World Cup's Fastest Goal, Chinese Team 1-0 Japan!

China didn't need any pep talk to face the Japan team!

The moment the national anthem rang out over the stadium, the National Football Team players had already switched into battle mode.

From the opening whistle, the Chinese team skipped the probing phase entirely and launched straight into an attack on Japan's goal.

Japan's Head Coach, Takeshi Okada, had barely settled into the coaching area when he saw the National Football Team charging forward so aggressively. He sprang back to his feet and hurried to the touchline, watching the match with tense concentration.

For this match, the Japan team had made no major changes to their starting lineup. They were still using the Counter-Attack tactics from their previous match against Denmark.

In the previous match, Japan had possessed the ball for only 35% of the game—fully 30 percentage points less than their opponents.

Japan had also taken six fewer shots than their opponents.

Yet, with three One-on-One opportunities created through counterattacks, Japan scored three times in succession and completely broke down the Denmark team, despite Denmark's dominance in every statistical category!

Clearly, Japan wanted to carry on the same winning formula from their previous match, hoping that the Chinese team would make the same mistakes Denmark once had.

The idea was not wrong, but whether it would work was another matter. After all, China's style of play was very different from Denmark's.

Just one minute into the match, Lin Feng dribbled past his marker and drew a foul, winning the Chinese team a free kick from an excellent position.

Daisuke Matsui's foul made Takeshi Okada furious. When laying out the tactics before the match, he had specifically reminded the players to control the number of fouls they committed and avoid fouling in the defensive third, lest they give their opponents