The third round of the Asian Cup group stage is over, Group E, South Korea drew 3-3 with Malaysia, the second in the group is promoted, Jordan 0-1 Bahrain, the latter beat South Korea to become the first, Group F, Saudi Arabia 0-0 Thailand, Kyrgyzstan drew with Oman, the latter only accumulated two points, the two teams went out hand in hand, Indonesia pressed the whistle ashore, so that the team that did not score in this Asian Cup became China and India, 16 into 8, Tajikistan vs. the United Arab Emirates, Iraq vs. Jordan, Australia vs. Indonesia, Saudi Arabia vs. South Korea, Iran vs. Syria, Japan vs. Bahrain, Qatar vs. Palestine, Uzbekistan vs. Thailand。
Japan's loss to Iraq directly led to the loss of viewing in the final round of the group stage, from Jordan to South Korea, and then to Saudi Arabia, a series of chain reactions are overwhelming, first of all, South Korea, the last round against Malaysia, which has been out of the tournament in advance, the latter must want to win, and South Korea definitely does not want to, because if you win, you will take the first place in the group, you have to play Japan, but there is a choice here, you may have to play Saudi Arabia if you lose, and the third place in the group is the safest, but if you play ugly in the face of Malaysia, I am afraid it will affect the knockout round.
Klinsmann finally chose the most decent result, a draw, in fact, judging from the performance of Li Gangren and Son Xingmin, the two cores, the players want to win, but they may be under the influence of the coach, more or less a little distracted, or in other words, the attitude of the back line is not so serious, South Korea may want Jordan to win, and they can also let go to play, but Jordan's side is more exaggerated, in the case of conceding a goal first, play like they are ahead of several goals, the fans have been booing, it is undeniable that this is a negative game, Jordan does not want to be the first at all, after all, Iraq in West Asia, he is more familiar with it。
As a result, Bahrain, which only needed one point to qualify, was dramatically pushed to the first position, Jordan fell to third with considerable satisfaction, South Korea avoided Japan as desired, and Japan was also relieved, playing Bahrain is definitely better than playing South Korea, the script was given to Saudi Arabia, as the first in the group, if you lose to Thailand, then you can avoid South Korea, it just so happens that Thailand has already got the right to qualify, no desire, the second and third are acceptable, the first is not necessary to fight, sure enough, Saudi Arabia besieged the whole game, and the result was that even the penalty kick could not be scored,
In the last four games, Oman and Kyrgyzstan are definitely going all out, after all, the former wants to qualify, but Oman dropped the chain, but take a closer look, the two teams played a game in the previous world preliminaries, Kyrgyzstan won, here I have to mention the national football team, the group strength is average, the last round of Qatar lineup rotation, basically put the national football team, if the national football team can win, the opponent of the knockout round is the United Arab Emirates, the strongest team in the same region is the relatively weak Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and the top five, none of them, want to rush to the semifinals, this is the best arrangement, 10,000 steps back, even if the national football team draws Qatar substitutes, with the results of the last round, the national football team can still qualify with three points, the opportunity is on the lips, and the national football team just doesn't want it.