Asian powerhouse Japan will travel to France to take on 5-time World Champions Brazil in an International Friendly match in Lille today. With both teams having already qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Russia next year, this friendly gives their managers optimum room to try out different players, strategies and combinations.
Anyhow, let us get straight into the team news.
Japan Team News:
Japan’s European stars Shinji Kagawa and Shinji Okazaki will miss the match against Brazil. However, Makoto Hasebe will make a return to the starting XI. Keisuke Honda and Yasuyuki Konno are also missing.
Probable XI: Kawashima, Sakai, Shoji, Yoshida, Nagatomo, Hasebe, Yamaguchi, Ideguchi, Inui, Asano, Osako.
Brazil Team News:
The big news coming out of the Brazil camp is that Liverpool star midfielder Philippe Coutinho will miss the match against Japan due to injury. Willian is likely to replace him in the starting XI. Giuliano will start in place of Renato Augusto.
Confirmed XI: Alisson, Thiago Silva, Jemerson, Danilo, Marcelo, Casemiro, Fernandinho, Giuliano, Willian, Neymar Jr., Gabriel Jesus.
Best Dream 11 Team
This is the best Dream 11 combination according to me for this match.
Note: Keep checking the following Twitter Accounts for the confirmed team lineups before the deadline.
*Views my own
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