On September 28, in the last three games of the men's 1/8 final of the Asian Games, the Japanese men's football team defeated the Myanmar men's football team 7-0, the Saudi Arabia men's team eliminated the Indian men's football team 2-0, and the Uzbekistan men's football team beat the Indonesian men's football team 2-0. Since then, all the top 8 places in the men's football team have been announced, including China, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Hong Kong, Japan, and North Korea.
Japan VS Myanmar
Japan is the first in Group D and Myanmar is third in Group A, and the overall strength gap between the two teams is obvious. Despite the fact that the Japanese team, which is dominated by U21 and under, with an average age of 2 years younger than other teams, Japan has shown strong competitiveness, winning the group stage against Qatar and Palestine to finish with six points.
Now facing Southeast Asian fish belly Myanmar, Japan finished the hanging with a small and big effort, scoring five goals in just 30 minutes in the first half to end the suspense early, and scoring two more goals in the second half to win 7-0.
Saudi Arabia vs India
Saudi Arabia is second in Group B and India is second in Group A, and the strength of the two teams is not at all. However, Saudi Arabia did not find a way to score against India in the first half, completing 11 shots but only 3 shots on target, and India only had 1 shot on target. In the second half, Saudi Arabia began to exert its strength, scoring 2 goals in a short period of time, and finally eliminated India and advanced to the next round.
Uzbekistan VS Indonesia
Uzbekistan was first in Group C and Indonesia third in Group F, drawing 0-0 after the regular 90 minutes, and finally through extra time, Uzbekistan defeated Indonesia 2-0 to advance to the next round.
The previous matchday played five games in the quarterfinals, with the Chinese men's football team beating Qatar 1-0, North Korea beating Bahrain 2-0, Iran beating Thailand 2-0, South Korea beating Kyrgyzstan 5-1, and Hong Kong beating Palestine 1-0.
1/4 Final Stage Matchup:
Top half: China men's team vs South Korea, Uzbekistan vs Saudi Arabia
Second half: Iran vs Hong Kong, Japan vs North Korea
Of the above four matches, the most watched match is undoubtedly the match between the host Chinese men's football team and the defending champion South Korea, which can be called a preliminary preview of the final-level level.
The Chinese men's football team, as the host, wants to attack the championship at home, South Korean players in order to be exempted from military service, play very hard, the past two Asian Games have won all the titles, now the goal is to achieve three consecutive championships, playing Paris Saint-Germain Li Gangren and Stuttgart's Zheng Youying are eager to win the Asian Games to be exempt from military service.
For the Chinese men's football team, it has the advantage of playing at home, but Gao Tianyi and Jiang Shenglong's two main players are suspended and absent at the same time, resulting in the team's strength, I am afraid it is difficult to play South Korea.