1-0!2-1! The Asian Cup is in chaos, the fish belly is rising strongly, the first place in Asia is overturned, and the national football team is looking forward to qualifying
The group stage of the Asian Cup has reached the second round, and in the group stage of Group D, the previously uneventful Asian Cup has finally set off a huge wave. Asia's No. 1 Japanese team actually lost in an upset and was overturned by the Iraqi team, and the world's No. 146 fish belly team also ushered in its first victory in the Asian Cup.
As the top favourites to win this Asian Cup, Japan's start was a bit bumpy, but it still defeated Vietnam 4-2 and won three points. In the second round against the Iraqi team, the Japanese team was still a little slow to heat up, seizing the opportunity of the opponent's unstable foothold, and the Iraqi team broke the deadlock with a header from Hussein in only five minutes of the opening game, and took a 1-0 lead. At this time, many people may still think that the Japanese team will stage a reversal like the last game and successfully take away the victory. But the Iraqi team is not the Vietnamese team.
The Iraqi team's tight defense made it impossible for the Japanese team to find a good way to score, but the Iraqis played another sharp counterattack before half-time, and Hussein scored a brace in the half to help the team extend the score to 2-0. In the rematch, the Japanese team launched a siege on the goal of the Iraqi team, but unfortunately their attack only blossomed and did not bear fruit, although it looked very lively, but it could not be converted into a goal. It wasn't until stoppage time that Japan scored from a corner. However, due to the lack of time left in the game, the Japanese team had to swallow the bitter fruit of the loss, and the ranking also slipped to second place in the group.
And the other game in this group also broke out a big upset. In the face of Indonesia, a fish belly team ranked only 146th in the world, the Vietnamese team did not take advantage of the whole game, except for the possession rate of the Vietnamese team slightly ahead, the remaining number of shots, the number of shots on target, the number of excellent opportunities created and other key statistics, the Vietnamese team is at a disadvantage. In the end, thanks to Bahar's penalty goal, Indonesia beat Vietnam 1-0 and retained their hopes of qualifying. The Vietnamese team that lost the game also became the first team to be eliminated in this Asian Cup, and their Asian Cup journey came to an end one round ahead of schedule.
Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is naturally the Chinese men's football team. In the final round, we will face the host Qatar team, who have already qualified early. Only by defeating the opponent can the national football team grasp its own destiny, and if it draws or loses, it may be eliminated early. I believe that after watching the performance of the Iraqi team and the Indonesian team, the players of the national football team should be able to gain some confidence, after all, the Japanese team, which is ranked first in Asia, is not invincible, not to mention the Qatar team, which is much inferior?
In addition, the coach of the Qatar team has said that he will rotate against the national football team, which also greatly increases the probability of the Chinese team upset. I hope that this time, the Chinese team can seize the opportunity and enter the round of 16 of the Asian Cup with a victory!