[Japan National Team / News]On the 24th, the Japan National Team will face the Korean National Team in the 3rd round of the EAFF E-1 Soccer Championship Finals. Japan launched an offensive from the first half and scored three goals in the second half to win. He won the E-1 Championship.
The EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Tournament, which determines the pinnacle of East Asia. Japan, who finished two games and won 1 win, played against South Korea, who has not been defeated so far.
Japan, which has no choice but to win in order to win the championship, changed nine starting members from the match against China. Akio Tani entered the GK, and from the right DF Ryuta Koike, DF Shogo Taniguchi, DF Hatanaka Makinosuke, and DF Sho Sasaki were appointed to the final line. Midfielder Kota Mizunuma, midfielder Takuma Nishimura, midfielder Yuki Soma, and forward Shuto Machino were placed in the second row.
It was Japan that launched the offensive from the start. Machino made a bold middle shot in less than 30 seconds. This was prevented by the opponent GK, but after that, pressure was applied from the front to launch an attack. South Korea also occasionally shows a counterattack, but the attacks that are linked to that point did not come, and it made a chance while advancing the time well.
However, the goal net could not be shaken easily. There were scenes approaching the goal, such as Soma’s shot in the 19th minute and Mizunuma’s shot in the 34th minute, but the first half was turned back without a score.
It was 49 minutes that the match moved while Japan showed a good start in the second half. As the attack was assembled on the right side, Fujita received in the half space and supplied a softly floating cross to the far side. Soma, who ran into this, stabbed into the goal with a header, and Japan scored the first goal.
Japan caught the flow with this score, and in the 64th minute Sasaki pushed in with a heading from the set piece and added points. In the 72nd minute, Machino decided from a wonderful collapse on the right side and widened the lead to 3 points.
At the end of the game, midfielder Ryo Miyaichi was injured, but Japan, who went ahead with the time, beat Korea 3-0. He has won the E-1 Championship since 2013.
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