On July 24, Beijing time, in the second round of the East Asian Cup men's football team, the national football selection team faced the host Japan team. In the first half of the game, the Chinese team made a killing opportunity in the opening 10 seconds, but then was completely suppressed by the Japanese team, and goalkeeper Han Jiaqi made many wonderful saves to save the goal, and the two teams entered the second half 0-0.
The national football selection team lost 0-3 to South Korea in the first round, while the Japanese team ushered in a 6-0 victory over Hong Kong football in the first round. Since 1998, the national football team has been unbeaten against the Japanese team for 24 years, and the two teams have met 11 times in the last 20 years, and the Japanese team has remained unbeaten with 7 wins and 4 draws. Since 2003, the previous two teams in the East Asian Cup 8 times, the Chinese team 4 draws and 4 losses have not tasted victory, the most recent meeting between the two teams appeared in the previous round of 12 matches, the second round robin, the Chinese team made a 0-2 away loss to Japan.
In the opening 10 seconds, the Chinese team created a threatening attack, Wen Jiabao's volley, which was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.
In the 6th minute, Japan won a free kick opportunity on the right side of the penalty area, and the Japanese team's main player sent the ball to the unguarded Hashimoto boxer, who volleyed from the side and was saved by Chinese goalkeeper Han Jiaqi.
In the 10th minute, Hatsumi Wakisaka took the ball from the edge of the penalty area and turned around to get rid of the defense, and the last kick was pumped, which was again rejected by Han Jiaqi.
In the 16th minute, the Japanese team passed continuously around the Chinese team's penalty area, and Hatsudou Wakisaka took the ball and shook his ankle to shake off the defense, and finally the cold shot from the front of the box was slightly off target.
In the 21st minute, Ryo Miyaichi broke through the defense on the right and entered the penalty area, and finally knocked the ball across to Hatsudou Wakisaka, but Hatsumi Hatsumi's close-range shot did not hit the force, and Han Jiaqi confiscated the ball.
In the 39th minute, Japan sent a corner kick in front of the goal, and although the attacking players grabbed the landing point, the attack did not pose a threat.
In the 43rd minute, the Japanese team crossed from the right bottom line, and the Chinese team missed the back point again, but Han Jiaqi concentrated and attacked to destroy the ball. In the first half, the two teams drew 0-0.
National football selection team lineup: 1 - Han Jiaqi; 3- Wu Shaocong, 5- Zhu Chenjie, 6- Jiang Guangtai, 16-Wen Jiabao, 8-Dai Weijun, 19-Huang Jiahui, 18-He Yupeng (20' yellow card), 20-Fang Hao, 11-Tan Long, 14-Chen Guokang
Japan squad: 1- Keisuke Daisuke; 4- Jinnosuke Nakatani, 19-Sho Sasaki, 22-Hayato Araki, 25-Ryuta Koike, 7-Takeshi Nozuda, 8-Morishimaji, 14-Hato Wakosaka, 15-Hashimoto, 17-Ryo Miyaichi, 20-Makoto Hosoya