In the third round of the group stage of the East Asian Cup, China's men's soccer team won 1-0 against Hong Kong in the afternoon, with Tan Long scoring a key goal. After the game, the Korean media wrote articles about it, including the "442" column, which pointed out that the Chinese team scored the first goal after the clever use of delaying tactics to consolidate the advantage.
The platform "sportalkorea" reported the match with the theme of "China's men's soccer team narrowly won 1-0 against Hong Kong, a goal decided the victory and reversed the predicament". According to the article, the Chinese team showed a strong desire to attack at the beginning of the match, but Hong Kong stepped up their offense in the middle of the match. It was not until the 21st minute of the second half that the Chinese team broke the deadlock with a goal from Tan Long, and eventually won three valuable points by one goal.
After this round, China and Hong Kong have a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (1 goal conceded 3 goals) and 3 losses (0 goals conceded 10 goals) respectively, and China's victory has certainly injected a new vigor into the East Asian Cup.
