{"id":16436,"date":"2026-06-30T03:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=16436"},"modified":"2026-06-30T03:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:34:15","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 | Brazil 2\u20131 Japan | Martinelli&#8217;s Stoppage-Time Strike Sends the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o Into the Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Watch Brazil&#8217;s Round of 16 campaign live on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/myaccount\/subscription?plan-ref=0-11-7467&amp;asset-ref=0-6-4z5914493&amp;visibility=SELECTED&amp;context=FIFA\"><i>ZEE5 FIFA Subscription<\/i><\/a><i>\u2014 subscribe from \u20b9799 for three months and follow every moment of the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 knockout stage.<\/i><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16\/#Japans_Perfect_First_Half\" title=\"Japan&#8217;s Perfect First Half\">Japan&#8217;s Perfect First Half<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16\/#The_Second_Half_Brazil_Turn_Up_the_Heat\" title=\"The Second Half: Brazil Turn Up the Heat\">The Second Half: Brazil Turn Up the Heat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16\/#Martinelli_Wins_It_in_Stoppage_Time\" title=\"Martinelli Wins It in Stoppage Time\">Martinelli Wins It in Stoppage Time<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16\/#Watch_Brazil_vs_Japan_Match_Highlight_Free_Only_On_ZEE5\" title=\"Watch Brazil vs Japan Match Highlight Free Only On ZEE5.\">Watch Brazil vs Japan Match Highlight Free Only On ZEE5.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-2-1-japan-martinellis-stoppage-time-strike-sends-the-selecao-into-the-round-of-16\/#What_Both_Teams_Leave_Behind\" title=\"What Both Teams Leave Behind\">What Both Teams Leave Behind<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brazil were trailing, rattled, and searching for answers. Japan had a goal, a game plan, and the belief to back it up. For fifty-six minutes at the Houston Stadium, the biggest upset of the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Round of 32 was taking shape. Then Casemiro equalised. Then Gabriel Martinelli came off the bench. Then, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Brazil found a way through.<\/p>\n<p>Final score: Brazil 2-1 Japan. The Sele\u00e7\u00e3o are in the Round of 16. Japan are eliminated. But for long stretches of this match, it was the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Japans_Perfect_First_Half\"><\/span><b>Japan&#8217;s Perfect First Half<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kaish\u016b Sano changed the game in the 29th minute. The sequence was ruthless in its simplicity. Danilo gave the ball away in midfield \u2014 a careless turnover that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/japan\/japan-squad\">Japan <\/a>punished without hesitation. Sano intercepted, drove forward, skipped past Casemiro, and struck a low curling shot from outside the box that went into the bottom-left corner past Alisson Becker. It was not a fluke. It was a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Japan had been pressing aggressively from the first whistle, and that pressure told. Alisson was harried into a sloppy clearance within minutes. Lucas Paquet\u00e1 picked up a knock. Both Casemiro and Kaish\u016b Sano were already booked before the quarter-hour mark. Brazil, for all their talent, looked uncomfortable. Japan went into half-time with a deserved lead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Second_Half_Brazil_Turn_Up_the_Heat\"><\/span><b>The Second Half: Brazil Turn Up the Heat<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/brazil\/brazil-squad\">Brazil <\/a>out differently after the break. The crosses began flowing from both flanks, the midfield pressed higher, and Japan \u2014 who had defended with such collective intensity for forty-five minutes \u2014 started to feel the weight of what they were protecting.<\/p>\n<p>Zion Suzuki was the reason Japan held on for as long as they did. In the 52nd minute, Bruno Guimar\u00e3es met a delivery with a powerful header that was destined for the net. Suzuki got a fingertip to it.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s equaliser arrived in the 56th minute. Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es delivered a curling cross from the left that found Casemiro arriving late into the box. The veteran midfielder powered a diving header past Suzuki. 1-1. The Houston Stadium erupted. Casemiro, already booked and one challenge from elimination, had dragged his side level.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the 58th minute, Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior produced the moment of individual brilliance the match had been waiting for \u2014 a signature outside-of-the-foot trivela shot that flew towards the goal. Suzuki barely turned it onto the post. The miss would have ended the contest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch every <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\"><i>FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/i><\/a><i> knockout match live on ZEE5 \u2014 the Round of 16 starts soon.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Martinelli_Wins_It_in_Stoppage_Time\"><\/span><b>Martinelli Wins It in Stoppage Time<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the match level and extra time looming, Ancelotti made the decisive call. In the 65th minute, Gabriel Martinelli came on for Matheus Cunha \u2014 a fresh pair of legs, a direct threat, someone Japan had not had ninety minutes to solve.<\/p>\n<p>In the 95th minute, Japan gave the ball away. Bruno Guimar\u00e3es intercepted and kept his composure under pressure, sliding a precise low pass between two closing Japanese defenders and into the path of Martinelli, who was already running. Cutting in from the left, Martinelli struck the ball cleanly. It took the inside of the right post and spun into the net past the diving Suzuki. 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>The substitute. The last minute. The post. Brazil had done it in the most Brazilian way imaginable.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_Brazil_vs_Japan_Match_Highlight_Free_Only_On_ZEE5\"><\/span><strong>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/match-clips\/0-6-4z5974253\/bra-vs-jpn-quickfire-highlights-fifa-world-cup-2026\/0-1-6z5994741?utm_source=GoogleOneBox&amp;utm_medium=GoogleSearch&amp;utm_campaign=OneBox_quick_fire_highlight\">Brazil vs Japan Match Highlight<\/a> Free Only On ZEE5.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Both_Teams_Leave_Behind\"><\/span><b>What Both Teams Leave Behind<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s performance deserved more. They pressed relentlessly, scored a wonderful goal, made Alisson look ordinary, and forced Brazil into a second-half fight that the pre-match script had not included. Zion Suzuki was extraordinary. Kaish\u016b Sano announced himself to the world. Japan can leave Houston with their heads held high.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil go through to the Round of 16 knowing they have work to do. The first half was below the level Ancelotti will demand. But they found a way; they produced the moments that mattered, and in the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, that is all that counts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Follow Brazil in the Round of 16 \u2014 watch every match live on ZEE5. Subscribe from \u20b9799 for three months.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Disclaimer: Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. 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