On the night of October 6, a stormy Asian Games women's soccer final kicked off in Hangzhou, where the Japanese women's soccer team defeated North Korea 4-1, once again ascending to the throne of the champion, achieving the feat of defending the title. Impressively, the Japanese team is not a regular staple of Japanese soccer, but more of a "shadow team" in a way. On the way to the final, they eliminated the Chinese women's soccer team in a thrilling 4-3 battle.
From the data point of view, the last four Asian Games, Japan's women's soccer team harvested a total of three gold and one silver brilliant record. In contrast, the last time the Chinese women's soccer team won the Asian Games, but also back to 25 years ago in 1998. This gap, can not help but let a person sigh.
It's worth noting that Japan's women's soccer team won the group stage of the 2023 FIFA World Cup with an overwhelming 4-0 win over Spain. Japan's men's soccer team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but also consecutively defeated Germany and Spain, in order to enter the group as the first. At present, it seems that the strength of the Japanese men's and women's soccer has reached the level of "out of Asia into Europe", the future of the competition with China will be more and more intense.
