Gabriel Martinelli ya zura kwal a minti na 96 don kammala dawowar ban mamaki — Brazil ta doke Japan 2-1 a Round of 32 na FIFA World Cup a NRG Stadium a Houston, a gaban masu kallo 68,777.

Tawagar Carlo Ancelotti ta ci gaba zuwa zagaye na 16, inda za ta buga da Ivory Coast ko Norway. Japan kuwa, sun kasance suna ci a kowane ɗaya daga cikin wasannin knockout uku na ƙarshe — kuma sun rasa su duka.

Japan ta ɗauki ragama

Brazil ta nuna rauni tun farko, kuma Japan ta amfana a minti na 29 lokacin da Kaishu Sano ya ɗauki wutar kwallon Danilo mai muni, ya wuce Casemiro da sauƙi, ya harba daga gefen akwatin hukunci ya kai tawagansa hutu da rinjaye.

A baya, a minti na 23, Sano ya yi sa'a ya guje wa katin rawaya na biyu bayan fada da Cunha a layin iyaka wanda aka bar ba tare da hukunci ba.

Casemiro ya rama kuskure

Juyin ya fara bayan hutu, ko da yake Casemiro ya sa masu goyon bayan Brazil su jira. A minti na 53, dukan kansa da ya yi kusa da goli ya buge Takehiro Tomiyasu, sannan mai tsaron raga Zion Suzuki, ya koma baya ga Tomiyasu a layin raga — ta hanyar mu'ujiza ta ci gaba a waje.

Mintoci uku bayan haka, Casemiro bai rasa wannan a'a. Ya haɗu da ƙetarewa Gabriel a ƙibar goli ya mai da ita cikin sauro don daidaita kuma ya shafa damuwa a cikin NRG Stadium.

Wasan agaji a dukkan bangarori

Brazil kusan ta gama juyin nan da nan. A minti na 58, Vinicius Jr ya fashe a kan wasa mai ban mamaki na kadaici ya bugi kwallon — amma Suzuki ya tunkude zuwa sandar raga. An kawar da kwallon lafiya.

Da agajin lokaci yana tabarbarewa, Bruno Guimaraes ya ciyar da kwallon zuwa Martinelli cikin akwatin hukunci. Kwabon wanda ya shigo ya wuce Suzuki, ya buge ciki na sandar, ya yi rullawa ta layin, wanda ya haifar da bukukuwa a cikin masu goyon bayan Brazil.

Brazil za ta buga da Ivory Coast ko Norway ta Erling Haaland a zagaye na 16 ranar Lahadi.