Chinese national football team
Tied with Japan
In the second round of the East Asian Cup, China's national football selectors faced off against hosts Japan on the evening of July 24 at Toyota Stadium. Japan made 11 changes to their starting lineup. In the first half, Wen Jiabao opened the game with a wonderful long-distance shot, while the Japanese team completely controlled the pace of the game, Miyagi Ryo repeatedly created a threat, but Han Jiaqi showed bravery to keep the goal; in the second half, the pace of the game slowed down, and Zhu Chenjie missed a good opportunity in a corner kick attack. In the end, the Chinese national football team shook hands with Japan 0-0, won the first point of this year's East Asian Cup.
Yankovic motivates players
After the match, the head coach of the Chinese National Football Selection Team, Jankovic, commented on the match: "Today, we faced a strong opponent. This young team has learned many lessons and gained valuable experience in the first match against South Korea, so in today's match we did a better job in the organization of the formation, defense, and pressing in front of the field. We will do even better and more determined in the last game. In fact, if we could have been more precise and determined, victory would have been within our grasp."
Ending a four-game losing streak against Japan
China's national soccer team drew 0-0 with Japan in the second round of the East Asian Championship, ending a recent four-match losing streak against the Japanese national team in all competitions. Since the 1-1 draw against Japan in the 2015 East Asian Cup, the Chinese national soccer team has failed to win any of its four matches against Japan in the last seven years. However, the Chinese national soccer team has failed to win 13 consecutive matches against Japan, with a record of six draws and seven losses. The last time the Chinese national soccer team beat Japan was in the 1998 Dinas Cup, when Li Bing scored twice to help the national soccer team win 2-0 on the road.
The more surprises, the better.
For the young players, such a "surprise" will be very beneficial to their growth, confidence and experience will be improved. From the outside point of view, the young international players serious attitude and appropriate tactical adjustments to make the game compared to the last game against South Korea has been a significant change, it is doubly gratifying. 27, China's national football team will usher in the East Asian Cup's last opponent, Hong Kong, China, looking forward to the young players can show sustained growth.
[Newsflash]
Japan Football Association
It's official, two Japanese women's soccer defenders, Kaede Hayashi and Mitsu Kitagawa, have withdrawn from the East Asian Cup due to injuries.
Juventus, Italian football team
The official website announced that Rabiot, who did not travel with the first team to the United States for pre-season warm-ups, is on the list of Juve u23's big names for next week's training session.
?? Saudi club Riyadh Victory has officially announced that 35-year-old Brazilian midfielder Gustavo has joined the team.
?? Roma's official news is that the club's women's soccer team has signed Japanese international Minami Moe Hwa to a 2-year contract.
?? The team newspaper news, big Paris is reluctant to overpay the transfer fee for Skriniar, but Inter insisted on 70 million euros.
?? Liverpool.
The Echo reports that Liverpool do not want Firmino to leave the team this summer.
