Football: Japan beats Brazil and Ancelotti gets furious, sent off

Carlo Ancelotti does not lose patience easily, at least on the sidelines, but the failure to cancel the goal that condemned his Brazil in a friendly match with Japan, played in Singapore and which ended 3-2 for the Japanese, sent him into a rage, forcing the referee to send him off for protests together with the striker Rapinha.

The Italian coach, in particular, contested the VAR's decision not to sanction a foul that would have spoiled the action of the decisive goal scored by Sakamoto in full stoppage time.

"The result was influenced by the referee, it's not his fault but he doesn't have the necessary experience for these matches" the coach's outburst. Who then regained his composure, speaking with more serenity about the match: "Regardless of the result, I think that for 70 minutes we played well - he said -. We put on the pitch what we wanted, which was to play with intensity. I am satisfied with our performance, except for the start, which wasn't the best".

In Brazil, however, the defeat was not taken well and many commentators pointed out that after the exit from the World Cup, in the round of 16 against Norway, the green and gold obtained a victory against India, and a draw and a victory against Australia, certainly not first-tier national teams, before the defeat against the Japanese. "It's a disappointing result - says one of the critics on Sport.tv, quoted by Globoesporte -. Brazil plays badly in most of their matches. They have players of great quality, yet the team is unbalanced, with gaps in both the defensive and attacking phases; problems that a coach of Ancelotti's caliber should have resolved."