{"id":671687,"date":"2026-06-29T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=671687"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:35:46","slug":"brazil-vs-japan-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/06\/29\/brazil-vs-japan-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil vs Japan: Confirmed Lineups and Team News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word on Football brings you the <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrasilEdition\/status\/2071605318660846004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>latest team news<\/span><\/a> and the confirmed lineups for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/06\/29\/brazil-predicted-lineup-3\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Brazil vs Japan<\/span><\/a> at the Houston Stadium, in an 18:00 GMT kick-off on June 29. Brazil will start as the favourites, but Japan have proven tough to beat the competition so far. Can the five-time winner progress once again to the last-16? (More to Follow).<\/p>\n<h2><span><strong>Brazil vs Japan<\/strong>, Team News and Confirmed Lineups<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"430\" height=\"335\" style=\"border: 0; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 0; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/worldcup-odds-service-1086219671413.europe-west2.run.app\/embed\/30142328\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span>Brazil Team News<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Looking back at his team\u2019s 3-0 win against Scotland, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/brazil-get-japan-rematch-ancelottis-world-cup-crash-course-faces-knockout-test-2026-06-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Carlo Ancelotti said<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not perfect. We can improve. For example, our pace on the ball. We can be quicker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m pleased because the team has improved a lot since the first match. Now it\u2019s a knockout competition. We need to show real grit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/6\/29\/brazil-play-japan-at-world-cup-knockouts-vinicius-prediction-and-lineups\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raphinha<\/a><\/span> remains injured due to a hamstring injury. Neymar came on in the 75th minute against Scotland, and could play a bigger part in this last 32 clash against Japan, after his continued recovery from his calf injury. The excitement of the Brazilian fans when he gets the ball could be a huge boost for the squad in the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>After the win against Scotland, it\u2019s difficult to see Ancelotti making any changes. Rayan should retain his place on the right flank. All eyes will also be on the in-form Vinicius Jr, who has four goals in the tournament so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBuNWdEGp9\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 5000px; aspect-ratio: 5000\/3332;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h3>Japan Team News<\/h3>\n<p>Real Sociedad winger <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/brazil-vs-japan-live-stream-world-cup-2026-latest-score-updates-result-b1288041.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Takefusa Kubo<\/span><\/a> should be available following a knee injury, boosting the team&#8217;s attacking prowess.<\/p>\n<p>It is also expected that Ko Itakura will be fit, despite his withdrawal against Sweden. It is also rumoured that <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrasilEdition\/status\/2071605318660846004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Fabr\u00edcio Bruno and Hugo Souza<\/span><\/a> will not be available for Japan.<\/p>\n<h3>Brazil Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p><span>Starting XI: Alisson, Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es, Douglas Santos, Casemiro, Bruno Guimar\u00e3es, Lucas Paquet\u00e1, Rayan, Matheus Cunha, Vin\u00edcius Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Japan Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p><span>Starting XI: Zion Suzuki, Shogo Taniguchi, Hiroki Ito, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ritsu Doan, Daizen Maeda, Keito Nakamura, Junya Ito, Daichi Kamada, Kaishu Sano, Ayase Ueda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and the confirmed lineups for Brazil vs Japan at the Houston Stadium, in an 18:00 GMT kick-off on June 29. Brazil will start as the favourites, but Japan have proven tough to beat the competition so far. Can the five-time winner progress once again to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":671691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,30,1831,2132],"tags":[32870,145,32878,389],"class_list":["post-671687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-football","category-news","category-starting-line-up","category-world-cup","tag-brazil-team-news","tag-carlo-ancelotti","tag-japan-team-news","tag-neymar"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671687"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671701,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671687\/revisions\/671701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}