Japan defeated China to continue competing for the championship at the 2025 East Asian Football Championship - Photo: AFC
The Japanese team participating in the 2025 East Asian Football Championship is 100% made up of players currently playing in their home country. However, the "blue samurai" still proved to be too strong for the Chinese team when they dominated the game with 65% ball possession and 17 shots.
Under pressure from Japan, China could not resist and had to pick the ball out of the net twice. Hosoya Mao opened the scoring for the Japanese team in the 11th minute.
In the 65th minute, the player with mixed Japanese and Nigerian blood Henry Heroki Mochizuki scored to seal a 2-0 victory for the Japanese team.
With this victory, Japan has won 6 absolute points after 2 matches. In the final round, Japan will face Korea to compete for the championship.
After 2 matches, the Korean team also has 6 points but is temporarily ahead of Japan thanks to a better goal difference. Thus, in the final match, the Korean team only needs to draw with Japan to win the championship.
Meanwhile, the loss to Japan was the 6th defeat in the last 7 matches of the Chinese team. The team of billion people is sinking into a serious crisis. In the final round of the 2025 East Asian Football Championship, the Chinese team will face the underdog Hong Kong.
This will be a chance for the Chinese team to regain the feeling of victory, but if they continue to lose, it will be a disaster.
The 2025 East Asian Football Championship will be the 10th edition of the tournament for teams from the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Three teams, Japan, South Korea and China, are seeded to the finals.
Meanwhile, five teams, including Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Macau and Guam, will play in the qualifying round. The top team in the qualifying round will advance to the final round.
The 2025 East Asian Football Championship finals will feature four teams playing a round robin to determine the champion. After nine editions, South Korea is the most successful team with five titles.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tuyen-trung-quoc-thua-doi-b-nhat-ban-chua-ghi-duoc-ban-thang-nao-20250712200632548.htm
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