As the only Asian team to qualify for the top 16 in the tournament, the Japanese team's final ten minutes' negative kick in the last round of the group game was "Tucao" by fans from all over the world. However, the move made it easy to qualify for the third time and reach the goal of 16 goals in the third time. But last night, Belgium's final game was reversed. At the last moment, it killed Japan and made it to the last eight.
The first opponent in the knockout game is the European Red Devils Belgium team with excellent technical and tactical level and physical quality. Before the game, Japan team is considered to have a small victory. Veteran changyouyou of the team also said that "nothing can be lost". It's time to give it a go.
In the first half, Japan staged a "close defense" war, while Belgium staged a "tough battle".
Belgium's momentum is very strong after the opening, almost all people are pressed in front of each other's half, getting 5 shots and 5 corner opportunities. However, no matter Azar's' volley trot 'or Lukaku's turning gate in the penalty area or vitsell's long-range shot, they are only threatening but not breaking the goal. In the forbidden area, the Japanese team put the "iron barrel array" to get the ball after the other side made a mistake and launched two penetrating attacks on the left side. Although they didn't break the goal, they found the other side's left side defense loopholes.
Yi Bian fights again, the second half starts only 3 minutes, after the Japanese team breaks the ball in their own half, they take advantage of the loophole of the other side's weak defensive level, and Chaiqi and Yue pass directly like the other side's half, Belgian guard feltonheng breaks through the encirclement and shoots the ball in the far corner of the goal calmly against Belgian goalkeeper kurtuwa after the original vigour gets the ball straight in the right way, thus scoring the first goal in the 1 / 8 finals of the world cup for the Japanese team 。
Only 4 minutes later, the Japanese team broke the ball in the midfield and then made a single shot from the left side of Qian Guishi. The big forced courage who wanted to cross into the forbidden area was also released by the guard. After Qian Guishi got the ball again, he drew a world wave from his right foot and knocked the goalkeeper's ten fingers to help the Japanese team score another goal.
Belgium, two goals behind, replaced shazley and felleni in the 65th minute, and both succeeded in turning the situation around for Belgium. In the 70th minute, fertongheng accidentally scored the ball into the far corner of the goal when he headed in the forbidden area, bringing Belgium back to a city first. In the 74th minute, Felini, who was not long on the bench, used his iconic header to drive in the cross of teammate Azar, and even the score with two goals in four minutes.
The Japanese team then changed to veteran Yoshio Honda and Takashi Yamaguchi, who also created many chances for the Japanese team to break in the other side's forbidden area, but they had no choice but to go out of the post. In the 86th minute, the Japanese team was not strong enough for the defence, but goalkeeper Yoshima Kawashima performed well, saving two header attacks from shazli and Lukaku for the team.
In the 93rd minute, Honda Guiyou saved a free kick outside the forbidden area by kurtuwa. After the Japanese team got the corner kick, they directly attacked the door. Kurtuwa successfully rescued the ball and quickly sent it to the front teammates. Belgium launched a quick counterattack. In the forbidden area, murniye made a cross pass to attract the opponent to defend Lukaku and deliberately missed the ball to shazli. The latter pushed and shot the empty door to help Belgium finally Kill the Japanese team for a moment and make it to the last eight.
'for us, the game turned from a nightmare to a dream in the last 20 minutes, which is the beauty of football. After the match, shazley said: 'we have made great efforts. The decision to change players in the second half was very good, and the goal of Felini brought us a lot of benefits. '
Despite being eliminated at the last moment, the Japanese team still made the history of scoring two goals in the 1 / 8 finals for the first time in the team's history, and also showed that Asian teams can occupy a place in the world football arena through technical tactics and strict discipline when their physical quality is not dominant.
After this battle, Belgium, which has successfully reached the top 8, will play Brazil, the favourites of this cup, on the 6th local time.