Tomiyasu, Junya Ito and Sano are in Japan's starting line-up for the match against Brazil

The national teams of Brazil and Japan will play in the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup in Houston. Carlo Ancelotti, on the background of the victory over Scotland (3:0), used the same list of performers from the first minutes. Hajime Moriyasu, following the 1-1 draw against Sweden, has included Tomiyasu and Taniguchi in the starting line-up in a central back three, while Sano will play in midfield and Junya Ito will play at striker. Brazil: Alisson - Danilo da Silva, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Douglas Santos - Guimaraes, Casemiro, Paqueta - Ryan, Cunha, Vinicius. Substitutes: Waverton, Ederson Moraes, Alex Sandro, Bremer, Pereira, Ibanez, Ederson Lorenzo, Fabinho, Danilo Oliveira, Neymar, Endric, Luis Enrique, Maritnelli, Thiago. Japan: Dzion Suzuki - Tomiyasu, Taniguchi, H. Ito - Doan, Sano, Kamada, Nakamura - Dz. Ito, Maeda - Ueda. Subs: Osako, Hayakawa, Sugawara, Itakura, Nagatomo, Watanabe, Seko, Junnosuke Suzuki, Tanaka, Kubo, Yu. Suzuki, Machino, Goto, Ogawa, Shiogai. The Brazil-Japan game will start at 20:00 Kyiv time. Follow on media.