A key match that concerns whether the Chinese team can retain the last glimmer of hope of qualifying, met the strong opponent japan, the number one in Asia. Li Xiaopeng's first exam after taking over the national football team was extremely difficult, and it was expected that the Chinese team would find it difficult to create opportunities. In the end, Japan won the match with a penalty in the first half and a header from Junya Ito in the second half.
Japanese Man's Feet
World Preliminary Round of 12
Group B Round 7
2-0
Chinese men's soccer team
The match was open to spectators, so about 400 Chinese fans came to watch the game, and before the game, the mobile phone lights in the away team stands lit up to cheer for the Chinese team in a foreign country.
Full game
In the 11th minute, Wang Shenchao sent a handball to the point
Wang Shenchao was near the bottom line, in order to block Junya Ito's cross, the arm was raised to touch the ball in an instant, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.
Daisuke also took the penalty, pushing the half-high ball with his right foot, Yan Junling judged the right direction but was powerless to change the trajectory of the ball, and the Japanese team led 1-0.
The situation in the first half was very unfavorable to the Chinese team, the Japanese team completely controlled the ball and the rhythm of the game, in addition to penalties also created a lot of danger in front of the goal, in contrast to the Chinese team did not have any goal, Wu Lei also received a yellow card for stepping on Hidemasa Morita. Blindly tired of defending, how long can it last.
In the 56th minute, Alain and Wei Shihao replaced Arthur Junmin and Zhang Yuning. Subsequently, the Japanese team also made adjustments, replacing Ōsuke Ōkiya and Yuta Nakayama with Both Maeda dairan and Nagatomo.
61st minute defensive misalignment Jun Ito also scored with a header
Yuta Nakayama crossed from the left, the ball reached the front of the small penalty area, the position of the ball fell directly in the middle of the two defenders of the Chinese team, Zhu Chenjie did not top the front point, Zheng Zheng did not look at the back point, the two watched from close range in the middle of the road Ito Jun also jumped up, with his head smashed the ball into the goal. Alas, Ito Jun also has no height advantage, this loss of the ball is really half strange, half strange and not coincidental.
In the 64th minute, Dai Weijun replaced Zheng Zheng and made his debut for the national team.
In the 69th minute, Wei Shihao's explosive shot went over the wall and deflected slightly off target
In the 68th minute, Alain was tripped by Akigo Taniguchi and Wei Shihao took a free kick and fired a right-footed shot over the wall and slightly off the left goalpost. This time, the quality of the free throws was very high, and the Japanese goalkeeper was rarely seen in the camera.
Towards the end of the match, the number of corners of the Chinese team increased significantly, Wu Xi shot high into the goal frame, and Wei Shihao and Dai Weijun also spelled out several opportunities. The Japanese team is the first echelon team in Asia, and this game should focus more on the changes brought by Li Xiaopeng to the national football team. The next opponent of the Chinese team is the Vietnamese team, which has not won a single victory so far, and the match will be played at 20:00 on February 1 (the first day of the Chinese New Year).