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Tulio, the former Japan national team defender who holds dual Japanese-Brazilian citizenship, discussed the Japan-Brazil friendly on his own YouTube channel — praising Japan’s win while bluntly calling Brazil’s way of losing “pathetic.” Japan came from behind to win on Tatsuya Sakamoto’s late go-ahead goal in second-half stoppage time, and the aftermath was chaotic, with Brazil manager Ancelotti and Raphinha both sent off. On 5ch, reactions ranged from takes on Tulio’s comments to observations that Brazil’s generational turnover has stalled and that the team has lost the dominant “Brazil-ness” it once showed even against supposedly weaker opponents.
Marcus Tulio Tanaka (45), the former Japan national team footballer, posted a new video on his YouTube channel “Tulio TV.” While celebrating Japan’s win, he bluntly slammed the Brazilian national team’s “pathetic” way of losing.
While praising Japan — who pulled away again after being caught — for pulling off “a fantastic win,” the Brazil-based Tulio turned around and tore into the “Kingdom’s” way of losing.
Chaos erupted on the pitch after Tatsuya Sakamoto scored the go-ahead goal in second-half stoppage time, with Brazil manager Ancelotti and Raphinha both shown red cards.
Source: youtu.be / Original article here
What people said
but Japan ignored that,
went full power and even played rough,
all just to get the win. How shameless (>_<)
Getting cocky and losing is the lamest thing ever, isn't it
Friendly or not, going all-out to win every single time used to be what made Brazil, Brazil. Guess things have changed.
Back in the day they could still crush a team like Japan even while coasting. Sad to see, Brazil.
He was in Japan on his honeymoon —
Brazil national team player Endrick (Real Madrid)
He looks pretty used to it, honestly
Glad he had fun, at least
Guess even pro athletes drink Red Bull too
Endrick was the only one who went around greeting the Japanese players and [coach] Moriyasu after the match
'Japan doesn't do this, which is why Japan is soft, and that's why Brazil is strong'
That's their pet theory, but Brazil keeps getting weaker anyway
Well, they only made the round of 16 (lol)
For starters, Sergio is still a Brazilian citizen, full stop
Tulio holds dual Japan-Brazil citizenship and was actually a Japan national team player himself
His affection for Japan is on a completely different level
Probably a few months back, when Norway thrashed them?
Must be when they lost 7-1 to Germany on home soil
Either the semifinal or the third-place match at the Brazil World Cup
In the third-place match they were flopping on purpose, and even the Dutch players were stunned
Back in the day they could win even while underestimating the opponent
Now underestimating them means losing
That right there is Brazil's decline
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All three teams have one thing in common — their generational transition isn't going well
But there's still three and a half years to go, so nothing's settled yet
That said, was Minamino's last one actually a foul?
Nobody calls a foul for that these days
he was trashing Seko
He's clearly not even watching soccer anymore
This guy trashed Ueda and Maeda, then they went and scored, so he had to do his 'I'll run around in just my underwear, forgive me' bit (a self-imposed punishment for bad predictions) — that's how bad his eye for talent is
Who knows what would've happened to Vinícius too if Nakano had stayed on the pitch till the end
That's just because Machida was amazing
If it'd been Itakura or Machino out there, they'd have been 'dead' (脂肪/死亡 pun — both read 'shibō,' so 'fat' doubles as 'dead')
So Tulio picked Kubo as MVP too
https://youtu.be/sJT1XS3Kerc
Literally every commentator is naming Kubo Man of the Match
Ichiro Ozawa also has Kubo as MOM
https://youtu.be/md_HSz7H91A
Tulio's always drinking, lol
Wait, 'MOM'? Like… mom? (joking that the Man-of-the-Match acronym reads like the Japanese word for 'mom')
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Tulio holds dual Japanese-Brazilian citizenship and built his career as a J.League defender who was also a mainstay of the Japan national team. Now based in Brazil and something of a local pundit figure there, his “embarrassing” remark was read in the thread as coming from genuine affection for Japan — a contrast to Sergio Echigo, who is known for being harsh on Japan. Opinion split between commenters who saw the loss as simply the result of Brazil not playing at full intensity in a mere friendly, and those who pointed to a stalled generational transition and declining quality, arguing that Brazil used to dominate even weaker opponents without holding back. Since Argentina and Portugal also lost in international matches around the same time, some pointed out that the difficulty of generational turnover seems to be a shared problem among both South American and European powerhouses. Some details of the match itself — such as which competition it belonged to, and the exact circumstances behind the red cards — are hard to pin down from the thread alone.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Soccer] Former Japan international Tulio: “Haven’t seen Brazil look this bad in a while, it’s embarrassing… They need to go back to defending first”.”
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