{"id":100022,"date":"2025-06-03T06:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/100022\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T06:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:34:11","slug":"nadeshiko-japan-suffer-back-to-back-defeats-against-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/100022\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadeshiko Japan suffer back-to-back defeats against Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan went down 2-1 against Brazil in A women’s football international friendly on Monday, ending their two-game series away to the South Americans with two defeats.<\/p>\n

Nadeshiko Japan fell to a 3-1 loss on Friday for their first defeat under new Danish manager Nils Nielsen and the world’s fifth-ranked nation were beaten again by their eighth-ranked opponents at Cicero de Souza Marques Stadium in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n

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Japan’s Rion Ishikawa (front R) and Brazil’s Dudinha battle for the ball during a women’s football international friendly in Sao Paulo on June 2, 2025. (AP\/Kyodo)<\/p>\n

Manaka Matsukubo, one of six changes for Japan’s starting XI, hit the post on a one-on-one with goalkeeper Lorena in the 28th minute before Kiko Seike, who scored a late consolation in their previous game, sent her shot wide after skipping past the keeper three minutes later.<\/p>\n

Despite a hint of offside, Seike gave Japan the lead a minute into the second half as she side-footed home Aoba Fujino’s low cross delivered with the outside of her foot.<\/p>\n

Defender Rion Ishikawa turned the ball into her own net in the 54th minute, however, allowing Brazil to draw level after keeper Ayaka Yamashita completely missed the ball from a corner.<\/p>\n

Seike hit the post minutes later before Brazil hit Japan on a counter for the 79th-minute winner as substitute Jhonson dinked her shot past Yamashita.<\/p>\n

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