Opening tonight! 6 highlights of the Asian Cup: What are the results of the masses? Son Xingmin's three-goal king leads the stars in Europe

At 22 o'clock on January 12, Beijing time, the opening ceremony of the 2023 Asian Cup will be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

1. What is the performance of the national football team?

For Chinese fans, the biggest attraction is undoubtedly the results of the national football team. The national team is in Group A with Tajikistan, Lebanon and Qatar, with the top two teams in each group and the four best third-place finishers advancing to the round of 16, while Jankovic's team is aiming to reach the quarterfinals!

2. Who can win the championship?

The Asian Cup champion must not have a chance with the national football team, which is the goal of the giants. The current top favourites are Japan, who are also the team with the most titles, with four. In addition, South Korea, Iran and Australia are all strong contenders, and it will be difficult for Qatar, the last champion, to successfully defend their title.

3. Is the Asian Cup comparable to the World Cup?

For Qatar, this is the first time in more than a year that Qatar has hosted a football tournament, but compared with the World Cup, the weight of the Asian Cup is much lighter, and the grandeur is certainly incomparable. However, the World Cup stadiums are all there, and there is no problem with the quality of the venues.

4. The stars in Europe shine

This year's Asian Cup can be said to be a star-studded group, with many stars from mainstream European leagues gathered together, such as Tottenham's Son Heung-min, Brighton's Mikasa-houn, Bayern's Kim Min-jae, Grand Paris' Lee Gang-in, Real Sociedad's Hisashi Hisashi, Liverpool's Endo Hang, Arsenal's Tomiyasu Kenhiro, Roma's Azmoon, Porto's Taremi, etc., their performance is worth looking forward to.

5. Can a famous marshal correct his name?

In addition to the famous players in the Asian Cup, there are also famous coaches, such as Saudi Arabia's head coach is the 2020 European Cup champion coach Mancini, the head coach of the South Korean team is Klinsmann, Cooper, who has coached Valencia and Inter Milan, has picked up the whip of Syria, the head coach of the United Arab Emirates is Portugal and South Korea's former coach Paulo Bento, and the coach of Vietnam is the "White Wizard" Troussier, all of whom need to prove their coaching ability again.

6. New faces reunite with long-lost absences

In the round of 24 of the Asian Cup, only Tajikistan, which is in the same group as the national football team, is participating for the first time, but there are also reunions after a long absence, such as Hong Kong, China, the last time they participated in the competition was in 1968, and Indonesia and Malaysia were in 2007. The remaining 20 teams all played in the last Asian Cup.