Five Bundesliga stars feature for Japan in their dramatic win over five-time World Cup winners Brazil in Singapore

Brazil knocked out Japan from the World Cup with an injury-time strike, but the roles were reserved on Saturday when the two national teams met for a friendly game in Singapore. The Samurai Blue saw their two-goal lead canceled by a brace from Vinicius Junior before Tatsuhiro Sakamoto's first international goal in the 91st minute repeated the shoreline from last year's friendly in Tokyo.

Five Bundesliga-based players featured for Japan, who will go their separate ways with their iconic coach Hajime Moriyasu after Tuesday's game against Paraguay following the postponement of the Asian Cup. Eintracht Frankfurt's attacking midfielder Ritsu Doan captained the side once again, with Gladbach's Ko Itakura entering as a late substitute.

The 28-year-old assisted Takefusa Kubo's opening goal before Keito Nakamura doubled Japan's advantage inside the first twenty minutes. Tensions were raising after the winning goal for Japan as both Carlo Ancelotti and Raphinha saw red cards for their protests in the dugout.

Hoffenheim's Koki Machida and Bayern's Hiroki Ito started in defense for Japan, while Mainz's Kaishu Sano came off the bench like his brother who currently plays for Eredivisie leaders PSV. Japan will stay in Kallang for the game against Paraguay, where Brazil face Singapore for the very first time.