00:00Hello, Lance friends, Sunday, June 28th, the day before Brazil vs. Japan, a decisive match for the second round of the World Cup.
00:08of the World.
00:08We're right here in front of Dynamo Houston's stadium.
00:12And Houston Dash, the women's team, also plays here in this city.
00:18Yesterday I said it was the Houston Dynamo, but no, the pronunciation is Dynamo Houston.
00:23We're in the United States, so it's Dynamo Houston.
00:25The Brazilian team has been doing, and is actually doing, a training session here before a match.
00:32Carlão Delotti will decide on the team for tomorrow's game. There shouldn't be any changes, right?
00:37I don't think so. I believe he'll field the same team that beat Scotland 3-0.
00:41Unless something goes wrong with a player, or there's some kind of problem here in today's training session.
00:48But it's unlikely the team will field Alisson, Danilo, Gabriel Magalhães, and Marquinhos.
00:51Marquinhos and Gabriel Magalhães, actually Douglas Santos, Casemiro, Bruno Guimarães and Lucas Paquetá,
00:58Vini Júnior, Rayan and Matheus Punha.
01:25Remember that Vinícius Júnior has 4 goals in the World Cup.
01:28Our star player, chosen as the best player on the field in all three matches,
01:34So our biggest technical expectation is Vini Júnior in this game, right?
01:38Today's training session was a little different from the training sessions we've been following since the beginning of the preparation.
01:44from Brazil,
01:44because there was a large presence of Japanese journalists.
01:49It's safe to say that there were at least 200 journalists here at the stadium, both Brazilian and Japanese.
01:56And remember that only accredited press are allowed.
01:58Until then at the training center in Morristown, anyone who is press but not accredited for the World Cup has
02:05access.
02:05This is only for accredited press, so there are a lot of people and very high expectations among the Japanese.
02:10And the Japanese are somewhat confident about facing Brazil, right?
02:13Yes, we tried to talk to some of them, but many can't speak due to their company's rules.
02:18But Dozan managed to talk to him there.
02:22His statement included some rather curious remarks, didn't it?
02:26So, the main point, as he said, is that Brazil is at a high level.
02:31But the Japanese national team has grown a lot in recent times, especially in this World Cup cycle.
02:37So he thinks the game is a close one.
02:39Now, regarding Brazil's standout player, Dozan, what he said surprised everyone here.
02:45When we were chatting about getting the ratings up, the report on the training session was for the website.
02:52When Dozan told me the name he highlighted as outstanding, I was quite surprised.
02:55I actually think it's a real highlight, okay?
02:57He's doing very well in the World Cup.
02:58But who is Dozan?
02:59The reporter, the journalist from Dazon in Japan, said that for him the main player for Brazil is...
03:05Goalkeeper Alisson.
03:06And then I asked why Alisson, and he said, because Japan's main strength lies in its attack.
03:13And he said that if Alisson has a great run of form, a great moment, it will be very difficult for the
03:19Japan is moving forward.
03:21His personal opinion is that Brazil remains among the top national teams in the world.
03:25But he thinks Japan has grown well, so the difference between Brazil and Japan today isn't as big anymore.
03:32Finally, we'll know tomorrow.
03:35It's a very hot day here in Houston, as usual, and we're getting close to game time.
03:40But the game won't be that heated at all.
03:43The stadium is air-conditioned, which is important; the stadium is closed; the game is at noon local time.
03:472 PM Brazilian time, but the stadium is fully air-conditioned.
03:52It'll be around 21 or 22 degrees Celsius during the game, so everyone will be nice and cool.
03:57The training session is even taking place at the same time as the match, but they're having to deal with this blazing sun.
04:02It's very hot here in Houston today.
04:04And it's worth remembering that the Japanese are also excited.
04:07Because Japan won 3-2 in their last friendly match against the Brazilian national team.
04:12It was a friendly match where Brazil conducted many tests, especially in the defensive sector.
04:18It's not the same defense that's been playing, that will play this game tomorrow here in Houston.
04:24The defense at the time consisted of goalkeeper Hugo Souza, and the central defensive pairing of Beraldo and Fabrício Bruno.
04:30The left-back was Carlos Augusto and the right-back was Paulo Henrique from Vasco.
04:35He even scored a goal.
04:36That's true. And it's a completely different team, but there's a coincidence.
04:40The midfield is the same one that will play here, but in a different situation.
04:44He wasn't playing in the same style he's playing here.
04:47It was Paquetá, Bruno Guimarães and Casimiro.
04:50But here in Brazil, the dynamics of education are completely different.
04:54Antelotes has a different formation strategy.
04:56At that time, he was starting to work with the 4-2-4 formation, and it changed completely.
05:01During this period of preparation for the World Cup and upon arrival here.
05:04So I think it's going to be a cool game.
05:06I've officiated a few matches between Brazil and Japan, friendlies a while back.
05:11I even saw Neymar score the four goals he scored against Japan in the friendly match in Singapore.
05:17I think that if Brazil plays under ICNTP, standard temperature and pressure conditions,
05:24I think Brazil is unlikely to lose this game.
05:26It's only in those games where the Japanese goalkeeper saves everything; Brazil has that deflected ball.
05:33Like when Morocco scored their first goal, Gabriel Magalhães made that mistake there.
05:38I think Japan has a chance there.
05:41I think it's unlikely, unless Brazil makes a mistake, and that's what I've been discussing with...
05:46Dousan earlier,
05:48Antelotes is a veteran of knockout tournaments.
05:51He's used to it.
05:52Champions League, how many knockout matches did he play in?
05:56He's used to this type of game, he's used to putting together a team for this type of game.
06:00He's used to that story of struggling a bit without the ball and then going on the counter-attack and
06:05to kill.
06:05Vini Júnior did this a lot, especially in Real Madrid's last Champions League title.
06:11So, I think it's going to be a really cool game to watch.
06:13If Japan comes out strong, it will be good for us.
06:16If Japan sits back there, we'll play the same game we played against Scotland.
06:21trying to break through this defensive barrier of the Japanese.
06:25But I think it's going to be a cool game to watch.
06:27The expectation, once again, is that a large majority of Brazilians will be represented here.
06:31The reception yesterday was huge.
06:33Brazilians are very excited; there's a pretty large Brazilian community here in Rio.
06:38He's quite excited.
06:39We saw some people coming around the stadium, thinking maybe they'd get to see the players, but no.
06:45In training, especially FIFA training the day before a match, everything is much more closed off.
06:50But the stadium has a capacity for more than 68,000 fans.
06:54Anaka Stadium, which hosts the world's largest rodeo event.
06:58You mentioned this in a news report yesterday.
07:00There's a report about it on the Lance website.
07:03A very beautiful place.
07:04Tomorrow, noon local time, 2 PM Brasília time.
07:08The knockout stage begins.
07:09Brazil needs to win in order to move forward.
07:12We're keeping track of everything, and you know it.
07:14But I still have one more detail to mention here that I thought was really cool.
07:18Dozan, who hosted the delegation here yesterday, I hosted in Miami.
07:22Every day, I think the presence of fans and the interaction between the players and the national team is increasing more and more.
07:29I think this is really cool.
07:30There, they handed out a small bracelet with various sayings on it.
07:34I don't know if they've had the same thing happen here.
07:37But this interaction between players and fans is really cool.
07:43It's happening and it's growing during the World Cup.
07:47So that's it.
07:48All the details about the big Brazil-Japan match this Monday are here.
07:53You can see it here on Lance.
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07:56Site lance.com.br
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