The Brazilian division is about to be challenged by two of Asia's best teams, South Korea and Japan, in June, but questions are being raised within Japan's soccer community about the friendly match against Brazil. Unlike South Korea, Japan's team in Qatar
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They didn't meet a South American team in the group stage, and even if they make it to the round of 16, it's unlikely that a South American team will make it. According to the Japanese media, in order to play with the top teams like Brazil, they need to bear the tournament expenses of up to 300 million yen. A
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The official was blunt: "The June warm-up was initially organized by the Brazilian
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What was brought up, I think the Brazilian team may have intended to profit from it.
The official further said, "Shocked by the new crown outbreak, the Japanese
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's revenue has plummeted and is expected to face a loss of more than 4.6 billion yen this year. Against this backdrop, it seems wiser to choose a lower-cost opponent." In addition, the Japanese media questioned, "Does a warm-up match with Brazil really make sense? In this World Cup, Japan is in the same group as Spain, Germany and Costa Rica/New Zealand, and there are no South American teams. Even if they advance, their opponent in the round of 16 could be Belgium or Croatia, so Brazil is not an ideal opponent for a warm-up match." On the contrary, South Korea's warm-up match against Brazil is especially valuable since they will face Uruguay from the same continent.
