On April 16, Beijing time, the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup continued to be contested, and Group B focused on China against Japan. Matsuki Kuda opened the scoring, Takaya Nishio dyed red early, and China failed to win most of the 11 to 10 Olympic Games, and even could not pose much threat in the second half, so it looks like the situation of qualifying from the group is not optimistic. In the other match in the same group, South Korea beat the United Arab Emirates 1-0 thanks to Lee Yong-jun's header in the 94th minute of stoppage time.
Eiffelding and Tao Qianglong led the starting lineup of the national football team, and Xie Wenneng and Wang Yudong were on standby. At the beginning of the game, Japan quickly instigated an offensive, and in the 8th minute, Kaede Yamada sent an assist with a precise cross, and Matsuki Kuda inserted a shot in the middle to score a dream start, and there was a problem with the defensive leakage of this goal.
In the 17th minute of the game, there was an unexpected situation, Jia Feifei was fouled by a Japanese player in the defensive process and fell to the ground, VAR intervened, the referee watched the video replay and judged a serious foul, Takashi Nishio elbow was red and expelled, and the ten-man head coach immediately made personnel adjustments and replaced Rihito Yamamoto in the midfield to strengthen the backline.
The National Olympic offensive of one more person became more and more fierce, Tao Qianglong's high-quality long-range shot hit the crossbar, and then the team continued to create a threat in the penalty area, once it was a pressure kick, Bai Helamu and Zhu Yue were defused one after another, but unfortunately they have not been able to score, and now it looks like they need to play the rhythm faster, so as to have better space.
Back in the second half, head coach Cheng Yaodong immediately made lineup adjustments, Xie Wen was able to come on the bench to get a single chance, and the low shot in the penalty area was blocked by goalkeeper Reio Kokubo, and it was a pity that the ball could not be grasped. Although it is one more person, the quality of the National Olympic pass is relatively poor, and it is impossible to form a multi-foot cooperation, so it is really difficult to break through the defense line, and it is impossible to play it when you walk down, and you don't adopt the strategy of high-altitude bombing, and the tactics are really incomprehensible.
The leading Japan are particularly sophisticated, slowing down the tempo when they get their way, switching attacks and finding the right spot with their feet, and then using their individual ability to create chances. With the consumption of time, it is difficult to have a threatening shot, and the score has not changed for the rest of the time, and the Chinese Olympic Games lost 0-1 to Japan U23 at the end of the game, and the remaining two group games have been played against South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.