"Min E Lee Blitzes Two Goals! South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 4-0 in the East Asian Cup, leapfrogging them into third place!"

In the third round of the 8th Women's East Asian Cup, South Korea and Chinese Taipei faced off at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Japan at 3:00 p.m. on July 26th. In the end, Korea came away with an emphatic 4-0 victory. Highlights of the match included back-to-back goals from Min Eu Lee in the 35th and 38th minutes, as well as a goal each from Kang Chae Rim in the 40th minute and extra time, while Ko Min Kyung's goal in the first minute of extra time sealed the final score. Currently, Japan is in first place with six points from two wins, Korea is in second place with four points from one win, one draw and one loss, China's women's soccer team also has four points from one win and one draw, and Chinese Taipei is at the bottom of the table with zero points after losing all three matches. In terms of goals scored and conceded, South Korea leads 6-3, while China's goals scored and conceded ratio is 3-1. Next, if China wins against Japan, China, Japan and South Korea will occupy the top three places; if China and Japan draw, Japan, China and South Korea will remain in the top three; if China loses to Japan, Japan, South Korea and China will occupy the top three places in turn.

In the first two rounds of the East Asian Cup, South Korea lost 1-2 to Japan in the first match and drew 1-1 with China in the second match, while Chinese Taipei lost 0-2 to China in the first match and was reversed by Japan 1-4 in the second match. Korea is in third place with one point from one draw and one loss, while Chinese Taipei is in last place with zero points from two losses. South Korea is expected to move up from third to second if they beat Chinese Taipei, while Chinese Taipei has a chance to finish third if they beat South Korea. The starting lineup for this match is different from the previous round, with Korea replacing Min E Lee, while Chinese Taipei rotated six players and kept five, including Chen Yen-Ping, Lin Ya-Han, Lai Li-Qin, Su Xin-Yun, and Su Yuk-Hsuan.

[Highlights]

In the 35th minute, Ji Xiaoran cleverly passed the ball back from the left side of the penalty area, and Zhang Sergei made a breakthrough in the left ribbed area and crossed the ball to Lee Min-e, who grabbed the ball in front of Zhang Jiran inside the penalty area and scored, giving South Korea a 1-0 lead over Chinese Taipei with their first shot on goal in the first half of the match!

Korea took a 2-0 lead in the 38th minute when Choi Hyo Joo sent a direct shot from the right side of the midfield, Choi Lee stepped over a man on the right side of the field and crossed the ball to Kang Chae Rim, who got down and stabbed the ball before Chan Young Hye!

In the 40th minute, Cui Li passed the ball back to Ji Xiaoran from the left side of the field, who sent the ball over the top of the field to Lee Min-e, who scored easily from the left side of the field. Lee scored twice in five minutes, and Korea converted their first three shots on goal to take a 3-0 lead over Chinese Taipei!

In the second half, Zhang Chang's low shot from the left side of the arc was parried by Cheng Si Yu in the 57th minute.

In the 62nd minute, Zhang Sergei pulled Chen Yanping from behind in midfield and received a yellow card.

In the 77th minute, Lee Min-eul made a wide shift on the left side of the field, and Choo Hyo-joo stopped the ball at the bottom line on the right side of the box and shot from a small angle, but the ball hit the outside of the right post and bounced out of the bottom line.

In the first minute of extra time, Kang Chae-rim threw the ball out of bounds on the right side of the field, Zhang Weibin back-passed from the right bottom line, Kang Chae-rim crossed the ball to the back point near the right sideline, Ching Si-woo made a mistake in the attack, and Ko Min-kyung's header from the left corner of the penalty box was headed into the far corner, giving South Korea a 4-0 lead!

In the end, Korea thrashed Chinese Taipei by a score of 4-0.

[Both lineups]

South Korea (3412): 1- Yoon Young Chee; 6- Im Sun Joo (16'13-Kim Lun Ji), 3- Hong Hye Ji, 20- Kim Hye Ri; 16- Jang Seul Ki, 10- Ji Siao Ran (49'5- Jang Chang), 17- Lee Yong Joo (79'9-Park Eun Sun), 2- Chew Hyo Joo (79 '24-Ko Min Kyung); 7-Lee Min Eu; 11-Choi Lee Lee (79'22-Jang Wee Bin), 23-Kang Chae Rim;

Substitutes: 4-Shim Seok-In, 12-Jung Yoo-Jin, 14-Chun Yeong-Yin, 15-Kim Seung-Mi, 18-Kim Jung-Mi, 19-Sun Hwa-Juan, 21-Yoo Ji-Soo

Chinese Taipei (442): 18-Cheng Siyu; 16-Zhang Guxin (27'2-Zhang Jilan), 10-Lin Ya Han (46'23-Wu Kai Ching), 14-Su Xin Yun (46'26-Zhan Pen Han), 20-Chen Ying Hui (74'8) -Ding Jiaying); 7-Chen Yanping, 9-Hsu Yiyuan, 4-Lai Weiru, 6-Zhuo Liping (68'13-Pan Yanxin); 11-Lai Liqin, 19-Su Yuxuan;

Substitutes not on the pitch: 1 - Choi Ming Yung, 5 - Pan Xin Yu, 12 - Chu Fong Yee, 15 - Leung Kai Yau, 17 - Ding Qi, 21 - Deng Juelin, 22 - Li Pei Yung, 25 - Wang Yu Ting.