Korea champion defense attorney laid a brand for the rest when they wrapped the Chinese Taipei 7-0 on the day of the Asia Cup 2025.
The fans in Rajgir have shown in large numbers to watch matches on Friday, and the teams did not disappoint and serve many goals. The tournament was opened by Malaysia and Bangladesh. The first quarter was Cagey Affair, but Malaysia had an upper hand with eight intersections of the circle.
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Surprisingly, it was Bangladesh, who took the lead of Ashraful Islam from the PC in the 16th minute of the match. They did enough to frustrate Malaysia, which had a lot of possession, but showed nothing for it.
Everything that changed six minutes before the half when Malaysia showed why there are dark horses in this tournament. In the 24th minute they found an equalizer via Ashan Hamsani and then took the lead a few minutes after the half with another goal via Akhimullah Anuar this time.
Muhajir Abdu Rauf (47th minute) and Syed Cholan (54th minute) finally sealed victory for Malaysia.
Hat-Trick’s son helps Korea Hammer Chinese Taipei
The Chinese Tai -Way did not seem intimidated by the fact that they were against Asian champions and forced Jaahan Kim to save from PC. The Chinese goalkeeper Taipei Ting-Shua Hsu was called to action soon after he refused Korea to take the lead twice, one came from the computer.
Soon after the first quarter, Korea took the lead with a large pull because HSU could not prevent the ball from hitting the net. Dain’s son got his side from the brand because champions’ defenders tried to add to their lead.
The Chinese Taij-play kept in hunting and found themselves in a 2-to-1 situation with a Korean goalkeeper, but the Chin-Feng Liu pass was not well imprisoned and the chance disappeared.
Korea then doubled her lead South Jang in the 27th minute and actually opened the floods at this point. Two minutes later the son scored his second day when the champions champions took control of the match.
Korea was quickly outside the blocks after half -time, with several attempts. Chinese Tai -Pej had a chance for his own counter at the 35th minute when the match began to stretch.
The Korean attack on the right gave Chinese players in Taipei a variety of problems, and then through the ball from the center of the field almost got his son his hattrick.
The champions’ defenders were a bit unnecessary in the third quarter because several computers have expanded. But in the last quarter they equalized when four goals with Yang, Seoyung Oh, Yoonho Kong came to the score before the son finished his trick.
Japan punishes unfortunate Kazakhstan
Japan has been on the front leg from the beginning when they scored in the first minute of the game, because the Kazakh defense was everywhere. It was a trend that was supposed to continue during the first quarter, when Nari Kimura (5th minute) and Koji Yamasaki (13 minutes) took advantage of the most school mistakes from Kazakhstan’s defense.
The pressure in the second quarter was as relentless as Yerzhan Yelubayev was constantly forced to perform more savings. If it was not for Kazakhstan goalkeeper, Japan would think that it would enter double digits in the half -time of the break.
Yamasaki grabbed his second shortly after restart, because another big victory was seemingly on the cards again. Kazakhstan tried to keep Japan at bay and left for the last quarter in the hope that he would remain decisive and avoid the hammer.
Despite the big score, Yelubayev was sensational and withdrew further savings from the PC, but could not prevent 5-0 from happening when Ken Nagayoshi found his name on the noble.
Shota Yamada did it 6-0 shortly after Kazakhstan hoped Final Hooter would come quickly. Scramble in D saw Japan to be 7-0 when Ryosuke Shinohara took advantage of the best bounce.
Japan will place a big victory in a good place in the pool A, which also contains hosts of India.
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Published on:
29. August 2025
