On October 6, as the clock struck midnight Beijing time in 2020, a showdown for the glory of Asian soccer was staged in Hangzhou: the summit clash between the Japanese women's football team and the North Korean women's football team. In this battle of old and new supremacy, China's women's soccer team was unfortunately eliminated by Japan's women's soccer team in the semifinals, but won the bronze medal with a 0:0 draw against Uzbekistan's women's soccer team in the third-fourth place finals with their superb skills.
Looking back, from the 1980s to the 1990s, the Chinese women's soccer team dominated the Asian soccer world for more than ten years, and then gradually declined. The North Korean women's soccer team took over and became the new dominant force, and ten years later, the Japanese women's soccer team succeeded them. 2010 Asian Games and 2011 Women's World Cup, the Japanese women's soccer team officially opened the era of dominance in Asia.
At this year's Asian Games, the Japanese women's soccer team did not send a main lineup, but a group of young and replacement players, but they still showed great strength.
The DPRK women's soccer team, which has been absent from many international matches for reasons in recent years, is like a mysterious guest, making people full of expectations.
The match started with a fierce duel between the two sides, but the offense of the Japanese women's soccer team looked sharper. In the 10th minute, Yamamoto Yuzuki tore through the DPRK women's defense with a long pass, and Shunai in the midfield easily formed a one-two punch, and faced the goalkeeper who came up to her, she calmly shot at the goal, and the Japanese women's soccer team took a 1:0 lead.
Then, DPRK women's soccer forward Yan Mingxing left the game with an injury, and Seung Hyang-shin came on as a substitute. In the 27th minute, Seung Hyang-sim had a chance to take a single shot, but she was a bit slow and was destroyed by Kogata.
In the 38th minute, Hyo Jin Ok sent a direct ball, Wei Jung Shin passed the ball to the front of the goal again, Kim Kyung Young shot the ball in the middle of the road, the ball was very fast, the angle was accurate, and the DPRK women's soccer team equalized the score to 1:1.
In stoppage time of the first half, Shino Kan Koyama took a long shot from outside the penalty area, but it was deflected by the goalkeeper.
In the 62nd minute, the DPRK women's soccer team counterattacked with a cross from Wei Jung-Shin, but it was parried by the goalkeeper.
In the 65th minute, Japan Women's Football Team attacked from a corner kick, Chiba Reikai crossed the ball to the goal, and Osawa Haruka scored a header to give Japan Women's Football Team a 2:1 lead.
In the 70th minute, Moeko Tanigawa took a sudden long-distance shot from outside the penalty area and the ball went into the net, extending the Japanese women's soccer team's advantage 3:1.
In the 72nd minute, Chiba Rei Kane scored again in a one-two punch to give Japan Women's Soccer a 4-1 lead.
Facing such a score, the DPRK women's soccer team was unable to return.
In the end, the Japanese women's soccer team successfully defended their 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Women's Soccer Team Championship (the tournament has been extended to 2023) with a 4-1 victory over the DPRK women's soccer team, once again writing a brilliant page.
