Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu hailed his FIFA World Cup-bound team's in-form strikers after Koki Ogawa and Ayase Ueda scored to rescue the draw with Paraguay.

Feyenoord's Ueda got a stoppage time leveller in Osaka when he stooped to head home in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, shortly after replacing Ogawa from the bench.

NEC Nijmegen's Ogawa scored Japan's other goal in the 26th minute after unleashing a stinging shot that Paraguay goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez parried into his own net.

Former Newcastle attacker Miguel Almiron opened the scoring for Paraguay in the 20th minute before Ogawa equalised for Japan.

Brighton's Diego Gomez scored a 64th-minute header for Paraguay, who took the sixth and final direct FIFA World Cup spot in South American qualifying.

"When you face a strong team that doesn't let you shoot in the attacking third, it gives us confidence as a team when the strikers who we look to for goals manage to score," said Moriyasu.

Ueda tops the Dutch league's scoring charts with eight goals in eight games this season for Feyenoord, who lead the table.

Ogawa has three in seven games for sixth-placed NEC.

Moriyasu was satisfied with his players' attitude after drawing with Mexico and losing to the US in their previous friendlies.

"We went behind twice but the players clawed it back and I think the feeling that they played with came across to the fans," he said.

Japan host Brazil in Tokyo in another friendly on Tuesday while Paraguay travel to Korea Republic.

Eighteen-year-old Chelsea winger Estevao scored twice as an impressive Brazil defeated fellow FIFA World Cup qualifiers Korea Republic 5-0.

Captain Son Heung-min made his 137th appearance for Korea Republic, a record for the country's men's team, in wet conditions in Seoul.

But apart from that it was all about Carlo Ancelotti's side, who led 2-0 at half-time after goals from Estevao and Real Madrid's Rodrygo, before running away with it in the second period.

Estevao finished from close range after 13 minutes following an incisive through ball from Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.

Brazil looked dangerous every time they went forward and they doubled their lead four minutes before the break when Rodrygo rifled in after evading the Korean defence with some neat footwork.

The visitors played a strong side, with Manchester United's Matheus Cunha leading the frontline and the dangerous trio of Estevao, Rodrygo and his Real Madrid teammate Vinicius Junior just behind.

That quality told soon after the break as Estevao and Rodrygo both scored again within three minutes of each other to underline Brazil's superiority.

Vinicius made it five with 13 minutes to go and it was the goal of the night.

Cunha played a long ball upfield and Vinicius ran almost half the length of the field before more silky footwork left him with an easy close-range finish.

Australia edged Canada 1-0 in Montreal.

Nestory Irankunda scored the winner in the 71st minute as Australia stretched their unbeaten run to 11 matches with the Socceroos to play the United States on Tuesday.

Iran suffered a 2-1 defeat to Russia in Volgograd.

Dmitriy Vorobyev put the European side ahead in the 22nd minute with Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh drawing Iran level three minutes after the break. Aleksey Batrakov's 70th minute strike, however, ensured Russia walked away with the victory.

Jordan, preparing for their first FIFA World Cup appearance, lost 1-0 to Bolivia with midfielder Robson Matheus finding the back of the net in the 90th minute.

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