The rivals were the best selections of Asian qualifications
With the end of the nearby South American qualifications, the Brazilian team will have two friendlies against Japan and South Korea, the FIFA of October, in two games that will be played in Asian countries.
On October 10, Hopscotch will face the South Koreans in Seoul. Four days later, Carlo Ancelotti’s team will visit the Japanese at the Tokyo National Stadium, a valid friendly for the traditional Kirin Cup.
This script is similar to what the team did before the 2022 World Cup. At the time, they beat the blue samurai in the same National Stadium 1-0, with the Neymar goal. A few days later, he visited Korea and beat the owners of the house 5-1. The two teams met in the World Cup and Brazil also applied a route 4-1 this time in the 16 round.
Three years later, some things have changed, but the national team will meet Japan and Korea of the friendly South. For this reason, Sport News Mundo explains how the two teams are, who also qualified for the World Cup after the Asian qualification cycle.
Dominant Japan
Japan has been obscured the best Asian qualifications for the World Cup in this cycle. The Blue Samurai ranked first of group C, the same key that also had Saudi Australia and Arabia, with 23 points, four more than the Australians, who obtained the second place and the other direct vacancies of the key.
The national team continues with the command of the coach Hajime Moriyasu and made a safe cycle in a difficult key, remaining on the tip and winning seven wins, having only two draws and a single defeat, which has gone to Australia in the last rounds. In addition, he scored 30 goals, being the best attack of the competition and suffered only three goals, the best defense.
After being surprised at the last World Cup, winning Spain and Germany, but stopping in Croatia in the 16 round, the Japanese kept part of the spine, but they made room for the new players. With this, Sion Suzuki, the highlight of Parma, won the place of Gonda and the defensive system was widely reformulated.
However, the same base of the vehicle with the addition of Reo Hate, Highlight of Celtic. In addition, the attack that Mitoma and Kubo already had, with Ueda and Maeda who have good seasons, in addition to the recent rise of Yito Suzuki.
South Korea adapts in the middle of the cycle
South Korea was the second best qualifying cycle of Asia for the 2026 World Cup. Warriors Taegeuk ranked first by group B with 22 points, one less in Japan, one of the greatest rivals, making an unbeaten campaign with six wins and four losses.
However, despite invincibility, the South Koreans had a turbulent cycle with exchanges of commands. German Jürgen Klinsmann was hired to replace the Portuguese Paulo Bento. However, the former striker lived a troubled period, living with disputes, which ended with his resignation after the elimination in Jordan in Asia Cup. For his place, the Korean Federation has resorted to an old acquaintance and reported Hong Myung-Boo, who had already commanded the 2014 World Cup team.
On the field, South Korea managed to maintain the same pimple and continues to rely on the technical leadership quartet that is made up of: Son Heung-Min, Hwang Hee-Chan, Lee Kang-in and Kim Min-Jae.
On the other hand, in addition to being able to count on other expert names, young people such as Bae Jun-Ho and Yan Min-Hyeok get space. In addition, Taegeuk Warriors have recently managed to naturalize the German promise Jens Castrop, who had defended the German national teams.
Source: Terra
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