At 23:00 Beijing time on September 7, the focus of the second round of the World Preliminary League Asian Group B battle in the fierce fighting, the Chinese men's football team and the Japanese men's football team narrowly met. Only a few minutes after the start, the Chinese team's Zhang Linpeng unfortunate injury left the field, and in the 23rd minute, Kukai health care Ying's shot almost broke the goal, in the 40th minute, Osako Yongya a precise shot, broke the deadlock on the field. In the second half, Henwu Furuhashi also left the field due to injury, and for China, naturalized players Alan and Luo Guofu came on as substitutes. Nevertheless, the Chinese team lost 0-1 to Japan in the final match, losing two consecutive matches and dropping to the bottom of the group stage.
In terms of technical statistics, China's possession increased to 30% from 22% in the first half, and the number of shots on goal changed from 1-14 to 3-18, however, China failed to hit the target in the whole match. Japan was active on the offensive end, but the accuracy of their shots was only 3 on target.
Here are the key stats from the game:
China 0-1 Japan
Possession of the ball 30.4% vs 69.6%
Shots on goal 3 vs 18
Shots on target 0 vs 3
Number of yellow cards 3 vs 1
