Japan and Brazil They will meet in a friendly match on June 6 in Tokiowithin the preparation of both teams for the Qatar World Cup-2022 of November and December, announced this Wednesday the Japan Football Federation.
“We are delighted to play against Brazilthe country that occupies the number one ranking in the world, at a time when we begin our preparation for the world“Japanese coach Hajime Moriyasu was quoted as saying in the statement.
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“We want to build a team that competes against the best in the FIFA rankings looking them in the eye, but also respecting them. I want to show that attitude in this game.” advanced.
Brazil He has five world titles to his credit and won the last of them precisely in Japan, in 2002.
The Seleçao have qualified for Qatar-2022 dominating their group in the South American zone with a record for points in their confederation.
The match at the National Stadium in Tokyo is one of four matches planned by Japan for the month of June.
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One of them will be against another South American team, Paraguay, June 2 in Sapporo.
The other two will be against teams to be determined, on June 10 in Kobe and June 14 in Osaka.
After the visit to Japan, Brazil will move to Australia to play a friendly Melbourne contra Argentina 11th June.
In the Qatar-2022 World Cup (November 21-December 18), Brazil is drawn in group G, along with Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. Japan will face Spain, Germany and a country yet to be decided in Group E, which will come out of the playoffs between New Zealand and Costa Rica in June.
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