Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 27, in the third round of the 2022 East Asia Cup football match held on 27th, the Chinese men’s football selection team with U23 players as the main team defeated Hong Kong China Team 1:0, thus, he won the third place in this East Asia Cup with a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.

In the first half, the Chinese team missed two better goals. In the 11th minute of the opening, the Chinese team left corner on the right side. Jiang Shenglong, who was unattended, was at heading in of the middle road of the forbidden zone. Although the ball crossed the goalkeeper, he was relieved by Liang guancong on the door line. In the 39th minute, he Yupeng played a subtle cooperation with Chen Guoguan on the right road. The former directly blocked the penalty area after winning the ball. Unfortunately, Tan Long’s power shot hit the border Net and failed to open the situation for the Chinese team.

Yi bian fought again. In the 66th minute, Hong Kong China team of the players made a mistake. Tan long shot the door directly on the right side of the penalty area. The Chinese team led by 1:0, this goal is also the first goal of the Chinese team in this East Asia Cup. In the second half of the game, Hong Kong China team was opened on the left side of the corner penalty area, and an Yongjia shot at close range by Han Jiaqi. In the end, the Chinese men’s football selection team won the victory at 1:0.

The head coach of the Chinese men’s football team, Jankovic, said in an interview after the game that this was not a satisfactory match. “In the second half of the game, we had serious physical problems. This is the third match in 7 days. Some young players have not met the conditions yet, but as the head coach, we must teach the players to understand, in the case of extremely difficult physical conditions, you have to win the game.”

When talking about the team’s gains in the East Asian Cup, Jankovic said: “It is very important to be able to compete with the strong teams in the World Cup level of Japan and South Korea, we can let our players know more about how to improve next.”

“As the head coach, I will further analyze and find out the shortcomings, but I also need to see the positive factors reflected in the game to help the team continue in the right direction.” Jankovic said.

On the evening of that day, with the goals of Xiang Ma Yongji, Sasaki Xiang and Kitano xiudou in the second half, Japan defeated South Korea 3:0 and won the East Asia Cup championship with 2 wins and 1 Ping, south Korea won 2 and lost 1, and finally ranked second.