Live
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0
Japan
  • Kickoff: 11:45 BST
  • Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
  • Referee: -
  • Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
  • Attendance: 51,577
  • 18' Neymar
  • 48' Neymar
  • 77' Neymar
  • 81' Neymar

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    Brazil coach Dunga has warned failure to beat Japan on Tuesday would undermine their good work since the World Cup.

    The 1994 World Cup-winning captain returned for a second spell as coach after this summer's home tournament under Luiz Felipe Scolari, which ended in ignominy with a 7-1 semi-final defeat to eventual champions Germany and a 3-0 loss to Holland in the third-place play-off.

    Since then they have won three matches in succession, most recently beating rivals Argentina 2-0 in Beijing on Saturday.

    But Dunga warned that will count for nothing should they slip up in Singapore.

    b*He told reporters: ``The Selecao has to work beyond football quality and results.

    ``If we lose focus in the Japan game, all we've been doing so far will be lost and criticism will come up. They will say the national team is not the one it used to be any more.''b,

    b*Forward Diego Tardelli, who scored both goals in the Argentina clash, is hoping to continue his goalscoring trend.

    He said: ``I want to profit from every minute in the national team, both on and off the field.

    b*``I want to play the next World Cup and it starts right now. Each match is very important to me.''b,

    Japan are also working under a new coach, Javier Aguirre having succeeded Alberto Zaccheroni after the World Cup.

    And the new man presided over his first win when Jamaica were dispatched 1-0 on Friday, following defeat to Uruguay and a goalless draw with Venezuela.b,

    b*Defender Yuto Nagatomo, of Inter Milan, said of Aguirre: ``I think his strategy and coaching methods are good; although he is strict, he is a very approachable person.

    b*``His training is short and very intensive and the speed of his sessions, I think, benefits us.

    b*``It will be a difficult match against Brazil, but we will work hard to get a result. This is a new team under a new coach and it is a new start for us.''

    b*Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima added: ``We are still rebuilding our team and we are on the way to becoming stronger.

    b*``Brazil are one of the strongest teams in the world and it will be a good experience for us. We must make full use of it.''b,

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    91'+3

    End Regular Time

    91'+1

    Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Corner Kick at 92'

    91'+1

    Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Shot Blocked at 92'

    89'

    Yoichiro Kakitani (Japan) Corner Kick at 89'

    89'

    Kosuke Ota (Japan) Assists Shot at 89'

    89'

    Yoichiro Kakitani (Japan) Shot On Target at 89'

    86'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Foul at 86'

    85'

    Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Corner Kick at 85'

    84'

    Daisuke Suzuki (Japan) Substitution at 84'

    81'

    Kaká (Brazil) Assist at 81'

    81'

    4 - 0

    Neymar (Brazil) Goal at 81'

    80'

    Gaku Shibasaki (Japan) Corner Kick at 80'

    80'

    Mario Fernandes (Brazil) Foul at 80'

    78'

    Yoichiro Kakitani (Japan) Substitution at 80'

    77'

    3 - 0

    Neymar (Brazil) Goal at 77'

    77'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Shot On Target at 77'

    77'

    Neymar (Brazil) Assists Shot at 77'

    77'

    Kaká (Brazil) Shot On Target at 77'

    76'

    Kaká (Brazil) Substitution at 76'

    75'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Offside at 75'

    73'

    Souza (Brazil) Substitution at 73'

    72'

    Hajime Hosogai (Japan) Foul at 72'

    71'

    Hajime Hosogai (Japan) Substitution at 71'

    71'

    Filipe Luis (Brazil) Corner Kick at 71'

    69'

    Neymar (Brazil) Assists Shot at 69'

    69'

    Robinho (Brazil) Shot Off Target at 69'

    68'

    Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Corner Kick at 68'

    65'

    Robinho (Brazil) Substitution at 65'

    64'

    Neymar (Brazil) Offside at 64'

    64'

    Gotoku Sakai (Japan) Foul at 64'

    62'

    Neymar (Brazil) Assists Shot at 62'

    62'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Shot Off Target at 62'

    61'

    Junya Tanaka (Japan) Corner Kick at 61'

    59'

    Everton Ribeiro (Brazil) Assists Shot at 59'

    59'

    Neymar (Brazil) Shot Off Target at 59'

    55'

    Junya Tanaka (Japan) Assists Shot at 55'

    55'

    Shinji Okazaki (Japan) Shot Hit Woodwork at 55'

    54'

    Miranda (Brazil) Corner Kick at 54'

    54'

    Miranda (Brazil) Shot On Target at 54'

    54'

    Neymar (Brazil) Corner Kick at 54'

    52'

    Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Foul at 52'

    52'

    Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Substitution at 52'

    48'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Assist at 48'

    48'

    2 - 0

    Neymar (Brazil) Goal at 48'

    46'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Foul at 46'

    46'

    Start 2nd Half

    46'

    Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) Substitution at 45'

    46'

    Everton Ribeiro (Brazil) Substitution at 45'

    46'

    Keisuke Honda (Japan) Substitution at 45'

    46'

    Mario Fernandes (Brazil) Substitution at 45'

    46'+1

    Halftime

    46'

    Tsukasa Shiotani (Japan) Shot Off Target at 46'

    46'

    Gaku Shibasaki (Japan) Assists Shot at 46'

    46'

    Junya Tanaka (Japan) Shot Off Target at 46'

    46'

    Kosuke Ota (Japan) Corner Kick at 46'

    45'

    Elias (Brazil) Foul at 45'

    42'

    Oscar (Brazil) Assists Shot at 42'

    42'

    Miranda (Brazil) Shot Off Target at 42'

    42'

    Tsukasa Shiotani (Japan) Foul at 42'

    36'

    Oscar (Brazil) Foul at 36'

    35'

    Gotoku Sakai (Japan) Assists Shot at 35'

    35'

    Shinji Okazaki (Japan) Shot Off Target at 35'

    34'

    Elias (Brazil) Foul at 34'

    32'

    Neymar (Brazil) Assists Shot at 32'

    32'

    Oscar (Brazil) Shot Blocked at 32'

    30'

    Neymar (Brazil) Offside at 30'

    29'

    Gaku Shibasaki (Japan) Shot Off Target at 29'

    29'

    Elias (Brazil) Foul at 29'

    28'

    Junya Tanaka (Japan) Free Kick at 28'

    27'

    Miranda (Brazil) Foul at 27'

    23'

    Yu Kobayashi (Japan) Shot Off Target at 23'

    21'

    Luiz Gustavo (Brazil) Assists Shot at 21'

    21'

    Neymar (Brazil) Shot Off Target at 21'

    18'

    Diego Tardelli (Brazil) Assist at 18'

    18'

    1 - 0

    Neymar (Brazil) Goal at 18'

    17'

    Neymar (Brazil) Free Kick at 17'

    16'

    Gaku Shibasaki (Japan) Foul at 16'

    12'

    Taishi Taguchi (Japan) Foul at 12'

    7'

    Shinji Okazaki (Japan) Offside at 7'

    5'

    Ryota Morioka (Japan) Foul at 5'

    2'

    Taishi Taguchi (Japan) Foul at 2'

    1'

    Kickoff

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    Possession

    61%
    39%
    • Brazil
    • Japan

    Shots

    14
    9

    Shots on target

    7
    1

    Fouls

    10
    9

    Corners

    3
    7

    Yellow Cards

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    Red Cards

    0
    0

    Head to Head

    Brazil4 - 0Japan
    Japan0 - 4Brazil
    Japan1 - 4Brazil

    Brazil

    • 1Jefferson
    • 6Filipe Luis
    • 2Danilo
    • -> Mario Fernandes
    • 3Miranda
    • 14Gil
    • 11Oscar
    • -> Philippe Coutinho
    • 17Luiz Gustavo
    • -> Souza
    • 10Neymar
    • 22Elias
    • -> Kaká
    • 19Willian
    • -> Everton Ribeiro
    • 9Diego Tardelli
    • -> Robinho
    • Subs
    • 5Romulo
    • 12Rafael
    • 13Juan
    • 23Marcelo Grohe

    Japan

    • 1Eiji Kawashima
    • 16Tsukasa Shiotani
    • 3Gotoku Sakai
    • 6Masato Morishige
    • 21Kosuke Ota
    • 8Junya Tanaka
    • 19Yu Kobayashi
    • 9Shinji Okazaki
    • -> Yoichiro Kakitani
    • 17Ryota Morioka
    • 7Gaku Shibasaki
    • -> Daisuke Suzuki
    • 22Taishi Taguchi
    • Subs
    • 23Shuichi Gonda
    • 28Daigo Nishi
    • 2Hiroki Mizumoto
    • 18Mike Havenaar

    Brazil 4-0 Japan

    Neymar scored all four goals as Brazil thrashed Japan 4-0 in an international friendly in Singapore.

    The Barcelona star opened the scoring in the 17th minute and then added three more in the second half to complete a one-sided triumph and earn new Brazil boss Dunga a fourth successive win since he replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari after the World Cup.

    As well as moving onto 40 goals from 58 appearances for his country, Neymar was also celebrating a 'perfect' hat-trick, with his goals coming from his right foot (two), left foot and head.

    The 22-year-old might even have recorded an even bigger personal haul at Singapore's National Stadium but he saw his early free-kick smash against the crossbar when the game was still goalless.

    It did not take the former Santos player much longer to open the scoring, though, Diego Tardelli threading a ball through which Neymar latched onto before rounding Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima and slotting into the roof of the net.

    A similar move saw Neymar add a second in the 48th minute as he got in behind a high Japan backline to pick up Philippe Coutinho's perfectly-timed pass and then fire past Kawashima.

    Neymar almost turned provider in the 77th minute with a cross that Kaka headed against the bar, but Japan failed to clear the danger and, after Coutinho had picked the ball up and drilled in a shot that Kawashima parried, Neymar was in the right place to side-foot into the gaping net.

    That completed Neymar's third hat-trick for his country, but it was not the end of his contribution as he added a fourth three minutes later when he headed home Robinho's dinked cross from the left.

    Man of the match Neymar said: ``I am so happy that I could achieve this dream. Not in my best national squad dreams did I think of this, I have no words but to thank God.''

    He added: ``Dunga always says that the best way to respect a rival is to do everything to beat them. And we did everything, not only score goals.

    ``I don't know what my limit is. I only want to help my team-mates in the Selecao, that's the most important thing.''

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