Brazil Suffers Japan in the final minute, 2-1

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Brazil's Gabriel Martinelli celebrates after scoring late in second-half stoppage time. (A

shley Landis/ AP).

Brazil has survived to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 after a last-minute goal broke Japanese hearts in Houston in the first game of the day.

It took until the late minutes of the game for the five-time world champions to finally pull ahead of the Samurai Blue, using a goal from Gabriel Martinelli to finally push past the Japanese 2-1.