From a corner kick in the 19th minute, Japan cleverly crossed the ball into the penalty area, but Takumi Minamino's right-footed shot flew wide of the left side of the goal. Then, in the 24th minute, Junya Ito's set piece from the touchline failed to find Zhang Yuning, and the ball was eventually headed over the line. 27 minutes in, Japan made a comeback when Yuya Osako broke through to the center of the field, but his low shot was deflected by Yan Junling. In the 29th minute, Junya Ito sent a direct kick to the front, which was cleared by Jiang Guangtai, and in the 31st minute, Junya Ito continued to attack from the right, with a precise cross to the left side of the penalty area, which was cleverly cleared by Zhu Chenjie.
In the 34th minute, Wu Lei inadvertently knocked down Mamorita Hidemasa in a scramble and received a yellow card. In the 38th minute, Japan tore through the defense of the national football team. Takumi Minamino received the ball and snapped his left foot over the defense, but his right-footed shot was blocked by Zhu Chenjie's flying body. In the 41st minute, the Japanese team low ball diagonal pass, Osako Yuya shot, but the ball hit a teammate bounced out. In the 44th minute, Wu Lei won the ball from the right side and picked up a cross which Itakura Hwang managed to clear. The first half ended with Japan leading 1-0.
In the second half, in the 46th minute, Japan continued to attack, Junya Ito rushed to the bottom line and the ball was cleared by Zhu Chenjie. Then, the Japanese team opened a tactical corner kick, Artemis Jun Min vigorously break. 48 minutes, Ito Junya pass to the small area, Osako Yutaka pad shot, but was blocked by Zhu Chenjie. 55 minutes, the Chinese team changed, Alan and Wei Shihao replaced Artemis Jun Min and Zhang Yuning. 56 minutes, Ito Junya inverted triangle back to the pass, Osako Yutaka shot off the crossbar. 58 minutes, the Japanese team has also been adjusted, Maeda Daizan replacement for Osako Yutaka, Yutu Nagatomo was replaced by Yuta Nakayama. Yuto Nagatomo was replaced by Yuta Nakayama.
In the 61st minute, Japan broke through again, Yuta Nakayama passed to the front of the penalty area, Chinese defenders missed, Zhu Chenjie failed to top the ball, Zheng Zheng at the back point also failed to see, Junta Ito direct header broke the goal, Japan 2-0 lead. In the 64th minute, China made a substitution with Dai Weijun replacing Zheng Zheng. Wu Xi's cross was then blocked and the Chinese soccer team had their first corner kick opportunity of the match, but the tactical corner kick did not pose a threat after it was taken. In the 69th minute, Wei Shihao clashed with Takumi Minamino, pushing and shoving and using bad language.
In the 68th minute, Alan was tripped by Shogo Taniguchi, the national football team was given a chance to set piece, Wei Shihao took the penalty and shot a blast that went just wide. In the 75th minute, the Japanese team attacked, Mamorita Hidemasa shot, was Yan Junling pounced out. In the 82nd minute, China's free kick opportunity, Wei Shihao pass to the penalty area, was broken, Wu Xi followed up with a shot over the crossbar. In the 84th minute, Japan made a substitution, Genki Haraguchi replaced Junya Ito. In the end, Japan beat China 2-0 at full time.
Here are the lineups for both sides:
China: 1 Yan Junling, 2 Zheng Zheng (64' 21-Dai Weijun), 4 Stanley Wang, 5 Zhang Linpeng (89' 3-Deng Hanwen), 6 Jiang Guangtai, 20 Zhu Chenjie, 8 Artemisia Artemisia Junmin (56' 17-Wei Shihao), 13 Xu Xin, 15 Wu Xi, 7 Wu Lei (89' 19-Liu Yang), 9 Zhang Yuning (56' 11-Alan)
Unattached substitutes: 23-Wang Dalei, 10-Zhang Xizhe, 12-Liu Dengzheng, 14-Chi Zhongguo, 16-Jin Jingdao, 18-Tan Long, 22-Yu Dabao
Japan: 12-Shuichi Gonda, 3-Shogo Taniguchi, 4-Hiroki Itakura, 5-Yuto Nagatomo (58' 20-Yuta Nakayama), 13-Hidemasa Mamorita, 6-Air Endo (73' 11-Kengyo Kubo), 14-Junya Ito (85' 21-Doanryu), 17-Bea Tanaka, 19-Hiroki Sakai, 10-Takumi Minamino (85' 8-Motochika Haraguchi), 15-Isumi Osako (58' 9-Daira Maeda). (58' 9 - Dairen Maeda)
Substitutes not appearing: 1 - Kawashima, 2 - Ueda, 7 - Shibasaki, 16 - Nakatani, 22 - Yamane, 23 - Yabuki - Daniel Isao
