The Brazilian National Team will play a friendly match with Japan before the Qatar 2022 World Cup

They want to be in the best condition for the 2022 World Cup that will take place in Qatar. The Brazilian National Team confirmed that it will face Japan at the Tokyo National Stadium on June 6. The friendly match was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)

It will be Brazil’s second match against Japan since coach Tite took charge of the five-time world champion team and one of the favorites for the title in Qatar. In the previous game with the Asians, played in France in 2017, the South Americans won 3-1 with goals from Neymar, Marcelo and Gabriel Jesús.

Despite the fact that Tite has insisted on the need to play friendlies with European teams and that they are among the best in the world to perfect Brazil’s preparation for the World Cup that begins next November, the CBF has not yet managed to agree on a match with rivals of that size.

For now, according to the already known schedule, Brazil will have friendlies with South Korea (June 2), Japan (June 6) and Argentina (June 11), the latter in Melbourne (Australia).

In September, in a new FIFA window for friendlies, Brazil will face Mexico and again Argentina, this last match corresponding to one of the rounds of the South American qualifiers that is pending.

Two months later, on November 14, the Brazilian team will gather to prepare for the World Cup and will train until November 19 in a European country, which could be Spain, Italy or England, before traveling to Qatar.

The ‘Canarinha’ was framed in Group G of the Qatar World Cup, in which they will have as rivals Serbia (November 24), Switzerland (November 28) and Cameroon (December 2). Brazil qualified for the World Cup as the leader of South America, undefeated and several days early.