Japan U23 and Uzbekistan U23 entered the final match at the 2024 AFC U23 Championship with a comfortable mindset after completing the goal of winning tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Right after the opening whistle, U23 Uzbekistan pushed up their formation to attack and pressure U23 Japan. The game was controlled by U23 Uzbekistan, causing difficulties for U23 Japan.
Yamato scored the decisive goal to help Japan U23 defeat Uzbekistan U23.
During the 45 minutes of the first half, U23 Japan huddled together in defense and easily neutralized U23 Uzbekistan's attacks. U23 Japan was almost unable to get the ball into the opponent's penalty area.
In the first 45 minutes, coach Go Oiwa's team only had one shot from outside the penalty area and it was completely harmless. Meanwhile, the attacks of the team from West Asia were not really sharp enough to defeat the goalkeeper of U23 Japan.
Entering the second half, both teams changed their playing style, the speed of the match was pushed up when both teams started to attack. In a final match, perfectionism and certainty often made the players miss the final shots. After 90 minutes of goalless play, the two teams entered extra time.
It seemed like the match would have to go into 2 extra halves with a duration of 30 minutes, but suddenly in the 90+1 minute, the Japanese U23 players won the ball on the opponent's field and coordinated an impressive quick attack before Yamato decisively finished from the edge of the penalty area, sending the ball into the right corner of the goal to open the score.
Japan U23 won the championship at the 2024 AFC U23 Championship.
Conceding an unexpected goal in the final minutes of the match, U23 Uzbekistan pushed up their formation to create great pressure on their opponent.
The opportunity came to the West Asian team when the referee awarded a penalty in the 90+9 minute after a Japanese U23 player committed a foul by letting the ball touch his hand in the penalty area.
However, at the 11m penalty spot, Rakhmonaliyev could not beat goalkeeper Kokubo and caused the home team to suffer a bitter defeat.
Winning against the opponent with a minimal score, U23 Japan won the championship at the 2024 AFC U23 Championship.
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