HANGZHOU, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — Japan eased previous Hong Kong, China 4-0, whereas South Korea edged Uzbekistan 2-1 within the males’s soccer semifinals on the Hangzhou Asian Games right here on Wednesday.
Shun Ayukawa opened the scoreline for Japan within the twenty third minute, and Shota Hino doubled the lead within the 54th minute. Japan’s Yota Komi added one other within the 74th minute, earlier than Hino scored his second within the 86th minute to seal the victory.
“We will focus on the problems that we encountered tonight and get prepared for the final. We will try our best to win the gold medal,” Japan’s coach Go Oiwa mentioned after the match.
Defending champion South Korea gained the opposite semifinal, due to Jeong Woo-yeong’s brace.
Jeong broke the impasse within the fourth minute. Jasurbek Jaloliddinov fired a free-kick to equalize for Uzbekistan within the twenty sixth minute. Then, Jeong netted once more within the thirty eighth minute to retake the lead for South Korea.
The second half noticed extra bodily challenges. Abdurauf Buriev acquired his second yellow card, and 10-man Uzbekistan failed to return again.
The closing will likely be performed on Saturday night.