Barcelona star Raphinha
was shown a straight red card for his protests after Brazil crashed to a 3-2 defeat to Japan in an international friendly in Singapore on Saturday.Raphinha started the game for the Selecao but was replaced after 71 minutes of the match which ended in a disappointing defeat for Carlo Ancelotti’s men.
Japan’s winner came in stoppage time and left Brazil furious as they believed there was a foul in the build-up. Both Ancelotti and Raphinha were shown a red card for their protests
to the match officials.
Japan had gone 2-0 up in the first-half thanks to goals from Take Kubo and Keito Nakamura but were pegged back when Vinicius Jr made it 2-1 just after the half hour mark.
The Real Madrid forward lashed home an impressive strike from outside the penalty area that flew past Zion Suzuki in the Japan goal.
Raphinha made it until the 71st minute before being replaced by Ancelotti and shortly afterwards Vinicius levelled the game with another great strike.
Again Vinicius let fly from just outside the area, with his shot hitting both posts before ending up in the back of the net.
Endrick thought he’d won it for Brazil in the closing stages but was denied by the crossbar before Japan snatched victory in stoppage time.
Japan won possession in the Brazil half and the ball eventually fell to Tatsuhiro Sakamoto to poke home from close range after a shot was blocked.
