The Japanese national football team defeated South Korea 3-0 in the final round of the East Asian Championships in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, and won the championship for the first time in four tournaments.
Japan is aiming to raise its strength for the World Cup Qatar tournament that will start in November, and only J-League players are participating in the East Asian Championships that are being held from 19th this month.
Japan, which has won 1 win and 1 draw in 2 games so far, played against South Korea, who has won 2 consecutive games in the final game on the night of the 27th, at Toyota Stadium to win the championship.
Japan, who replaced nine starting pitchers from the previous match against China, made a chance by stealing the ball with a sharp start from the start, and in the 19th minute of the first half, Yuki Soma brought in a dribble and hit a shot, but hit the post. No points were scored and he entered the second half with 0-0.
In the 4th minute, Japan, who took the initiative in the second half, headed to Joel Chima Fujita's float pass and took the lead.
In the 18th minute, defender Sho Sasaki headed to Soma's corner kick to give an additional point, and in the 27th minute, the right side was broken by skillful coordination, and finally Shuto Machino was the third point in total. Robbed.
After that, center back Shogo Taniguchi did not give any points to the end, and Japan won 3-0 and won the second victory for the first time in four tournaments.
With this, Japan has a total of 15 wins, 40 losses and 23 draws with South Korea.