Beijing, September 9 (Reporter Bian Liqun) In the final of the East Asian Football Federation U8 Men's Football Championship held in Qingdao on the evening of the 8th, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 15:4 through a penalty shootout and won the championship!
China beat Japan 4:2. Image source: Chinese football team
In this match, the two sides drew 0-0 in regular time. Entering the penalty shootout, China's Li Xiang took the lead in the penalty, but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Later, Chinese goalkeeper Zhang Junxi also saved the opponent's penalty.
In the second and third rounds, both sides scored penalties.
In the fourth round, after Zhang Hongfu scored steadily, Zhang Junxi saved the opponent's penalty again.
In the crucial fifth round, Liu Jiale scored the winning penalty. The Chinese team won the championship by beating Japan 4:2 on penalties!
Starter list. Image source: Chinese football team
In this tournament, the U15 national football team has performed well along the way, they have won 13:0 against Macao, 6-0 against Mongolia, 23:0 against the Northern Mariana Islands, and 1:1 with South Korea, and qualified as the first in the group.
In the semifinals, the U15 national football team defeated Chinese Taipei 5-0 to advance to the final.
The specific list of participants of the Chinese team:
Evergrande Football School: 1-Zhang Junxi, 2-Han Yiheng, 5-Zhang Hongfu, 6-Liu Zhilin, 8-Liu Jiale, 9-Wang Weixuan, 10-Bunyamin-Abdul Shalamu, 11-Hu Xiwen, 12-Wang Gengrui, 13-Park Yujun, 16-Yang Qiandong
Shandong Taishan: 3-Du Junhao, 4-Shang Tianyu, 7-Yao Junyu, 14-Shao Mingzhen, 17-Li Xiang, 18-Wang Yi
Shanghai Port: 15 - Bian Yulang
Qingdao Football Club: 19-Yang Shuo
Changchun Yatai: 20-Liu Zhenyi
Congratulations lads!
Chinese football in the trough finally has a ray of light. (End)