:01:41. > :01:50.Champions. Oh, what a great goal, Herne nan Des for Mexico. Mata. The
:01:51. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :02:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:02:48. > :02:54.football on a Saturday night for too long, could we? We have the
:02:54. > :02:57.Confederations Cup on the BBC. Eight teams, comprised of each continent's
:02:57. > :03:01.champions, plus the host country and the World Cup winners are split into
:03:01. > :03:06.two groups in a tournament that serves the purpose as a dress
:03:06. > :03:12.rehearsal for the World Cup itself in one years' time. Tonight, we will
:03:12. > :03:19.see the home nation, Brazil, against the Asian champions, Japan. Alan
:03:19. > :03:23.Shearer and Robbie Savage are with me. To Brasilia then. Sepp Blatter
:03:23. > :03:27.gave a pre-match speech to the crowd, we will swerve that and go
:03:27. > :03:34.straight to the action with Martin Keown and Steve Wilson.
:03:34. > :03:39.COMMENTATOR: Brazil have played everywhere from Derby to Abdou Dhabi
:03:39. > :03:48.since the last World Cup. They have been between tournaments for a long
:03:48. > :03:53.time now. 00 days Cincinnati a shoot-out defeat to Paraguay. The
:03:53. > :04:00.Confederations Cup may not be the big tournament, that kicks off June
:04:00. > :04:06.12 2th next year, but it's a big tournament. It's Brazil on Brazilian
:04:06. > :04:14.soil, what more can anybody ask for. Scolari announced his team last
:04:14. > :04:17.night. He kept training open to the media. He invited in the local fire
:04:17. > :04:25.media. He invited in the local fire brigade in auto to watch. This may
:04:25. > :04:29.not be Brazil's ever best squad. Think about who hasn't made it.
:04:29. > :04:34.Japan are the only other side to be certain of their place in the World
:04:34. > :04:44.Cup next summer. They qualified 10 days ago against Australia. There is
:04:44. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:09.one change to that starting 11: this now is getting serious for next
:05:09. > :05:12.
:05:12. > :05:19.COMMENTATOR: Brazil have lost one competitive international on home
:05:19. > :05:24.soil since 1963. That defeat against Peru was way back in 75. That is one
:05:24. > :05:29.competitive home defeat in 50 years. That is what the opposition are up
:05:29. > :05:33.against in this Confederations Cup and the World Cup next year. It's
:05:33. > :05:36.what Japan are up against today, but also that is the history, that is
:05:36. > :05:42.the legend of Brazil that this current crop are up against as well.
:05:42. > :05:52.That is some pressure. Brazil, from left to right, in the first half.
:05:52. > :05:59.Japan, kick kicking towards Julio Cesar. If you think about that stat
:05:59. > :06:04.it's mind-boggling. One competitive home defeat in 50 years. Wow! It's
:06:04. > :06:09.about handling the expectations for this group of players. Scolari
:06:09. > :06:19.trying to keep it calm throughout the press conferences. Now, when it
:06:19. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:44.matters you have to turn it on as a arena. A very good atmosphere inside
:06:44. > :06:54.it as well. Her's Chelsea's Oscar. Neymar off chasing this. He has got
:06:54. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:13.there. Neymar. The block came in. introduction from Neymar. That's
:07:13. > :07:23.fantastic. Boy, when it came to him, did he produce. All this week they
:07:23. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:29.have been saying he's been on a goal drought. That has ended, 1-0.
:07:29. > :07:34.watched him in training taking free-kicks. Unbelievable. The form
:07:34. > :07:41.he has in, we only just started the game. He has risen to the challenge.
:07:41. > :07:47.Look at this. Wow. I mean he is picking out the top right hand
:07:47. > :07:52.corner there. A great strike, sweet as you like. Confident player. At
:07:52. > :07:57.the top of his game. My first thought was, Fred might have used
:07:57. > :08:02.his upper arm. I don't think that was the case. It was a sensational
:08:02. > :08:12.strike from Neymar. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. The pressure was on.
:08:12. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:28.What a fantastic goal to start this area, David Luiz there getting too
:08:28. > :08:38.tight. Honda showing his quality. Doesn't need to get that tight.
:08:38. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:47.Honda over the free-kick. Yoshida is lurk lurking. Okazaki is behind him.
:08:47. > :08:51.Honda went for the drive. Julio Cesar seemed to be slightly
:08:51. > :08:55.wrong-footed. It almost caught him out that. It a hell of a distant
:08:55. > :09:01.out. You would think the keeper would deal with that comfortably. A
:09:01. > :09:07.bounce in front. Palmed it away. No problem. Gustavo strong in
:09:07. > :09:17.possession. Japan working hard to close them down. That is Endo, No 7,
:09:17. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:24.a player that I'm a fan of. Slightly heavy touch from Paulinho. Paulinho
:09:24. > :09:27.in midfield, gas Gustavo, they look wooden. Players you would have seen
:09:27. > :09:32.in the past. They are not as technically advance as previous
:09:32. > :09:37.teams maybe. They have the function to drop back into the backline.
:09:37. > :09:41.witnessed the big debate about Paulinho in Scolari's press
:09:41. > :09:45.conference yesterday. Tottenham are looking at him, by the way, he plays
:09:45. > :09:52.for his club, Corinthians, much further up the pitch than he plays
:09:52. > :10:00.for Brazil. Here he is. Oscar has lost it to Honda. Honda's little
:10:00. > :10:06.touch. This is good. Kagawa has support to his right hand side. It
:10:06. > :10:12.fed into Takahashi. At the back post! Good play. Finish didn't quite
:10:12. > :10:16.match it. It's a shame about the finish. It is a great break. It
:10:16. > :10:26.shows you what they are capable of. A difficult ball to deal with.
:10:26. > :10:35.
:10:35. > :10:44.Arrives late. He should do better from Neymar. Marcelo. Fred making
:10:44. > :10:52.the run in the middle four, others are arriving. Here is Hull. Decent
:10:52. > :10:58.first touch. Couldn't find Paulinho. A bit wide there with the attempted
:10:58. > :11:02.goal. Trying to pick somebody out. Unlucky there. A wild shot from
:11:02. > :11:07.Alves. It shows you, both full-backs, Marcelo getting down the
:11:07. > :11:17.left. He is a real threat. Alves on the right, they play like wingers
:11:17. > :11:32.
:11:32. > :11:39.Good play from Endo finding Honda on the edge. On to his weaker right
:11:39. > :11:46.foot. The keerp makes a meal of it though. Just before the training
:11:46. > :11:51.session there was a huddle around the World Cup winning captain, he
:11:51. > :12:01.told them all about the journey that they are embarking on over the next
:12:01. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:18.well, almost an own-goal. Paulinho couldn't quite reach it. Japan have
:12:18. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:27.managed to smother and smuggle it away somehow and lash it up upfield
:12:27. > :12:32.hoping that Kiyotake will chase it. How do you think Oscar did in his
:12:32. > :12:37.first season in English football? see him as being an important player
:12:37. > :12:47.for Chelsea. Better as the season went on. He gave it away there.
:12:47. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:57.Silva has won it back for Brazil. Hulk, Fred, down the middle. Honda,
:12:58. > :13:03.had an unbelievable schedule, Oscar, over the last couple of years.
:13:03. > :13:13.Under-20 World Cup in 2011, Olympics last summer, playing for Chelsea,
:13:13. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:40.Confederations Cup this summer, Trying to whip a cross in. It was
:13:40. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:54.was way off target. But it shows you they have quality in that final
:13:54. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:14.power, wrong side of the post. He has come alive. He is about power,
:14:14. > :14:31.
:14:31. > :14:41.side wanted to give a free kick. Now he does give Brazil a free kick.
:14:41. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :15:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:15:34. > :15:44.what looks like cramp... Oh, no, it's not. I know what that is!
:15:44. > :16:20.
:16:20. > :16:30.throw-in, put out of play by the Premier League am actually,
:16:30. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:38.joining from Dutch football. That is 2-0. They scored in the third minute
:16:38. > :16:44.of the first half and have scored in the third minute of the second half.
:16:44. > :16:48.Paulinho for Brazil, 2-0. Absolutely devastating. They were listening to
:16:48. > :16:53.the chaps at half-time about living with purpose. This time it's Alves
:16:53. > :16:56.on the right-hand side. Paulinho, great quality at the end of it.
:16:56. > :17:06.We've talked about him being more defensively minded these days, but
:17:06. > :17:14.
:17:15. > :17:24.look what he can do when he's in the the back of the net. You talked
:17:25. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :17:57.about them starting pulley in the goal kick. They almost hit back
:17:57. > :18:07.straightaway, Martin. Marcelo has got to get tight. There's no
:18:07. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:52.throw-in. The pace has slackened. The humidity here. They are just
:18:52. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :19:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:19:36. > :19:46.Didn't quite have the angle and he was in an side either. A good line
:19:46. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :20:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:20:40. > :20:46.from the Japanese. They didn't go that was a free kick all day long,
:20:46. > :20:56.and this was within range as well. Honda might fancy this. Endo is
:20:56. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:27.clean sheet wouldn't do him any back. That's a good save by Cesar.
:21:27. > :21:31.Ryoichi Maeda with the drive. great technique, keeps it down.
:21:31. > :21:41.Cesar looking a quality keeper at last. He's better when it's more
:21:41. > :21:41.
:21:41. > :23:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:23:29. > :23:33.Napa tome oh coming back there. -- stadium and what will happen to them
:23:33. > :23:39.when the tour has finished. This is very much the centre of that
:23:39. > :23:49.debate, the stadium in Brasilia, the most expensive for the World Cup.
:23:49. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :25:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:25:02. > :25:07.Neymar is coming off. That's not a moment. I thought that was heading
:25:07. > :25:17.in the corner but it was a bit of an optical illusion. He should hold the
:25:17. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:39.Brazil with Atletico Mineiro, who hadn't been selected for any
:25:39. > :25:49.Brazilian representative side since the Beijing Olympics before his
:25:49. > :26:21.
:26:22. > :26:31.show what he could do, but he showed headlines. That's a nice memento, if
:26:32. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :27:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:27:28. > :27:38.They will probably settle for the by Thiago Silva. Here is Oscar, one
:27:38. > :27:48.
:27:48. > :27:54.delightful goal tucked away by Jo. His first ever goal for Brazil.
:27:55. > :28:02.Brilliant counter attack, fantastic passing to Jo. He did the rest. It
:28:02. > :28:05.was worth waiting for. 3-0. Oscar in this goal, the way he runs with this
:28:05. > :28:14.ball, injection of pace. He comes inside and look at the weight of
:28:14. > :28:24.pass. On comes Jo. It is a gift for him. Oscar's delivery, on the run,
:28:24. > :28:28.
:28:28. > :28:32.delivers the weight of pass and Jo nowhere near the Brazilian national
:28:32. > :28:38.side for years. Out of the blue, one injury, he's in the squad, a
:28:38. > :28:42.substitution, he's on the pitch. An Oscar pass, he's in the goals.
:28:42. > :28:47.important thing is you are a centre forward, you come off the bench and
:28:47. > :28:52.make a name for yourself. He hasn't done himself any harm with that one.
:28:52. > :28:57.The final whistle goes. Scolari shows no great emotion but he will
:28:57. > :29:03.be very satisfied will stop what Neymar did after three minutes was
:29:03. > :29:12.worth coming for alone. The other two goals weren't too bad either.
:29:12. > :29:22.Paulinho and Jo. The 2013 Confederations Cup has kicked off in
:29:22. > :29:24.
:29:24. > :29:26.it be a relief for those players to play competitive international
:29:26. > :29:30.football? It a massive relief for football? It a massive relief for
:29:30. > :29:34.them. They had their match head on tonight. They had their competitive
:29:34. > :29:39.head on for the first time in two years it was a game that had an edge
:29:39. > :29:43.to it. What I've seen of Brazil, over the last couple of years, is
:29:43. > :29:47.that, if you are saying to me - could that team win the World Cup, I
:29:47. > :29:52.don't think so. Tonight they showed sign of improvement. With another
:29:52. > :29:55.years of experience, with more confidence. The pressure will always
:29:56. > :29:59.be on, particularly when they are playing at home where they have
:29:59. > :30:02.football mad fans. I was impressed with them tonight. They were
:30:02. > :30:05.entertaining in the first half. Comfortable in the second? On the
:30:05. > :30:09.whole it was an effective performance. They influenced the
:30:10. > :30:14.game at times very, very well. When they got the second goal through
:30:14. > :30:19.Paulinho. They kept the ball. Everyone was comfortable on the
:30:19. > :30:25.ball. You would give them a seven out of ten. Not against a great
:30:26. > :30:31.Japan team. A good performance. England had that leading up to euro
:30:31. > :30:35.96, for two years we didn't have competitive games. You have a
:30:35. > :30:40.friendly head on and a competitive head on. When you get into the big
:30:40. > :30:46.games that matter is when you judged. They performed well. They
:30:46. > :30:48.expected Neymar to deliver. Boy didn't he deliver? Didn't take him
:30:48. > :30:53.long. A spectacular goal for three long. A spectacular goal for three
:30:53. > :30:57.different reasons. That pass in from Marcelo, second one, that touch from
:30:57. > :31:03.Fred. That strike is sensational. It really is. The technique is
:31:03. > :31:08.brilliant. Just the way Marcelo pinged it in. Alan was a centre
:31:08. > :31:13.forward, not a bad one! If you ask, the ball into the centre forward,
:31:13. > :31:17.the pace on the pass is crucial. pace of the ball dictates how easy
:31:17. > :31:21.it is to get a decent touch on it. If you are going to bobble a ball
:31:21. > :31:28.in, it's difficult to get the touch on it. The defender can think about
:31:28. > :31:33.it. He can try and nip in in front of you. With the pace Marcelo put on
:31:33. > :31:36.that. It's delivered hard, the touch that. It's delivered hard, the touch
:31:36. > :31:41.is a lot easier for Fred. At your professional level, the hardest the
:31:41. > :31:47.ball is hit into you the easier to bring it under control first time?
:31:47. > :31:52.Right. We were told to fizz a ball in. Rather than the ball bobbling up
:31:52. > :31:55.to you, difficult to control along the grass, if it's pinged in there
:31:55. > :32:01.at chest height or thigh height it's easier to control. You could tell
:32:01. > :32:06.that. Ping was the word that Steve Wilson used in commentary on the
:32:06. > :32:10.second goal. The delivery into the box by Alves was hard and firm?
:32:10. > :32:16.night we have seen them getting night we have seen them getting
:32:16. > :32:20.forward. Alves on the right hand side. He fizzed the ball in. If you
:32:20. > :32:27.see Paulinho's touch, cushion it down, one touch. He puts it past the
:32:27. > :32:32.keeper. It is the pass again which allows Paulinho to get the shot off.
:32:32. > :32:36.Good touch, good half turn. Good strike. Again, good ball in from
:32:36. > :32:42.Alves. Gives the defenders no chance to get near the ball because of the
:32:42. > :32:47.to get near the ball because of the pace on it. The third goal was
:32:47. > :32:51.equally enjoyable from the pass from Oscar and set up with the tackle
:32:51. > :32:54.from Silva. We are in mid-June. Oscar if in injury-time is running
:32:54. > :32:58.Oscar if in injury-time is running 50 yards to set this up. Don't let
:32:58. > :33:03.anyone tell you that you play too many games in football. This guy
:33:03. > :33:07.here I thought was Man of the Match that is his 84th game since 1st
:33:07. > :33:12.July. He has the energy to do that. To run 50 or 60 yards with the ball.
:33:12. > :33:17.Not only that, but the weight of pass into Jo is brilliant. Good run.
:33:17. > :33:22.A very, very good finish. The drive and the determination from Oscar,
:33:23. > :33:26.who I thought did it all night, I just thought he was brilliant.
:33:26. > :33:31.just thought he was brilliant. Popped up everywhere tonight?
:33:31. > :33:38.movement between Hulk, Neymar and Oscar. Fred held the ball up and
:33:38. > :33:43.allowed the three to interchange behind them. 84 games he has had
:33:43. > :33:47.since last July. It up there?People keep telling you it is. People tell
:33:47. > :33:52.you the energy is gone. Players are playing too many games - not that
:33:52. > :33:59.guy. The interchange of those front four, five six at times that
:33:59. > :34:03.impressed you, particularly Fred and Neymar? Yes. Neymar and Fred, you
:34:03. > :34:08.know their linkup play was very, very good. He held it up well. He
:34:08. > :34:12.very good. He held it up well. He really did, Fred. That is cramp,
:34:12. > :34:18.according to Steve Wilson. We will see how painful cramp will be in a
:34:18. > :34:24.minute. Good ball in. Very, very good save. Good first touch. We are
:34:24. > :34:31.thousands of miles away, my eyes were watering when I looked at that!
:34:31. > :34:37.That didn't look like cramp to me. That hurt and it def wasn't wasn't
:34:37. > :34:42.cramp. Neymar made run off Fred. That was Fred making a run off
:34:42. > :34:46.Neymar. Hulk had a chance towards the end. The movement of the front
:34:46. > :34:52.four, including Fred in that, was excellent. Particularly, first half.
:34:52. > :34:55.They combined well. Whether Fred was on the right. Great strike there.
:34:55. > :34:59.Whether Neymar was on the left. The movement between the three or four
:34:59. > :35:04.movement between the three or four of them was excellent. If Hulk cut
:35:04. > :35:09.in it created more space for Dani Alves. The full-backs you were
:35:09. > :35:13.Alves. The full-backs you were paying attention to You can do
:35:13. > :35:18.whatever whatever system you like. At times they were playing six
:35:18. > :35:21.across the midfield. The fullbacks getting forward, so far forward.
:35:21. > :35:25.That could be a problem the better opposition they play. It leaves a
:35:25. > :35:29.snails areas where they vacate. They cross from the right, Honda got the
:35:29. > :35:33.shot off. I think the further they go, the better team they play
:35:33. > :35:37.against that could be a problem. Here, on the positive side, Alves
:35:37. > :35:41.gets forward. There he is picking the ball up on the right wing. Good
:35:41. > :35:45.interplay with Hulk. Paulinho, who got the goal, this is in the first
:35:45. > :35:50.half here. He is supposed to be the defensive midfielder. He drives
:35:50. > :35:54.forward, to create o another man forward. He nearly gets a shot off
:35:54. > :36:00.there. On the other side, Marcelo, he can put balls into the box too.
:36:00. > :36:05.When I was growing up playing, you know, it was frowned upon that both
:36:05. > :36:10.fullbacks getting forward at once. One would go, one would stay. This
:36:10. > :36:14.team, both forward. Marcelo putting a good cross in. The other key to
:36:14. > :36:19.that is Gustavo dropping back as a third centre half, Paulinho can go
:36:19. > :36:25.forward then and the two fullbacks? The Whenever you see them, time and
:36:25. > :36:29.time again, two fullbacks. What happens is Gustavo just sits in
:36:29. > :36:32.between David Luiz and Thiago Silva to give them that little bit of
:36:33. > :36:36.protection. Hobby is right. When you play against better opposition other
:36:36. > :36:39.teams will look at that tonight and think - that is how they play. They
:36:39. > :36:45.will push their fullbacks right on. Other teams in Italy or Spain will
:36:45. > :36:50.say, that is fine you come on to us, come, come, attack us. We will play
:36:50. > :36:53.you off and we will counter attack you. We should have a word on Japan.
:36:53. > :37:00.They created a chance in the first half, they weren't particularly
:37:00. > :37:04.clear-cut, were they? No, Honda was lively. Out of contract in Russia.
:37:05. > :37:10.Kagawa, the game passed him by a little bit. Honda was their key
:37:10. > :37:14.player. They had chances. They had one or two chances. They got into
:37:14. > :37:20.decent areas without finishing them off. Brazil will have bigger and
:37:20. > :37:24.better tests than that. You can only beat what is put in front of you.
:37:24. > :37:29.Scolari said they will build the team bit by bit? That is right. They
:37:29. > :37:33.are a young and inexperienced team. They are a team under huge pressure,
:37:34. > :37:37.as the Brazil fans will tell you. I think they will improve and get
:37:37. > :37:41.better, now with competitive games and with confidence. With another
:37:41. > :37:44.year's experience, I think it will serve them well. There are two more
:37:44. > :37:50.matches tomorrow in the Confederations Cup. I will be back
:37:50. > :37:58.with live coverage of the other game in Group A as Mexico play Italy. It
:37:58. > :38:04.will be on BBC Three at 7. 30pm. Gary Lineker will be joined by Alan
:38:04. > :38:08.for Spain verses Uruguay on BBC One for Spain verses Uruguay on BBC One
:38:08. > :38:12.HD from 10. 25pm You can keep in touch with all the news and action
:38:12. > :38:19.from the Confederations Cup, loads of interviews on there as well, via
:38:19. > :38:22.the BBC sport website. That is it from tonight. Thank you to Alan and
:38:22. > :38:26.thanks to Robbie. The Confederations Cup is underway. We will see Spain