On June 11, Beijing time, the 6th round of the second phase of the group stage of the World Asian Preliminary Games was contested, and Japan, the first in Asia in Group B, faced Syria. The situation was completely one-sided, with Ueda Kiyo scoring, Ritsu Doan and Takumi Minamino making contributions, and Japan creating a tragedy and beating Syria by five goals.
Japan won all five rounds in the first five rounds to secure the top spot in the group and advance to the round of 18, while Syria is only one point ahead of third-placed North Korea. There was no doubt that Japan controlled the rhythm and organized the attack in the opening stage, and in the 13th minute, the combination of the side and the middle reaped the results, and Nakamura Keito found Ueda Kiyo with a precise pass to get the header to take the lead.
In the 19th minute, Hisashi received the ball and cut low along the line of the penalty area to score, and the team became more and more courageous, and Hisashi Hisashi hit Kruma with a clever pass and bounced into the goal, establishing a three-goal advantage in just 20 minutes. Syria seems helpless, and the disparity in strength allows them to defend passively.
Japan took the lead in making lineup changes in the second half, Ito Yoki replaced Nakamura Keito, the team's offensive resumed, Doan Ritsu and Takumi Minamino were defused one after another, they continued to deploy troops, and in the 73rd minute, substitute Yuki Soma stepped forward at high speed and fell into the penalty area, the referee signaled a foul and awarded a penalty, and his own penalty hit steadily icing on the cake.
In the 85th minute of the final stage, Takumi Minamino scored a goal, and Japan defeated Syria 5-0 at the end of the game, winning all six games in the group stage and accumulating 18 points, scoring 24 goals and conceding 0 goals, which is the strength of the first in Asia. The defeat left Syria in a rather passive position to qualify, and unless North Korea loses to Myanmar, they will be eliminated from the competition.
Group C focuses on the national football team and South Korea, the first half of the 45 minutes ended with a temporary exchange of blanks, the second half of Lee Gang-in scored, the final national football team lost 0-1 to South Korea, six rounds of 8 points temporarily ranked second in the group.