[Asian Cup] In the Asian Cup last 16 match on Wednesday (31), even though Japan's star Junya Ito was involved in a sexual assault scandal, the "Blue Samurai" still maintained high morale, with Yasutoshi Doo, Kanei Kubo, and Eisei Ueda each scoring a goal, to overcome Bahrain by a 3-1 victory, and successfully advance to the last eight.
Before the match, the Japanese media broke the shocking news that Junya Ito had a dinner with several women after a warm-up match in Peru in mid-June last year, and then rode in a cab together, not knowing where to go, they ended up being drunk and suffered sexual assault. The victimized woman, A, revealed that she woke up to find Ito on top of her. After the incident, Miss A demanded an apology from Ito, but Ito insisted that the two sides were voluntarily having sex and offered monetary compensation in exchange for Miss A's secrecy, Miss A thought that Ito was unrepentant and filed a criminal complaint with another victim, Miss B. Currently, the Japanese police have intervened in the investigation.
In this match, Junya Ito was a substitute, and Japan was led by Keido Nakamura and Yasutoshi Don, with Eisei Ueda at the head of the lineup. 31 minutes in, Sung-Ya Kumagata's long-distance shot from the right lock hit the goal post, and Yasutoshi Don made up for it in time to take the lead for the Japanese. However, midfielder Reio left the game due to injury and Hidemasa Morita came on as a substitute, giving Japan a one-goal lead at halftime.
