On September 9, the second round of the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers was fully played, and the matches that have been completed have been completed, Qatar beat Myanmar 6-0, South Korea beat Kyrgyzstan 1-0, Malaysia beat the Philippines 4-0, Guam drew 1-1 with Singapore, and the match between the Chinese men's football team and India is underway.
Because Qatar is the host of the finals, the AFC stipulates that the matches played by the same group of teams are friendly matches, and the results do not count as points, so for South Korea, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar, it is equivalent to friendly opponents.
In the first round, South Korea defeated Qatar 2-0, although it did not count points, but exposed the team's poor form, which was a negative signal. As the 2020 champion, South Korea participated in the qualifiers this time with the goal of reaching the finals and waiting until next year's Paris Olympics.
South Korea's Kyrgyzstan, one of the powerhouses in Central Asia, drew 1-1 with Myanmar in the first round, then turned into a life-and-death battle in the second round, and losing will lock up one point.
In the opening minutes, Hong Yinxiang wrapped up the goal and scored to help South Korea get off to a dream 1-0 start.
Kyrgyzstan then scored a number of shots against South Korea, but ultimately failed to equalize.
After the victory, South Korea reached 3 points and moved up to the top of the group, and a draw against Myanmar in the final round will lock the top spot in the group and directly advance to the finals.
For Kyrgyzstan, this qualifier played all 2 games, locked in 1 point, and then regardless of the second place and bottom of the place, the team has no hope of competing for a better second place in the group, becoming the first team to be eliminated and missing the Paris Olympics ahead of schedule.
In an ongoing match, the Chinese men's Olympic team played at home against the Indian men's Olympic team, and in the 67th minute, Tao Qianglong scored a penalty to help China break the deadlock 1-0.
If China wins, it will lock in 4 points and 1 goal difference, and the probability of more than 80% can be firmly qualified. Once there is no win, then lock 2 points and 0 goal difference, because the UAE team has to play a match with India later, the UAE team will rank first in the group if it wins, directly advance to the finals, the Chinese team locks the second in the group, need to compare the goal difference and the number of goals with the other 10 second teams in the group, the Chinese team's points, goal difference, goals are not advantageous, the probability will be eliminated, ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Therefore, the Chinese team needs to beat India by at least 3-0.
According to the AFC regulations, 11 group leaders and 4 best second-place teams qualified for the U23 Asian Cup, forming 16 teams participating in the U23 Asian Cup with host Qatar.