Japan 1-0 South Korea! Defending the East Asian Cup + winning the third championship, a 30-year-old mixed-race shooter wins the Golden Boot with 5 goals

In a focus match between the last round of the East Asian Cup ended on the evening of July 15, the Japanese men's football team beat the South Korean men's football team 1-0 and successfully defended the East Asian Cup championship. In the first two rounds of the game, South Korea and Japan both won two consecutive victories. Japan would win the championship as long as it tied in this game, and South Korea would have to win because of its goal difference.

The first game was only 7 minutes, and the Korean men's football team, who played at home, took the lead in the attack. Luo Xianghao cut inside from the left side of the penalty area and shot, and the ball hit the goal post.

, and the Japanese men's football team, who escaped, scored first in one minute. After receiving a cross from his teammate, German Liang scored directly in the penalty area, and the score became 1-0. This is also the 30-year-old mixed-race shooter, who has won the fifth goal in this East Asian Cup (the first game against China Hong Kong's top four), so he has locked in the Golden Boot honor for the event. In the 19th minute, the Japanese team attacked again, and Tomoya Ando shot from the far corner in the penalty area, and the ball was slightly off.

The change of sides and then the match was again. In the 55th minute, the South Korean team cooperated in the frontcourt. Lee Tae-suk received the ball from his teammate's heel, and the shot in the penalty area was blocked. In the 82nd minute, Li Taixi shot from a long distance, and Keizuki Damao bravely saved the ball from the bottom line. In the 84th minute, the South Korean team almost equalized the score. Li Haozai volleyed in the penalty area, and Keizuki Dama saved again.

In the end, the Japanese team successfully maintained the score 1-0 until the end and successfully defended the East Asian Cup championship.

This is also the third time in the history of the Japanese team, surpassing the Chinese men's football team twice and second only to the South Korean team's five times.