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China can hurt its big nose if it looks down on Hong Kong too much.
At 4 p.m. on the 15th, China will play the third match of the 2025 East Asian Football Confederation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) against Hong Kong at Mir Stadium in Yongin. China finishes the tournament in third place just by drawing.
Ahead of the match, China's Sohu Dotcom predicted that the expected result of the third round of the East Asian Cup between China and Hong Kong is 5 to 1. It is predicted that China will play a multi-goal game against Hong Kong with as many as five goals.
Even if China is ahead in objective power, it is an absurd prediction. China has never played a multi-goal game in recent years. The last game to score more than five goals was a 5-0 win over Maldives in June 2021. The Maldives is the weakest soccer country in the world beyond Asia. Since the match against the Maldives, China has not won with more than five goals.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Lee Dong-kyung, who is trying to break through vigorously. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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Not only that, but China is a team that has been suffering from severe scoring difficulties in recent years. Except for the 4-1 victory over Singapore in the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup, few games have scored two goals since 2024.
China has scored only one goal in the last six games. The penalty score in the match against Bahrain, the last match of the World Cup qualifying round, is over. 0 goals in 6 games in open play. I can't imagine such a team suddenly playing a multi-goal game against Hong Kong.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Chinese national soccer team No.17 kwai jiwon. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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What China can put forward in the match against Hong Kong is its opponent against Hong Kong. In 27 meetings, China is almost undefeated by Hong Kong with 18 wins, seven draws and two losses. If we narrow it down to the history of the East Asian Cup, we met four times and won all four times. It may be expected to win a big victory because of many such good memories, but the general expectation is that China will also struggle against Hong Kong.
Sohu also predicted a multi-goal victory, saying 'China has the upper hand in skills and historical matches, but this game is full of uncertainty. Hong Kong is also likely to cause problems in China due to its tactical deployment and players' performance, he said.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Coach Dejan Zhurjevic of the Chinese national team. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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China's multi-point game seems even more difficult as it is difficult to form the best power in the match against Hong Kong due to power leaks, including young prospect Wang Yu-dong. When Hong Kong built a defense team of six defenders, South Korea also failed to penetrate easily.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
