0-1 upset! The Saudi men's football team fell with a bang, the top 4 of the Asian Games are about to be born, and Japan may be eliminated
On October 1, 2023, Beijing time, the first semi-final team of the men's football team of the Asian Games was born, and in the match between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan and was eliminated. In the evening, the remaining 3 teams that have reached the final four will all be born. It also included the match between China and South Korea, who also cheered on the Chinese team, saying that the Chinese team was a mountain they needed to climb on their way to winning the Asian Games. It should be said that without a miracle, the Chinese team will definitely lose.
From the course of the game, although Uzbekistan seems to have the advantage in terms of statistics, for example, in terms of possession, Uzbekistan has a 58% advantage and a 7-6 advantage in the number of shots on goal. But in the actual game, the advantage of the Saudi team is still relatively obvious, after all, it is a team that participated in the last World Cup. For example, in terms of the number of attacks, the Saudi team has a 67-61 advantage, of which the Saudi team has 45 dangerous attacks, while Uzbekistan has only 34 times.
In the first half of the game, the Saudi team was on the offensive wave, not paying attention to the Uzbekistan team at all, but precisely two counterattacks, scoring two goals for the Saudi team in the first half. At the same time, the Saudi team also lost at least three chances to score in the first half, and in terms of luck, the Saudi team did have some difficulties.
In the second half, the Saudi team created many consecutive chances, especially in the second half until about 70 minutes, the Saudi team almost turned the game into a "half-time offensive and defensive drill", especially after the Saudi Arabia scored a goal in the 66th minute, almost did not believe that the Saudi team would equalize or even overtake the score. However, after 70 minutes, the Saudi team had some physical problems. This led to the immediate intensification of the Uzbek offensive and the creation of some threats. In the end, the Saudi team lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan and was defeated.
The match attracted more than 38,000 people to watch the game, and the overall atmosphere was very good. From this game, we can feel that as a team that has been ranked above the Chinese team before, people have been attacking, whether it is the strategic and tactical arrangement of the attack, or the will to play, they are above the Chinese team. The physical advantage that the Chinese team was proud of before is now gone because of the lack of eating sea cucumbers.
If nothing else, the remaining four teams will be: South Korea, Iran and Japan. In the end, South Korea will beat Uzbekistan to reach the final, while Iran will most likely beat Japan at the other end, because the current Japanese team can only play as a third-rate team in Japan's U23 system. Speaking of the final champion, of course, the Korean team. Because in world-class competitions, those who can finally beat the Chinese team generally have no bad rankings.