South Korea will play Saudi Arabia, Japan will play Bahrain, and Indonesia will magically advance
Oman's draw with Kyrgyzstan left Indonesia as the beneficiary of the last knockout ticket to the Asian Cup. In the quarter-finals, South Korea will face Saudi Arabia and Japan will face Bahrain.
South Korea "ceded" the top spot
On the final matchday of the group stage, four matches were played with ups and downs. In South Korea's match against Malaysia, when the score was behind, Malaysia scored two goals in a row to overtake the score, Lee Gang-in and Son Heung-min scored two more goals, but Morales scored from a distance in the 14th minute of stoppage time to help Malaysia draw South Korea.
In the other match in the same group, Bahrain advanced to top place after beating Jordan and will face Japan in the quarterfinals. South Korea qualified in second place and will face the winners of Group F in the quarter-finals.
Five goals in two battles were blown
In the final round of Group F, the top two ranked Thailand and Saudi Arabia face each other, while Oman and Kyrgyzstan will fight for the last place in the round of 16.
In the match between Oman and Kyrgyzstan, Hammisi seized the opportunity of the scuffle in the ninth minute to open the scoring for Oman.
In the Saudi Arabia vs Thailand match, Radif missed a penalty in the 10th minute, and Pefimai, Radif and Kanitri Campfen all sent the ball into the back of the net after that, but all were ruled out for offside. In the 57th minute, Gharib scored a solo goal, but the linesman also raised the flag for offside at the first time.
In Oman's match against Kyrgyzstan, Kojo scored in the 47th minute, but it was also disallowed for offside.
In the 80th minute of the game, Kojo seized the opponent's goalkeeper and defender to cooperate and sent the ball into the empty goal. At the same time as Kyrgyzstan scored the first goal of this Asian Cup, Kyrgyzstan also drew with Oman, the latter got 2 points, the former only 1 point, both teams were out, and Indonesia, which got 3 points, was able to get the last knockout ticket.
In the end, Saudi Arabia and Thailand exchanged scores, with Saudi Arabia advancing to the quarterfinals against South Korea and Japan against Bahrain in the quarter-finals.
Asian Cup Round of 16:
Group A: Qatar, Tajikistan
Group B: Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria
Group C: Iran, United Arab Emirates, Palestine
Group D: Iraq, Japan, Indonesia
Group E: Bahrain, Republic of Korea, Jordan
Group F: Saudi Arabia, Thailand