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Starting at 6:30 PM on November 14, TV Asahi will broadcast Japan’s friendly against Brazil live from Singapore National Stadium. Japan, who scored their first-ever win over Brazil back in October 2025, face the same opponent for the first time since a narrow loss at the June 2026 World Cup — four months on. With the Asian Cup pushed back, this also marks the first of the final two matches under head coach Moriyasu Hajime. On 5ch, opinions split over commentator Uchida Atsuto’s performance, while others marveled at the defensive numbers posted by Premier League midfielder Tanaka Ao.
TV Asahi’s network will broadcast live, starting at 6:30 PM today, November 14, the “Soccer Mizuho Blue Challenge: Japan vs. Brazil” match held at Singapore National Stadium.
Following their historic first-ever win in October 2025 and a narrow defeat at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Moriyasu’s Japan face football powerhouse Brazil again for the first time in four months.
Additionally, with the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 postponed, it has been decided that the match against Paraguay on Tuesday, November 17 will be Moriyasu Hajime’s final match in charge of the national team. The Brazil match will be the first of Moriyasu’s Japan’s last two games.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Checked it myself, it's for real — incredible, Ao!
Tanaka excels at winning the ball back — 10.36 tackles per 90 minutes and 4.77 defensive duels won, both good for 3rd among all Premier League midfielders.
WOOOO
They got invited because they're rich. Singapore's sometimes called "a cheerful North Korea" (a joke about strict rules despite all the wealth), and they want some entertainment.
Also, it's a shorter trip from Europe than from East Asia, so it's easier on the Europe-based players.
Thinking about it that way, yesterday's equalizer against Paraguay — that incredible goal (assisted by Nakamura) — must've gotten the crowd fired up.
Test match
Japan 3-2 Brazil
https://youtu.be/0rpOyTwcOsY?si=hmEB_zHk-kJSALGK
Today's schedule
Free stream on TVer
Don't need Uchida.
Time to settle once and for all who's really the stronger side 😎
I won't watch any show he's involved with
Any project he's attached to, I end up disliking
> Mr. Friendly Match himself, Moriyasu Hajime
Even in a friendly, winning's obviously better than losing, but the problem is he's great at making everyone think "we can pull this off at the real tournament too" — when we can't.
Let's play Port Ball! (ポートボール, a Japanese schoolyard ball game similar to basketball)
Nah, it'll just prove we choke when it actually counts
But just like at the World Cup, once the fatigue piles up, Japan ends up getting blown out
What decides back-to-back matches is overwhelmingly squad depth.
And traditional powerhouse nations just have way deeper squads.
Japan lost to Brazil at the World Cup because of that depth gap.
He wasn't even that impressive at U21 level…
Background and Key Points
With the Asian Cup pushed back, Moriyasu Hajime’s tenure as head coach is set to end after just two matches: this Brazil game and the Paraguay match. Japan scored their first-ever win over Brazil in October 2025, but lost to the same opponent at the June 2026 World Cup, so posters on the thread were divided on how much a friendly result really proves. As for why the match is being held in Singapore, reasons floated include the host country’s financial backing and reduced travel burden for Europe-based players — though the source article itself doesn’t confirm this, so it remains speculation. Worth noting too: criticism of the commentators comes down to taste in broadcast style, not a rejection of their accomplishments as players.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Soccer] Live tonight from 18:30 on TV Asahi: “Japan vs. Brazil”! Double commentary from Singapore by Matsuki Yasutaro and Uchida Atsuto.”
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