On the night of the 19th, the Japanese national football team played against Hong Kong in Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture as the first match of the East Asian Championship, and won 6-0.
Japan, which is ranked 24th in the world ranking, is aiming to increase the depth of the player base for the World Cup that will start in November, and all the players of the J League will face the East Asian Championship that started on the 19th. is.
On the 19th, as the first match, we played against Hong Kong, which is ranked 145th in the world, at Kashima Stadium.
In Japan, five first-elected members started this season, including Takuma Nishimura of Yokohama F. Marinos and Shuto Machino of Shonan Bellmare, who scored eight points in J1.
Immediately after the start of Japan, Yuki Soma of Nagoya Grampus scored a free kick directly with his right foot to take the lead.
After that, he continued to hold the ball and proceeded to the advantage from beginning to end, and in addition to Soma, Nishimura and Machino each marked 2 points each and won 6-0.
Japan will face China on the 24th and South Korea on the 27th.