In the early morning of January 14, Beijing time, the men's Asian Cup fought fiercely overnight, and teams including the Chinese men's football team, the Australian men's football team, and the Uzbekistan men's football team completed their debut. In the end, the national football team drew 0-0 with Tajikistan, Australia beat India 2-0, and Uzbekistan drew 0-0 with Syria, staging a crazy night.
National football 0-0 Tajikistan
This is the first time the two teams have met in the Asian Cup, with Tajikistan being the only team to participate in the tournament for the first time, and the national football team has qualified for the 13th time. In the latest FIFA rankings, the national football team ranked 79th, and Tajikistan ranked 106th.
For Tajikistan, which has zero experience in the competition, in the face of the national football team's unexpected dominance on the field, 12 shots on goal in the first half alone, and 2 shots on target threatened the goal of the national football team. In the second half, the national football team began to threaten, and at the last moment, Zhu Chenjie's header scored a goal, which once made the national football team celebrate with a carnival, but the referee signaled Jiang Guangtai to participate in the attack in an offside position, and the final goal was invalid.
This draw made the national football team miss the first game of the Asian Cup for 5 consecutive years and gave Tajikistan the first point in team history. At present, Qatar leads with 3 points, the national football team and Tajikistan are tied for second with 1 point, and Lebanon is at the bottom with 0 points.
Australia 2-0 India
As one of the favourites, Australia met India in the Asian Cup for the first time in 13 years, beating India 4-0 in 2011. In the latest FIFA rankings, Australia is ranked 25th and India is ranked 102nd.
In the first half, Australia couldn't attack for a long time, and India's defense was unbreakable. Heading into the second half, the situation quickly changed. In the 50th minute, Indian goalkeeper Sandhu made a mistake and the save turned into an own goal, Jackson Owen scored easily, and then in the 73rd minute, McGree's cross assisted Jordan Boss to score an empty goal to help Australia extend the score 2-0. After that, India was unable to equalize, and eventually lost 0-2, suffering their first defeat and losing to Australia in the Asian Cup for the second time in a row.
According to the schedule, Australia will face Syria in the next round and only need a win to qualify for the knockout round, as the third-placed group with six points will ensure progress to the knockout rounds.
Uzbekistan 0-0 Syria
The two teams met for the first time in the Asian Cup, and compared to Syria's overall strength in decline, Uzbekistan has become one of the second-rate levels in Asia. In the latest FIFA rankings, Uzbekistan ranked 68th, Syria ranked 91st, and Uzbekistan, which has the overall strength, is difficult to threaten Syria's goal, and the two sides ended up with a 0-0 draw.
In this way, the situation in Group B, the group of death, has become chaotic, with Uzbekistan and Syria both having a chance to compete for second place, and India also having hope of fighting for third place.