Houston – Brazil survived a World Cup scare within the spherical of 32 when it fought again to beat Japan 2-1 after Gabriel Martinelli squeezed in a shot on the far publish deep in stoppage time on Monday.
Brazil, which will subsequent face Norway or Cote d’Ivoire in New Jersey on Sunday, improved after the break with Japan taking an early lead and shackling the assault of the five-time champion for a lot of the opening interval.
Martinelli’s winner within the ninety fifth minute got here on the finish of a tense match and was the most recent successful objective in regular time of a World Cup knockout sport since 1966. Brazil gamers and workers hugged one another on the pitch after the match because the Japanese gamers watched on in disbelief.
