ChinahadagoallessdrawwithhostJapaninthemen'sEastAsianFootballChampionshipopenerSaturday, afterfailingtoscoreapenaltyshotinthesecondhalf.
China'sperfectchancetoopenthescoringcameatthe 80thminute, whenJapan'sYutoNagatomo'shandballgavetheChineseteamapenalty. YangHaofiredtheshotwiththerightfoot, buttheballsailedtoostraighttobethwartedbytheJapanesegoalkeeper.
Bothsidessquanderedafewchancestoscore. Japan'sAtsutoUchidalaunchedapowerfulshotfrominsidetheboxinthe 54thminute. TheballhitthepostbeforeitwasreflectedtothearmsofChinesegoalkeeperYangZhi.
JiangNing (C) ofChinadribblestheballduringthematchbetweenChinaandJapanattheEastAsianFootballChampionship 2010 inTokyo, capitalofJapan, Feb. 6, 2010. Thematchendedwithadraw 0-0.
"It'sapitywehadafewchancesbutdidn'tscore," saidJapanesecoachOkadaTakeshi, addingthat "TheChinesesidehasshownimprovement."
AvictoryoverJapanispsychologicallyimportantfortheChineseteamastheyhadnowinovertherivalin 12 years. JapanalsolookedtoclinchthreepointsfromunderdogChinatopavewaytothechampions' title.
PlayerscompeteduringthematchbetweenChinaandJapanattheEastAsianFootballChampionship 2010 inTokyo, capitalofJapan, Feb. 6, 2010. Thematchendedwithadraw 0-0.
ThechampionshipsalsogroupSouthKoreaandHongKonginthemen'scompetition.
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