During the international break in March, the Japanese men's football team held the Kirin Challenge Cup in China, and after a 1-1 draw with the Uruguayan men's team in the first round, the second match was against the South American team Colombia men's team, and in the end, the Japanese team was reversed 1-2 by the opponent, like the Chinese men's team, two consecutive games without a win, but the Japanese team did not win against teams several places higher than their world rankings.
With consecutive World Cup group stage wins over Spain and Germany, Japan has been impressed by the fact that it is easier to meet the top 20 teams in the world. In addition, coach Hoichi Mori successfully completed the extension of his contract with the Japan Football Association, and led the team to no victory over Uruguay in the last game, and now hopes to overturn Colombia.
In the latest edition of the world rankings, Japan is ranked 20th, Asia is ranked 1st and Colombia is ranked 17th, which is the second meeting between the two teams after the 2019 friendly match.
In the opening third minute, Japan got off to a fantastic start, with Hidemasa Morita crossing from the right and Kaoru Mikata jumping high to score the goal, and since the start of last year, Kaoru Mikasa has scored six goals for the Japanese national team, the most goals in the team in the same period.
Two minutes after Kaoru Mikasa's goal, the Japanese defender missed and Carrasco's shot from inside the box was saved, and Colombia showed a good chance to equalize. After successive attacks, Colombia finally equalized in the 33rd minute, Machado burst into the box from the left to send a cross and Duran followed up with a direct push to make the score 1-1.
In the second half, the Colombian team attacked even more. In the 60th minute, Borre jumped into the air inside the box to complete the inverted golden hook to help Colombia take a 2-1 lead.
Faced with falling behind, Japan was eager to turn the tide and was unsuccessful, and even a player in the back made another low-level mistake, and was eventually reversed 1-2 by Colombia, following the last draw with Uruguay, the two friendly matches on the national break in March were not winless.
In an earlier match, the Australian men's team faced South American side Guadore Men's at home, and the final 1-2 reversal was also reversed, and the Asian team faced the South American team.
Two days ago, the Chinese men's football team played the second friendly match with the New Zealand men's football team, and the national football team lost 1-2. According to statistics, since the first away game against the New Zealand men's football team in 1982, the national football team has been without a win away for 41 consecutive years, continuing the humiliating record, while the international A competition has been winless for 9 consecutive games.