Japan Beats Brazil 3-2 in Friendly

Brazil's national team lost 3-2 to Japan in a friendly on Saturday morning (Nov. 14) at the National Stadium in Singapore (match page). Japan went up 2-0 on goals from Takefusa Kubo in the 15th minute and Keito Nakamura in the 19th. Vinícius Júnior pulled one back in the 33rd and tied it in the 75th, but Tatsuhiro Sakamoto scored the winner in stoppage time (90+1). Raphinha was sent off in stoppage time (90+2). The data comes from RaisLife, based on ESPN.

On Sunday (Nov. 15), the UEFA Nations League continues, with Spain vs. England and France vs. Turkey among the matches. All times are Brasília time (UTC-3).

Yesterday's results

Brazil national team. Brazil had 58% possession and took 17 shots, six of them on target. Japan took 8 shots, four on target. Brazil plays again on Tuesday (Nov. 17) at 7 a.m. against Singapore, also in a friendly.

Série A (Brazil's top division). Mirassol drew 0-0 at home with Atlético-MG (match page). In Chapecó, Vasco da Gama beat Chapecoense 2-0 on two goals from Bruno Duarte, in the 36th and 81st minutes (match page).

Série B (second division). In Saturday's games of the 38th and final round, Novorizontino beat Criciúma 1-0 on a goal from Juninho in the 68th minute. Fortaleza beat Vila Nova 1-0, with Maílton dos Santos scoring in the 45th, and Juventude beat Botafogo-SP 2-0, with Fábio Lima in the 57th and Raí in the 65th. Sport routed Goiás 3-0 with goals from Chrystian in the 22nd, Pedro Perotti in the 41st and Biel in stoppage time (90+4). Atlético Goianiense beat Cuiabá 1-0 on a goal from David Terans in the 61st, and Avaí won 2-0 over América Mineiro, with Luis Eduardo in the 60th and Léo Gamalho in the 71st. CRB and Ceará drew 1-1: Júlio César put Ceará ahead in the 16th, and Igor Catatau equalized in the 88th.

UEFA Nations League. Denmark routed Portugal 4-1 in Braga. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg scored from the penalty spot in the 43rd, Rasmus Højlund added goals in the 49th and 57th, and Joachim Andersen scored in the 75th; Bernardo Silva pulled one back in stoppage time (90+3). Sweden edged Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-2, with one goal from Daniel Svensson in the 5th and two from Viktor Gyökeres, both penalties, in the 11th and in first-half stoppage time (45+2). Armin Gigovic, in the 47th, and Sead Kolasinac, in the 62nd, scored for Bosnia. Norway beat Wales 3-1, with goals from Antonio Nusa in the 59th, Andreas Schjelderup in the 68th and Erling Haaland, from the penalty spot, in the 88th; David Brooks scored for Wales in the 79th. Hungary won 2-0 over Georgia, with an own goal by Georgia's Lasha Dvali in the 73rd and a goal from Barnabás Varga in the 85th.

Also in the competition, Romania beat Poland 2-1, with goals from Alexandru Cicaldau in the 68th and Dennis Man in the 72nd; Marcel Regula scored for Poland in the 82nd. Northern Ireland beat Ukraine 1-0 on a Terry Devlin goal in the 68th, Austria beat Ireland by the same score on a goal from Sasa Kalajdzic in the 78th, and Kosovo and Israel drew 0-0.

Friendlies. Iran beat Palestine 2-0, with goals from Sardar Azmoun in the 76th and Saleh Hardani in the 84th. China won 2-0 over Malaysia, with Wang Yudong in the 10th and Zhang Yuning in the 19th, and Kyrgyzstan beat Chinese Taipei 3-0. Early Sunday, New Zealand routed India 3-0, with goals from Finn Surman in the 22nd, James McGarry in the 40th and Chris Wood in the 42nd.

League standings

In the Série A standings, updated overnight, Flamengo leads with 76 points, followed by Palmeiras with 73, Cruzeiro with 60 and Fluminense with 57. Atlético-MG is 7th with 51 points in 35 games, and Mirassol is 14th with 41, also in 35 games. Vasco da Gama is 11th with 44 points, and Chapecoense sits 20th and last with 21 points (the standings already include the match between the two). That is 16 fewer than Corinthians and Grêmio, who each have 37 points and are 17th and 18th.

In the Série B standings, with all 38 rounds played, Novorizontino finished first with 73 points, followed by Juventude with 71, Vila Nova with 66 and Fortaleza with 65, who earn the four promotion places to Série A. Criciúma finished 5th with 62 points and Atlético Goianiense 6th with 61. América Mineiro finished 19th with 29, and Ponte Preta 20th with 15.

Today's matches

All times are Brasília time. The linked match pages update the score and key moments live. There are no Série A or Série B games this Sunday.

• 11 a.m., Nations League: Latvia vs. Armenia and Cyprus vs. Montenegro.
• 2 p.m., Nations League: Belarus vs. Albania and Finland vs. San Marino.
• 2 p.m., friendly: Suriname vs. Eswatini.
• 4:45 p.m., Nations League: Spain vs. England, Belgium vs. Italy, France vs. Turkey and Croatia vs. Czechia.

At 4:45 p.m. on Monday (Nov. 16), the Nations League has Germany vs. Netherlands, Switzerland vs. Scotland, North Macedonia vs. Slovenia, Greece vs. Serbia and Gibraltar vs. Malta. On Wednesday (Nov. 18), Série A resumes with six games, among them Flamengo vs. Athletico-PR and Cruzeiro vs. Palmeiras at 8:30 p.m., and Remo vs. Chapecoense at 8 p.m. The full schedule is on the portal's soccer page.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, Japan vs. Brazil, friendly
• RaisLife Soccer, Japan vs. Brazil
• RaisLife Soccer, Série A standings
• RaisLife Soccer, Série B standings
• RaisLife Soccer, matches and standings, with data from ESPN

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.