Highlights of the women's soccer matches at the 2022 EALA E-1 Championships
July 26, 2022 EALA E-1 Championship at 18:20 BST
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The tournament entered the third round of competition. At the Kashima Stadium, China
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Take on the hosts, Japan.
In the first five minutes of the match, China showed a strong desire to attack and kept Japan firmly pinned down in their half of the field. In the 8th minute, Japan's Reina Chiba shot a beautiful curved ball with her left foot from the outside of the penalty area, but unfortunately it was slightly over the crossbar. Immediately after that, China's No. 8 Yao Wei made a mistake in stopping the ball at the backfield, and Japan's No. 7 Miyazawa Hinata broke the ball and scored a curved ball with the back of his foot, which scraped the goal post.
In the 21st minute, Japan's No. 10 Nagano Kazuhana took the ball in the Chinese penalty area, and No. 23 Gao Chen failed to steal the ball, so Nagano Kazuhana took a long-distance shot, which went over the crossbar. In the 26th minute, China's No.7 Wang Shuang sent a precise direct ball, No.10 Zhang Rui received the ball and crossed the ball, but it was blocked by Japan's defenders. In the 33rd minute, Japan's No. 13 Ayaka Inoue sent a direct ball to the front field, China's goalkeeper Zhu Yu pounced on the ball, and Gao Chen destroyed Miyazawa Hinata's shot in time.
In the 39th minute, Japan's No. 6 Miyagawa Madu stabbed a shot in front of the penalty area, the ball drilled into the Chinese defense between the players, Zhu Yu barely pounced on the ball. In the 44th minute, China's midfield high ball to the front, Wang Shuang header back to do, No. 20 Xiao Yu Yi after getting the ball diagonally to the right, No. 11 Wang Shanshan broke into the penalty area diagonal pass to the back point, Japan's goalkeeper Yamashita Xingya side jump to confiscate the ball. At the end of the half, the two sides were tied at 0-0.
