FIFA U17 Women's World Cup - Group D: Japan 2-1 Brazil

Santo Domingo: Japan battled from behind to beat Brazil 2-1 and leave themselves on the brink of a quarter-final place at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Dominican Republic 2024 on Sunday.

The victory moved the 2014 champions to four points and they only need to avoid defeat against Zambia on Wednesday to advance after Poland defeated the African side 2-0 in Group D's second tie on Sunday.

Poland are also on four points and they conclude their group stage campaign against Brazil, who have three points.

Juju barged her way through a couple of challenges and brilliantly buried the ball into the bottom corner to give Brazil the advantage in the eighth minute.

Momo Sato thought she’d equalised following a defence-parting Noa Fukushima through-ball, but the former was adjudged to have been offside.

Sato did pull Japan level with a thumping header from an excellent Haruko Suzuki cross in the 49th minute.

Boosted by the equaliser, Japan completed the comeback through Asako Furuta, who turned her marker inside-out before squeezing the ball home from an acute angle four minutes later.

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Group D: Japan 2-1 Brazil

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