China's national Olympic team suffered a 0-1 defeat against Japan's national Olympic team in the 1st round of Group B of the U23 Asian Cup Group Stage, suffering the opening blackout despite having the numerical advantage for most of the match. Here's a detailed recap of how the match went down:
The match started on time at 21:00 GMT on April 16, 2024 at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. Japan's national Olympic team took the lead just eight minutes into the match. Fonki Yamada organized the attack in front of the field and passed the ball accurately to the penalty area, the Chinese national Olympic defense had a hole at that moment, and the unguarded Jusheng Matsuki scored with an easy right-footed pad, making the Chinese national Olympic team fall behind 0-1.
However, China's Olympic woes took a turn for the worse in the 17th minute of play. Japanese defender Takaya Nishio elbowed China's No. 10 Jia Feifan without the ball. The video assistant referee intervened and the referee didn't hesitate to show a red card and send Takaya Nishio off. This left the Chinese national team playing with 11 men against 10 for the remainder of the match.
After that, the Chinese national Olympic team was outnumbered, but their performance on the attacking end was not as good as it should have been. Before the end of the first half, Tao Qianglong missed a good opportunity to equalize the score after a long-distance shot hit the crossbar. In the second half, the Chinese national Olympic team continued to strengthen the attack, in the 46th minute, Xie Wenneng came on as a substitute and got a one-shot opportunity, but his shot was deflected by the Japanese goalkeeper, Reio Ogikubo.
In the final stage of the game, the Chinese national Olympic team tried to turn the situation around by making a number of substitutions and adjustments, but they were never able to break through the opponent's goal. In the end, the match ended with the Chinese national Olympic team losing 0-1 to the ten-man Japanese national Olympic team, suffering the opening black of this year's U23 Asian Cup.
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