Japan shows no mercy with 11-0 Women's Asian Cup thumping

[p]Group C leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ltLyWcnC/"]Japan[/a], champions ‌in 2014 and 2018, cut through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/roU6mwR8/"]India[/a]'s hapless defence ‌with ease while the south Asian side failed to ‌have a single shot in the game that was played predominantly in India's half at Perth Rectangular Stadium.[/p][p]Japan overwhelmed India ‌in the first half and were ⁠5-0 up at halftime ‌with a superb curling effort from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yamamoto-yuzuki/295VEOLb/"]Yuzuki Yamamoto[/a] in the ​fourth minute, a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hasegawa-yui/AVtMip1J/"]Yui Hasegawa[/a] goal, a brace from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/miyazawa-hinata/E3wqLxEa/"]Miyazawa[/a] and a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/seike-kiko/jNqN4a5S/"]Kiko Seike[/a] penalty.[/p][p]With a ​comfortable lead, Japan made three changes at halftime but they did not relent as substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ueki-riko/80TDeGos/"]Riko Ueki[/a] ⁠scored twice in three ​minutes before completing an 18-minute hat-trick after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hijikata-maya/MgpgXGRk/"]Maya Hijikata[/a] also got on the scoresheet.[/p][embed guid="852d7d82-77a6-4058-9270-7a530abf9280" url="https://x.com/MarcusMergulhao/status/2030303502648623269" social-type="twitter" /][p]Miyazawa capped off the rout by completing her own hat-trick in the 81st minute, ‌sealing an 11-0 scoreline that highlighted the gulf in class between Asia's highest-ranked team in the world and their hapless opponents 59 rungs below them.[/p][p]In the earlier Group C match in Perth, Taiwan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/su-yu-xuan/6XyMxoVK/"]Su Yu-hsuan[/a] scored with a first-half header to give the three-times Asian champions the lead, with both sides otherwise struggling to find cohesion in attack before the break.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vietnam/8I9Z6Cti/"]Vietnam[/a], quarter-finalists ‌at the previous edition, had nine attempts on ​goal but none on target, while Taiwan stayed organised ‌at the back to preserve their advantage.[/p][p]A late VAR review for a possible penalty for Vietnam did not yield a decision and Taiwan moved into second place in Group C on three points.[/p]