On July 24, the East Asian Cup was in full swing, and our

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The Japanese men's soccer team started the second round of the competition. In this focus game, the new goalkeeper Han Jiaqi performed bravely, repeatedly pouncing on the opponent's shots, and finally, the two sides played to a 0-0 draw.

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It also managed to break the curse of losing four consecutive games to Japan.

After the match, People's Daily commented that despite the unfavorable position of the match, the young players showed unyielding fighting spirit and blood, and such a match is exactly the

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A needed confidence boost. The Chinese team performed well on the defensive end, and the whole team united as one to successfully guard the goal. Goalkeeper Han Jiaqi was instrumental in making several saves. Although China still has an embarrassing record of 24 years without a win against Japan, this draw ended a streak of four consecutive defeats. If the young players can draw courage and confidence from this draw, it will be worth much more than a draw itself.

In response, one fan left a comment in the comments section stating that the defense was very aggressive in this game and there were bright spots on the offensive end. He said that despite a period in the first half

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Players ran back and forth on the field like track and field athletes, not even touching the ball, relying on fouls to maintain the field, but the overall performance is still worthy of recognition. He believes that there are a lot of strong players failed to be selected, such as Guo Tianyu, Duan Liuyu, Tong Lei and so on, is the main problem affecting the performance of the game.

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