In the early morning of January 26, Beijing time, the second match of the third round of Group F of the Asian Cup ended, the Saudi men's football team drew 0-0 with the Thai men's football team, and the four goals in the whole game were blown offside, and the Oman men's football team drew 1-1 with the Kyrgyzstan men's football team, and the two teams were eliminated together. So far, the top 16 of this tournament have all been released, and Saudi Arabia, which has locked the first place in Group F, will face South Korea in the 1/8 finals.
Saudi Arabia 0-0 Thailand
As the seeded team in this group, Saudi Arabia's 2 consecutive wins have already qualified one round in advance, and only a draw in the final round is needed to lock the top spot, and Thailand can only move up to first place if they win, and a draw to lock in second.
In the 9th minute, Thongsong stepped on Gharib in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty, and then Radif was blocked by Thai goalkeeper Salalong with his legs, and Radif hit a high shot with a barb, and Saudi Arabia missed the opportunity to take the lead.
In the 15th minute, Kampfen completed a cross and Pefimai scored with a header, but the first goal was disallowed for offside.
In the 16th minute, Gharib's low cross was scored by Radif, but the first goal was disallowed for offside.
In the 36th minute, Shannon Palace crossed, Pefimai's header was ferried, and Kempfen pushed it into the net, but the first goal was invalidated due to offside.
Throughout the first half, VAR intervened frequently, directly blowing away 3 goals, and 1 penalty was awarded, and the score was still 0-0.
In the 57th minute of the second half, Gharib scored a solo goal, but was ruled invalid for offside when he stepped forward.
In the following games, the two teams still failed to rewrite the score, and finally exchanged a 0-0 blank, each with 1 point, Saudi Arabia locked the first place with 7 points, and Thailand locked the second with 5 points.
Oman 1-1 Kyrgyzstan
Both teams have not won in the first two rounds, and the qualification situation is in jeopardy, and only a win in the final round can retain the hope of advancing to the knockout round, once the two sides draw and go out together.
In the 7th minute, Ghassani scored with a header in front of the goal, and the ball crossed the goal line to validate, and Oman got off to a dream start 1-0. In the 30th minute, Suyunbek stopped the ball and shot wide, and Kyrgyzstan missed a great opportunity to equalize. In the 45+2nd minute, Baturkanov's header was confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper. In the second half, Kyrgyzstan equalized and ended up in a 1-1 draw, with both teams going out together.
In the two games of Group E earlier, South Korea faced Malaysia, which was eliminated early, and finally played a 3-3 goal battle, in addition, Jordan lost 0-1 to Bahrain, so that Bahrain rose to first, South Korea locked second, Jordan fell to third, and advanced to the knockout stage together.
The top 16 of the Asian Cup are all released, as follows:
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