Japan beat DPR Korea to retain Asiad ladies’s soccer crown and change into the Games’ most profitable ladies’s soccer staff.
HANGZHOU, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Japan beat DPR Korea 4-1 to retain the ladies’s soccer title on the Hangzhou Asian Games right here on Friday.
Their third gold since Guangzhou 2010 introduced Japan to the highest of the all-time Asian Games ladies’s soccer medal desk.
Japan has reached the rostrum in all 9 editions of the match because the occasion made its debut at Beijing 1990. Their haul consists of 4 silvers and two bronzes.
“I am so happy to be a member of this team”, stated Remina Chiba. “This team is the best team in Asia. This title is going to push us forward and raise our level. We want to keep this level of being the best team in Asia.”
Japan and DPR Korea have been tied at 1-1 within the first half earlier than the defending champion scored three objectives in simply six second-half minutes to kill the match.
Japan loved a dream begin within the tenth minute as Yuzuki Yamamoto’s excellent by way of go discovered Yoshino Nakashima, who lifted the ball over the keeper and into the online.
Kim Kyong Yong despatched Wi Jong Sim’s cross dwelling within the thirty ninth minute to equalize for DPR Korea.
The second half noticed DPR Korea push arduous in the beginning, however Japan seized the prospect to counter-attack. Haruka Osawa headed Momoko Tanikawa’s nook dwelling within the 66th minute to regain the lead for Japan. Tanikawa curled a long-distance shot to double Japan’s benefit three minutes later, earlier than Remina Chiba fired dwelling from a good angle within the 72nd minute to clinch the victory for Japan.
China, who misplaced 3-4 to Japan within the semifinals, wanted little effort to say bronze. The host nation crushed Uzbekistan 7-0 within the match for third place.
Only 20 seconds after kick-off, Zhang Xin’s left-wing cross discovered Ou Yiyao, who headed dwelling to reward the host nation a dream begin.
Chen Qiaozhu dribbled by way of the left and netted to double the lead for China within the twenty sixth minute. Ou’s pinpoint back-heel go discovered Wang Shanshan, who fired the ball dwelling from a good angle to extend the result in 3-0 within the forty fifth minute.
The dwelling staff stored their momentum within the second half. Wurigumula headed Yao Wei’s cross dwelling within the 59th minute, earlier than Chen, Gu Yasha and Yao scored three objectives in solely 5 minutes to seal China’s massive win.
“We still had the desire to score more goals,” China midfielder Yang Lina stated. “We lost the last game, so we really wanted to win this match. We also had a lot of fans here to play for.”
Uzbekistan completed within the top-four for the primary time as South Korea, who was eradicated by DPR Korea within the quarterfinals, missed the semifinals for the primary time since 1998.