Under the neon night sky of Japan, the second round of the East Asian Cup was in full swing. China's men's soccer team shook hands with Japan 0-0 in a seemingly close matchup, grabbing a valuable point with great difficulty. Meanwhile, South Korea showed strong competitiveness with a 3-0 win over Hong Kong, China.
China made minor changes to their lineup after their match against South Korea, with Chen Guoxi, He Yupeng and Wu Shaochong in action tonight, while Japan made a complete change to their starting lineup, debuting a brand new lineup for the tournament.
Despite the efforts of the Chinese team to adjust, but in the face of Japan's high pressure, the team is still not able to do, short and medium passes with the advancement of the difficulties, most of the time passive. In the first half, the ball control rate of only 37%, shot ratio of 13 to 1, shot ratio of 1 to 6, the Chinese team is in an absolute disadvantage, but fortunately the defense is still good, the Japanese team attacked although fierce, but failed to create a must goal.
Compared to the previous game, China's offensive end of the performance more actively, although still maintain a high position after the loss of the ball pressing, but did not retreat directly to the 30-meter area, such tactical adjustments more or less alleviate the pressure on the back line, so that the scene than the previous game is slightly optimistic.
At the change of ends, Japan continued their attack and created many good opportunities to break through, but striker Makoto Hosoya missed one-on-one chances and quasi one-touch goals against the goalkeeper, preventing Japan from converting their advantage into a goal.
From the 70th minute onwards, Japan changed three strikers - Shudo Machino, Takuma Nishimura and Yuki Soma - who had scored twice in the first match against Hong Kong, China. However, the Chinese team continued to resist their opponents' attacks with a strong defense.
