HANGZHOU, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — China scored two objectives within the second half however their efforts got here up quick as they misplaced to Japan 4-3 within the semifinals of the ladies’s soccer match on the Hangzhou Asian Games on Tuesday.
In Japan’s roster, the 2023 Women’s World Cup quarterfinalists have not referred to as up nearly all of their World Cup gamers in Hangzhou, that includes a complete of 14 kids who have been born after the 12 months of 2000.
Japan had tried a complete of 4 pictures within the first half, however they surprisingly transformed all of them into objectives.
The younger Japanese aspect broke the impasse within the twelfth minute, when Yamamoto Yuzuki dribbled into the penalty space from proper flank and assisted Nakashima Yoshino to attain the opening objective.
China, who fielded a full-strength lineup, bought a fast equalizer eight minutes later as Zhang Linyan hit the submit in a nook kick, earlier than Wang Linlin’s follow-up header cruised over the Japanese goalkeeper into the highest nook.
The away staff controled the final quarter-hour of first half and scored three objectives by Tanikawa Momoko, Chiba Remina, and Koga Toko within the thirty first, thirty fifth and forty third minutes apiece.
Trailing 4-1 behind, China equipped on attacking within the second half. Zhang headed dwelling in a nook within the fifty fifth minute, and 6 minutes later Yang Lina added one other header to make it 4-3.
The Chinese staff had a number of probabilities within the remaining minutes to have the equalizer, however they needed to settle with the defeat after lacking that.
“It’s a great pity for us to lose the game, and I think I should take the responsibility. We were nervous and played tight in the first half. My players showed their fighting spirit. If we could do better in details, the results would be different,” Chinese head coach Shui Qingxia famous.
“After all, we have to look ahead, and we need to make adjustments. Personally speaking, I think I really need to calm down.”
“The Japanese team did very well. We should learn a lot from the failure,” She added.
The Japan’s head coach Kano Michihisa spoke extremely of his gamers: “For most of my players, it’s the first time for them to play at the international competition. We only have one player who competed at the World Cup before. We hope they can learn experience so that they can contribute more to the national team in the future. I want to thank my players, it’s a hard win.”
In the opposite semifinal, DPR Korea thrashed Uzbekistan 8-0.