On March 3, Beijing time, in the first round of Group D of the U20 Asian Cup, the U20 national football team faced the Japanese U20 national team in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In the opening 6 minutes, Liu Haofan made an own goal from opponent defender Hayato Tanaka, and the Chinese team opened the scoring opener; In the second half, Japan made personnel adjustments, Kumada scored twice in 4 minutes, and in the 90th minute, Li Hao saved the opponent's penalty, but the Chinese team was still reversed 1-2 by the opponent and suffered a black opener. In the second round, China will face Saudi Arabia.
Before the Asian Cup, the U20 national football team experienced training in Dubai and Croatia, and three overseas players, including Liu Shao Ziyang, He Xiaoke and Jia Boyan, as well as Liu Guobao, who was promoted in the preliminary round, were not eligible to participate. In the group stage, the U20 national football team is in the same group as Japan, Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan.
In the 6th minute, China won a corner kick, Eiffelding sent the ball to the front post, Liu Haofan's header hit the top of the opponent's defender into the net, and the Chinese team got off to a fantastic start, 1-0.
In the 9th minute, Japan besieged the Chinese team, and Li Hao came out to block the opponent's shot and help the team maintain the lead.
In the 18th minute, Japan threatened with a tactical corner, but Matsuki Jiusheng's final shot was blocked by the Chinese defender.
In the 31st minute, Yamane Lu opened the front of the penalty area to open the defense, and the final long-range shot was slightly deflected off the target, and the Chinese team escaped.
In the 33rd minute, the Chinese defender made a mistake in the penalty area, and Yokoyama Ayumi finally faced the empty goal, and a shot actually flew away.
In first-half stoppage time, Japan's cross from the wing was deflected wide by Yamane Riku unguarded, and China entered the second half with a 1-0 lead.
In the 56th minute, Eiffelding flew to tackle and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Subsequently, the Japanese team made successive personnel adjustments.
In the 59th minute, the Japanese attacking player swung off the line of the penalty area, and the final shot slid out of the Chinese defender.
In the 66th minute, two players who came off the bench connected with each other, and Naoki Kumada scored a header into the inside of the post, and Japan equalized the score, 1-1.
In the 70th minute, Japan's cross from the left flank, Kumada Naoki tried to barb in front of the goal unsuccessfully, but got up and turned around and shot from close range, and Japan instantly completed the comeback, 2-1.
In the 90th minute, the Chinese team sent a penalty gift, but Matsuki Jiusheng's penalty was guessed by Li Hao and saved the ball.
In the following matches, the Chinese team made continuous adjustments to try to equalize the score, but the pace of the game was still firmly controlled by the opponent, and in the end, they could only swallow the bitter fruit of a 1-2 loss.
U20 national football lineup: 1-Li Hao, 5-Liu Haofan (60 mins 17-Mutalif-Iminkari), 15-Xiang Rongjun, 12-Zhang Yixuan, 4-Yang Minjie (78mins 16-Li Suda), 14-Xu Bin (87mins 19-Abdullah Adili), 21-Hirzati Nur (60mins 8-Bao Shengxin), 2-Hu Hetao, 18-Chen Zhexuan, 9-Baihlamu Abduwaili (78mins 11-Fan Chao), 7- Eiffelding Escal (56' yellow card)
Japan U20 Kokusai 队出场阵容: 1 - Ryoya Kimura, 19 - Kodai Takai, 15 - Yoshinari Yashiki, 5 - Junai Matsuda, 3 - Hayato Tanaka, 7 - Kuo Matsuki, 21 - Hidemasa Koda, 9 - Kojo Yokoyama, 6 - Akira Yamane, 10 - Kitano Ita, 11 - Kazusai Sakamoto