Brazil

Here is a look at the newspaper player ratings for Brazil vs Japan at the 2026 World Cup. Brazil, who have a fair bit of Premier League representation in their squad, won thanks to a last minute goal from Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli, set up by NUFC medio Bruno Guimaraes.

Brazil became the second team to progress to the Round of 16 after co-hosts Canada, who beat South Africa.

L’Equipe player ratings Brazil 2-1 Japan World Cup 2026

Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes and NUFC’s Guimaraes were among Brazil’s better players (7/10) in L’Equipe’s books, but the Selecao still got an average team rating of just 5.6/10. Japan didn’t fare much better (5.2/10 average team rating), with Crystal Palace’s Daichi Kamada getting a 3/10.

Man United’s Matheus Cunha and right back Danilo also struggled in L’Equipe’s ratings for this game (4/10 for both)

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