Meanwhile, at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, Japan celebrated a first-ever victory over Brazil.
It was not looking on the cards when Carlo Ancelotti’s men, captained by Casemiro, stormed into a 2-0 lead. Paulo Henrique opened the scoring on 25 minutes before Gabriel Martinelli added to the lead on the half-hour mark with a firm left-footed finish past keeper Zion Suzuki.
Takumi Minamino started the comeback, seven minutes into the second half, and Keito Nakamura hauled the hosts back onto level terms, when his volley from Junya Ito’s far-post cross was helped into the net by Selecao defender Fabricio Bruno.
Matheus Cunha came on for Vinicius Jnr, in between those strikes, and almost made a telling impact. The Reds forward found the net with an emphatic shot but Luiz Henrique was ruled offside in the build-up.
