Defending champions Japan face Korea in battle of heavyweights to decide group toppers

Pune | Wednesday | 26th January, 2022

Summary:

Pune, Jan 26 (PTI) A thriller is on the cards as defending champions Japan and another continental heavyweights Korea face off in their final group C match of the AFC Women"s Asian Cup here on Thursday.

Both teams have secured six points after two wins each against Vietnam and Myanmar, with Japan ahead on goal difference and only needing to avoid defeat at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex to top the group.

Korea, however, would be looking to prevail over the two-time defending champions with head coach Colin Bell having worked on the mistakes identified in the win against Myanmar on Monday.

"We made a few unforced errors when going forward.

When trying to play as expansive as possible that transition will have to be excellent, the organisation when we"re attacking has to be very good.

We"ve got a couple of situations where our organisations were a little bit off," he said.