As the game time became shorter and shorter, the Japanese team wanted to maintain a draw at the end and paid more and more attention to backcourt defense.
The Chinese team, which had been leading and equalized many times, was naturally unwilling to accept a draw. In the final stage of the game, they launched a massive attack on the Japanese team under the leadership of Lu Wenbin.
But they were short of one person in the first place, and a large-scale attack would lead to more defensive loopholes in the backcourt.
In the 91st minute, the ball that Lu Wenbin passed to Hao Junmin was intercepted by the Japanese team due to Hao Junmin's accidental slip. The Japanese team suddenly sprinted and launched a quick attack.
The Japanese fans in the stands suddenly became excited and shouted, hoping that the Japanese team would score another goal to complete the reversal.
The Japanese team pressed forward in full force, making it impossible for the Chinese team to concentrate on defending the players with the ball. After a few passes, the Japanese team quickly attacked the front of the Chinese team's penalty area.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhi is experienced and blocked Maeda Ryoichi's final route of advance, preventing him from breaking into the penalty area.
As a last resort, if the game dragged on any longer, all the Chinese players would return to defense. Maeda Ryoichi could only dodge an angle and try his luck with a long shot outside the penalty area.
Although Zheng Zhi failed to block this shot, Maeda Ryoichi was unable to hit the ball with enough power and angle due to his interference, and it was easily confiscated by Zeng Cheng.
After getting the ball, Zeng Cheng was planning to wait before serving, but he heard the shout from midfielder Lu Wenbin.
"Kick the ball hard!" Lu Wenbin turned around and ran towards the Japanese team's half while shouting to Zeng Cheng.
Upon hearing this, Zeng Cheng took a look at the situation in front of the court and saw that almost the entire Japanese team had pressed forward because of the previous counterattack, leaving only two central defenders in the backcourt, and midfielder Hasebe Makoto had been left behind by Lu Wenbin.
It was indeed a good opportunity for the Japanese team to counterattack.
Without any hesitation, Zeng Cheng kicked the ball out with a big kick.
However, Zeng Cheng failed to kick the ball at the right angle, and it did not go in the direction of Lu Wenbin's running, but went to the side.
There was no other way, Lu Wenbin could only run to the wing and stop the ball with his chest, but he was blocked by the full-back Nagatomo Yuto.
After Lu Wenbin completed the turn, he dribbled forward while dribbling the ball, but he was unable to break through Nagatomo Yuto who was defending and retreating.
The Japanese team's players quickly returned to defense, and the Chinese team's counterattack was restricted and failed.
As Hasebe Makoto caught up, Lu Wenbin didn't even have the chance to break through the wing and cross the ball.
There was no other choice but for Lu Wenbin to pass the ball horizontally to Yu Hai, who had switched positions with him. Then the Chinese team started a positional battle outside Japan.
At this time, the game time has reached the 92nd minute, and the 3 minutes of stoppage time is about to pass.
Lu Wenbin was constantly being closely guarded and had no chances to break through or shoot, while other Chinese players also failed to seize good opportunities to shoot.
No one dared to waste this last chance.
Seeing that the game was about to end, Zheng Zhi, who was playing as a central defender, also rushed up and rushed into the Japanese team's penalty area.
Zheng Zhi's sudden forward run disrupted the Japanese team's defense a little. Hao Junmin, who had the ball, couldn't find the direction to pass the ball. After seeing Zheng Zhi's forward run, he passed the ball horizontally in the direction of Zheng Zhi's running.
Although Zheng Zhi's forward run caught the Japanese off guard, the Japanese players were now all gathered in the backcourt, there were too many people in the penalty area, and Zheng Zhi had no angle to shoot.
At this moment, Lu Wenbin's voice rang out from behind Zheng Zhi: "Leak over here!"
It turned out that when Zheng Zhi passed Lu Wenbin and entered the penalty area, Lu Wenbin used his speed and off-ball running to make an arc outside the penalty area and suddenly rushed into the penalty area, reminding Zheng Zhi in time.
Zheng Zhi, who was hesitating whether to take a shot and try his luck, opened his legs without hesitation and let the ball pass, also shaking off the defensive player in front of him.
Lu Wenbin shook off Hasebe Makoto and rushed into the penalty area. Despite the pull of central defender Yoshida Maya, he met the ball that Zheng Zhi let slip and shot with all his strength, kicking the ball into the near corner of the goal.
After completing the shot, Lu Wenbin was pulled to the ground by Maya Yoshida, but Lu Wenbin's eyes were fixed on the ball, praying that the ball would fly into the goal.
Atsuto Uchida in the small penalty area stretched out his legs to block the ball but failed to touch it.
Kawashima Eiji on the goal line saw Lu Wenbin's movement and shot, and made a save, but Lu Wenbin's shot with all his strength was too powerful and too fast, and Kawashima Eiji's palm hit the ball but failed to knock it out of the baseline.
The ball bounced on Kawashima Eiji's palm, then hit the inside of the goal post and bounced into the net.
According to statistics after the game, the ball was traveling at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour. No wonder Kawashima Eiji couldn't stop the ball even after hitting it.
Lu Wenbin really used up all his strength in the last attack to score this goal.
Seeing the ball go into the net, the CCTV commentator in the commentary booth suddenly jumped up and shouted:
"The ball goes in, the ball goes in, Lu Wenbin scored the winning goal!"
"The Chinese team defeated Japan 4-3!"
"Lu Wenbin scored a winning goal in the final stage of stoppage time, defeating Japan 4-3."
Indeed, the goal scored at this time was definitely a decisive kill.
Before Lu Wenbin could stand up, his teammates rushed over and excitedly pounced on Lu Wenbin, pinning him under them to celebrate.
The more than 10,000 Chinese fans in the stands were also extremely excited. They applauded, cheered and screamed in celebration, and Lu Wenbin's name was heard all the time.
On the other hand, Japanese players and fans find this simply unacceptable.
They were defeated by the Chinese team at the last minute of the game at their home court, even with one more player.
Many players and fans covered their eyes, unwilling to watch the Chinese cheering and the score on the big screen.
After celebrating for a long time, the Chinese team members returned to the court to continue the game under the intervention of the referee.
At this time, the game time had passed 93 minutes. Gao Hongbo shouted to the referee on the sidelines that the time was up, but the Singaporean referee turned a deaf ear and signaled that the game should continue.
Seeing that the referee did not end the game, the Japanese team was greatly encouraged. After kicking off from the center circle, they quickly launched an attack towards the Chinese team's half, hoping to score another goal, equalize the score and get a point.
However, all the Chinese players, including Lu Wenbin and Gao Lin, returned to their own half to defend. Lu Wenbin spared no effort in chasing and blocking the Japanese team, disrupting their passes.
In the end, the Japanese team only completed one long shot from the penalty area line, and it was too high and did not hit the goal frame.
The referee deliberately left the Japanese team with extra long extra time, but the Japanese team did not seize the opportunity.
When Zeng Cheng kicked the ball out of the goal and Lu Wenbin chased after the ball, the referee finally had no choice but to add extra time and blew the whistle to end the game amid the boos of more than 10,000 Chinese fans in the stands.
The Chinese team, playing with one man down, defeated the host Japan team 4-3 at the Tokyo National Stadium with Lu Wenbin's brace and goals from Gao Lin and Hao Junmin, winning two consecutive games at the start of the top ten tournament.